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...
View ArticleYour 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleConstruction 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,...
View ArticleUpdated 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...
View ArticleDiane 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...
View ArticleRail 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...
View ArticleEnd 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...
View ArticleHigh 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...
View ArticleVIDEO: 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...
View ArticleNew 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....
View ArticlePhoto 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...
View ArticleIlluminating 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...
View ArticleHow 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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