High Line Blog

Spring Cutback: The Finishing Touches

April 11, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
Volunteers
Horticulture
Green-Up
Spring Cutback
Last week, our administrative staff joined our gardeners in the park to help trim back plants near West 29th Street.
 

We are in our final week of High Line Spring Cutback.

Spring Cutback is an intense six-week-long undertaking that involves trimming back the High Line’s wild grasses, perennials, and shrubs to make way for new spring growth. It’s our biggest horticultural task of the year and High Line Gardeners couldn’t do it without the help of a dedicated group of volunteers.

Stop by the park and see the transformation underway, and follow us after the jump for an update on our recent work.

Plant of the Week: Lady Jane tulip

April 10, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
Horticulture
Plant of the Week
The High Line’s Lady Jane tulips are a recent crowd-pleaser. Photo by Barry Munger.
 

The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees — chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, diversity, and seasonal variation in color and texture. Some of the species that originally grew on the High Line’s rail bed are reflected in the park landscape today.

This week we share with you one of our Gardeners’ current favorites.

New High Line Art for April

April 09, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
High Line Art
High Line Commissions
Spring
HIGH LINE PERFORMANCES
HIGH LINE BILLBOARD
Last Friday, David Shrigley’s humorous piece, How Are You Feeling?, debuted on HIGH LINE BILLBOARD. It will be on view through May 7. Image courtesy of David Shrigley.
 

Spring is in the air throughout the park. You’ll notice bright flowers popping up among the trimmed back grasses, new green shoots appearing in the planting beds, and the sweet scent of trees and shrubs covered in blooms. High Line Art is also gearing up for an exciting season of new installations, performances, and film screenings.

Here is a look at what’s on view in April.

Treasure & Bond Supports the High Line

April 05, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
High Line Merchandise
Treasure & Bond
Treasure & Bond, a new boutique in SoHo, puts a twist on the traditional retail concept by donating 100% of its profits to charities benefiting children in New York City. Image Courtesy of Treasure & Bond.
 

There is a new way to give back to the High Line and the kids in New York City.

Treasure & Bond, a new boutique in SoHo, is donating its store profits between February and the end of April to benefit family programs at Friends of the High Line.

Congratulations to Photographer Justin Lintz!

April 05, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
Photography
Flickr
High Line Merchandise
High Line Print
High Line Facebook fans chose Justin Lintz's nightscape to be the next High Line Print.
 

Last month we asked for your help choosing the next High Line Print for our merchandise program that supports the High Line’s maintenance and operations.

Drawing from a wealth of vibrant photographs in the High Line Flickr Pool, we narrowed it down to five of our favorites, and we asked you to help pick the winner.

More than 1,000 fans on Facebook voted for their favorite photograph, selecting an enchanting nightscape by Justin Lintz as the next High Line Print.

Follow us after the jump for more examples of Justin’s great work.

Your Input at the Rail Yards Community Input Meeting

April 04, 2012
Author: 
Kate Lindquist
Categories: 
Design
Community Input
Community
Rail Yards
Design Team
 

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 friends attended the High Line at the Rail Yards Community Input Meeting on Monday, March 12 to see a presentation by James Corner and Ric Scofidio, of the High Line Design Team. The meeting gave our community the opportunity to be among the first to see the initial design concepts for the rail yards and to share their feedback directly with the designers.

Follow us after the jump for photos from the meeting and a summary of the public’s comments.

Become a 2012 Member and Double Your Impact

April 03, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
Membership
Matching Gift Challenge
The 23rd Street Lawn – part of the park that your membership helps maintain. Photo by Iwan Baan.
 

There’s never been a better time to become a member of the High Line, or to renew your membership for the year ahead.

Spring Cutback: We've Reached the Halfway Point

April 03, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
Volunteers
Community
Horticulture
Green-Up
Spring Cutback
Work continues as our staff and volunteers move north, trimming back plant material to make way for spring growth. Photo by Annik La Farge.
 

We have just completed our fourth week of High Line Spring Cutback.

Spring Cutback is an intense six-week-long undertaking that involves trimming back the High Line’s wild grasses, perennials, and shrubs to make way for new spring growth. It’s our biggest horticultural task of the year and High Line Gardeners couldn’t do it without the help of a dedicated group of volunteers.

Stop by the park and see the transformation underway, and follow us after the jump for an update on our recent work.

Plant of the Week: Pagoda yellow dogtooth violet

March 30, 2012
Author: 
Erika Harvey
Categories: 
Horticulture
Plant of the Week
Green-Up
Popping up throughout the park, this small spring bulb can be easy to miss.
 

The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between the rail tracks after the trains stopped running. The High Line includes more than 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees — chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, diversity, and seasonal variation in color and texture. Some of the species that originally grew on the High Line’s rail bed are reflected in the park landscape today.

This week we share with you one of our Gardeners’ current favorites.

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

March 27, 2012
Author: 
Kate Lindquist
Categories: 
Design
Rail Yards
Public Space
Public Art
Jeff Koons
Spur
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 rail yards section of the High Line, the design team is studying a range of options for the 10th Avenue Spur, with the objective to make it one of the major gathering spaces at the park.

We showed two initial design concepts for the Spur at a community input meeting on Monday, March 12, and we also wanted to share a potential art installation conceived by artist Jeff Koons that could work with either of them.

As one more far-reaching ideas – one that would bring trains back to the High Line in a big way – the art installation, called Train, would feature a full-size replica of a 1943 Baldwin 2900 steam locomotive suspended from a crane above the Spur.

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