Location: High Line, underneath the Standard Hotel Time: ≈5PM
An overwhelming majority of people were in groups of 2 Sitting or standing. People remained longer when sitting so there was a much smaller sample of people sitting. Groups of People
Top 5 activities/behaviors people were doing… 1. Taking pictures 2. Holding hands 3. On the phone 4. Drinking/Eating 5. Talking to each other 6 th Place: Looking for seats We only saw 1 person jogging/excercising
We’d like to know: Where are people going? Couples on a date might be taking a walk through the park before dinner How many are tourists? A large amount people are carrying backpacks and shopping bags. Do tourists carry more bags than locals? What is the flow of people in and out of the park? Since the park is linear, a project could take advantage of people walking along the same path
Observation from the other group Their top 5 list also matched ours: Taking pictures Holding hands On the Phone Eating/Drinking Talking to each other “we also noticed compared to union sq, there are A LOT of couples making romance”. -Yin