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High Line Horticulture Tours Were Hot, Hot, Hot

June 09, 2008
Author: 
meredithatthehi...
Categories: 
Programming
Julie Bargman
Ric Clark
kids
horticulture
 

Going Green: Only the Finest in Tap Water

June 05, 2008
Author: 
Danya Sherman
Categories: 
Uncategorized
In the Office
Guest of a Guest
plants
healthy water Tasty, healthy, and energy-efficient: Katie
and our new water-filter cooler

A while back, we got to thinking that our office operations should reflect the values inherent in the High Line itself, as well as our own staff's personal commitment to environmental conservation. Recently, two larger non-profits built themselves new LEED certified offices (NYC Audubon Society and the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment). We got jealous.

High Line Horticulture Walk: Only a Few Spots Left

June 04, 2008
Author: 
Anonymous
Categories: 
Section 1
Community
congestion
Forest City Ratner
Programming
Julie Bargman
Ric Clark
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It's not too late to join us and Alex Feleppa, director of horticulture for the Horticultural Society of New York, for a naturalist walk on the rail yards section of the High Line. The walks are this Saturday, June 7 (there are three sessions.)

History Video, Narrated by Ethan Hawke

June 02, 2008
Author: 
Anonymous
Categories: 
Video
Joel Sternfeld
Financials


Manhattan Borough President's Community Planning Fellowship

May 29, 2008
Author: 
Anonymous
Categories: 
Community
Academics
Boston
construction images
Renzo Piano

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office is now taking applications for its 2008-2009 Community Planning Fellowship. The program, open to second-year graduate students in planning, intends to engage planning students in public service and to provide practical educational experience. Part of the Fellowship involves attending a planning seminar, which meets at least four times per semester. FHL's Robert Hammond was a guest speaker at this year's spring seminar.

Stop and Smell the Roses

May 29, 2008
Author: 
Michelle Sharkey
Categories: 
Art
Neighborhood
Office Move
Chelsea Market
Add new tag
HYDC
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Friends of the High Line moved offices last month, and our new West Chelsea digs are a bit further from the subway. I've been using my morning and evening commute to get to know our new neighborhood.

Tomorrow: Meeting About the Williamsburg Waterfront Park!

May 28, 2008
Author: 
Sanaya Kaufman
Categories: 
Community
Williamsburg Waterfront ParkAn image of East River State Park, from the NY State Parks
 

Westbeth High Line Section

May 23, 2008
Author: 
taraatthehighline
Categories: 
Historical
Photos
Neighborhood
benefit
Left, National Geographic magazine; Right, Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
 

Some of you may have seen this story in last Friday's Real Estate section of the Times. While the High Line park will begin at Gansevoort and Washington, few people know that the High Line originally went as far south as St. John's Park Terminal, which covered four riverfront blocks between Clarkson and Spring Streets. (It's now a UPS warehouse.) In the 1960's, the High Line below Gansevoort was demolished, with the exception of the little section of rail running through the Westbeth complex, on Washington between Bank and Bethune.

Lab School 7th-Graders Design the High Line

May 21, 2008
Author: 
meredithatthehi...
Categories: 
congestion
Programming
Merril Lynch
event
pointing
 

Yesterday, Jeff and I had the honor of judging the Second Annual High Line Design Competition at the Lab School in Chelsea.  The competition is the culmination of a multi-week geometry unit in two of Ms. Rodriguez and Ms. Whelan's math and science classes that uses the High Line as a model for teaching the students about scale, ratio, and area.  All of the student's designs for the High Line had to be to scale, incorporate native plants and grasses, and honor High Line planning principals.

More photos after the jump.


Drink Wine, Support Friends of the High Line

May 20, 2008
Author: 
meredithatthehi...
Categories: 
Neighborhood
Events
Quinn
Bernardo Fort Brescia
Morgan Stanley
 

Local wine shop Chelsea Wine Vault is holding a couple of tastings over the next few weeks, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Friends of the High Line.  The first event is tomorrow evening from 7:00-9:00PM at their store in Chelsea Market.  The wines featured tomorrow-- over 20 from around the world-- will be bright, juicy, crisp, and mouth-watering, perfect for a spring evening. 

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