West Side Cowboys in Literature

June 22, 2011
Author: 
Salmaan Khan
Categories: 
Supporters
Community
History
EnlargeA West Side Cowboy.

Friends of the High Line supporter Flo Muller was kind enough to point out a fascinating description of the days before the High Line, filled with cowboys and trains on the streets of Manhattan, in Mario Puzo’s book The Fortunate Pilgrim;

A Bittersweet Farewell and A New Chapter for High Line Art

June 21, 2011
Author: 
Kate Lindquist
Categories: 
Staff
Public Art
EnlargeLauren Ross.

Last week, we bid farewell to Lauren Ross, our Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator & Director of Arts Programs. When Lauren first came to us in 2009, we were in the final stages of construction on the first section of the High Line, and Creative Time was helping us install our first public art installation: A River That Flows Both Ways by Spencer Finch.

On View from the High Line: Rooftop Dance Performances

June 10, 2011
Author: 
Kate Lindquist
Categories: 
Programming
Events
Public Art
Public Programs
Trisha Brown Dance Company performs Roof Piece for the High LineTrisha Brown Dance Company recreates Roof Piece, originally performed in SoHo in 1971. Photo by Friends of the High Line
 

Despite heavy winds and ominous clouds on the horizon, nine dancers from the Trisha Brown Dance Company stepped into place on rooftops along the southern terminus of the High Line on Thursday evening. The dancers were preparing for their 7:00 PM performance — the debut of Roof Piece — a dance originally performed by the company in SoHo in 1971, and recreated on its 40th anniversary for the High Line. As the dancers prepared to begin, park visitors gathered along the High Line between Gansevoort and West 14th Streets. Some had come to see the performance, and others had stumbled upon it.