The High Line Blog

  • Feeding a Growing City: Part 1

    By Jennette Mullaney May 3, 2013
    As the city's population grew, congestion caused by a mix of pedestrians, motorized traffic, and street-level freight trains slowed food delivery into New York City. Photo courtesy of the Kalmbach Publishing Company  This special blog post, the first in a two-part series (see part two), wa... read more

  • Photo of the Week: High Line Headquarters

    By Erika Harvey May 3, 2013
    Work continues on High Line Headquarters and the future location of the Whitney Museum of American Art as lush spring foliage pops up along the southern end of the High Line. Photo by Timothy Schenck Crews are busy installing the interior finishes to High Line Headquarters, a four-story buildin... read more

  • Chic Accessories for Mother's Day

    By Jennette Mullaney May 3, 2013
    (Left) Wrapped in DVF’s High Line Scarf, High Line Community Engagement Manager Erycka Montoya Pérez takes in the cityscape. (Right) Executive Projects Manager AV Goodsell uses DVF’s High Line Tote to carry her items around NYC. Photos by Liz Ligon This Mother’s Day, give mom something she’ll l... read more

  • #SweetActs on the High Line with Sweet Leaf® Tea

    By Kate Lindquist May 2, 2013
    Find your #SweetActs on Friday, May 17, with Sweet Leaf® Tea at the Chelsea Market Passage. Give someone a seat on the subway. Send a friend a handwritten note. Start an urban garden. Stop by the High Line to plan your sweet act for the day. Take part in an interactive installation presented b... read more
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  • #SweetActs on the High Line with Sweet Leaf® Tea

    By Kate Lindquist May 2, 2013
    Find your #SweetActs on Friday, May 17, with Sweet Leaf® Tea at the Chelsea Market Passage. Give someone a seat on the subway. Send a friend a handwritten note. Start an urban garden. Stop by the High Line to plan your sweet act for the day. Take part in an interactive installation presented b... read more
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  • Plant of the Week: Brome-like Sedge

    By Erika Harvey April 29, 2013
    This native sedge displays subtle fluffy blooms this time of year 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, ... read more

  • Photo of the Week: New Beginnings

    By Erika Harvey April 27, 2013
    This week we bid farewell to talented High Line Photographer David Wilkinson, who is moving back to London. Over the past few seasons, David has worked with Friends of the High Line to capture stunning images of the park’s plants, artworks, and visitors. You may remember a recent Photo of th... read more

  • Plant of the Week: Whitespire Gray Birch

    By Erika Harvey April 24, 2013
    The flowers of Whitespire gray birch come in the form of “catkins,” long cylindrical compound flowers that bloom in the spring. 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 Hi... read more

  • Vox Populi: Decide Who Will #GetBusted on the High Line

    By Jennette Mullaney April 23, 2013
    You can nominate and vote for a person who you would like to see commemorated in a sculpture on the High Line. How would you like to see a sculpture of your favorite person grace the High Line? For thousands of years, people have been erecting monuments of public figures in parks. Isn’t it tim... read more

  • Photo of the Week: Warm Weather Treats

    By Erika Harvey April 19, 2013
    High Line staffer Sarah enjoys a treat from High Line Food vendor La Newyorkina. Photo by Jenna Saraco Today we celebrated the mouth-watering reopening of High Line Food! It’s exciting to see returning and new vendors’ carts bustling with activity as delicious tacos, BBQ, gelato, popsicles, ... read more