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Next Big Idea: Jeff Koons''Train' at the High Line

A design rendering of Jeff Koons'Train at the High Line. Image by James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Jeff Koons.  As we continue to refine the initial design concepts for the...

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Your Input at the Rail Yards Community Input Meeting

  Since the very beginning, community input has played an important role in shaping the development of the High Line. This tradition continues today. More than 400 neighbors, supporters, members, and...

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The High Line as a Green Roof

Beneath the concrete planks and beautiful plantings is an advanced system for water drainage and retention. Photo by Iwan Baan.  While you’re walking along the High Line, you may not realize it, but...

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An Important Step for the High Line at the Rail Yards

  We are one step closer to securing the third and final section of the High Line at the rail yards to be transformed into public open space. On Wednesday, April 25, the New York City Planning...

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Construction Update: High Line Headquarters

Construction crews are installing the steel beams and columns that will make up the building frame of the new High Line Headquarters. Photo by Timothy Schenck  Visit the southern end of the High Line,...

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Updated Designs for the High Line at the Rail Yards

The rail yards section will extend the High Line’s distinct design vocabulary established south of West 30th Street, evoking the High Line’s history as an active freight rail line, and the unique...

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Diane Von Furstenberg Designs Exclusive Collection for the High Line

Recently some of our staff – including Horticulture Foreman Johnny Linville and Administrative Assistant Shannon Scott, pictured above – took the new DVF High Line merchandise for a test run. Photo by...

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Rail Yards Weekends Registration Opens Tomorrow

As you can see in this video by Arbuckle Industries, the third and final section of the High Line at the Rail Yards is currently overgrown with self-seeded wildflowers and grasses that grew up between...

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End of an Era: Remembering Ada Louise Huxtable

The great Ada Louise Huxtable, standard setter for architecture criticism as we know it. Photo by Gene Maggio, via The New York Times  As this week comes to a close, we are taking time to reflect on...

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High Line Map: Help Choose the Next Cover Image

  We are getting ready to print the third edition of the High Line Map. Follow us after the jump to see the finalists and vote for your favorite. What kind of image best represents the High Line...

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VIDEO: High Line Co-Founders Vincent Scully Prize Acceptance Speech

High Line Co-Founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond accept the Vincent Scully Prize at Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum. Photo by Emily Clack Photography On September 30, Friends of the...

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New Design Concept for the High Line at the Rail Yards

The new design concept for the High Line at the Rail Yards includes an immersive bowl-shaped structure on the Spur, a wide section of the High Line that extends over 10th Avenue at West 30th Street....

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Photo of the Week: Lilliputian Furniture

Lego enthusiast and photographer Chris Christian snapped this image of a Lego model he created as part of his 2013 “A Lego a Day” project. The subject of this Photo of the Week caught our eye because...

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Illuminating the High Line

Visitors take in the moon while sitting on the Philip A. and Lisa Maria Falcone Flyover, the elevated walkway on the High Line between West 25th and West 27th Streets. If you'd like to observe the...

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How the High Line Gardeners Keep It Wild

The wild legacy of the High Line's landscape is on full display in the summer, when the planting beds are a frenzy of green . Photo by Beverly Israely The High Line was made by nature when the trains...

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