The High Line Blog

  • Tomorrow Night: Bird on the High Line

    By admin September 9, 2009
    Tomorrow night,  September 10, join us on the High Line for a free screening of photographer Andrew Zuckerman's new film project, "Bird." The short film will be projected, in a repeating loop, on a 11' x 20' screen in the 14th Street Passage on the High Line. It offers a rare opportunity to se... read more

  • The Abstract Line

    By admin September 9, 2009
    While the High Line may look pretty cool from far away, it seems it looks just as good up close and personal. Adrian Gaut, a photographer whose work has been featured in the likes of GQ, recently turned his lens on the High Line and came away with some beautiful abstract shots. For a quick game... read more

  • Summer Programming Round-Up

    By admin September 3, 2009
    Felix Pitre peformed "Stories and Songs of Latin America" in the 10th Avenue Square.  Thanks to all who joined us for our first season of free and low-cost programs on the High Line! From walks and talks to family art workshops and performances, we strive to put together a calendar of eve... read more

  • Art in the Windows of Phillips

    By admin August 31, 2009
    Photo courtesy Phillips de Pury & Company  Visitors to the High Line in August -- especially those who have visited at night -- may have noticed new artwork installed in the windows of Phillips de Pury.  Artist Nils Folke Anderson has created After Before and After, a large sculptural insta... read more

  • Even The New Yorker Knows The High Line is a Babe Magnet

    By admin August 27, 2009
    Photo by Brian Finke The "Goings on About Town" photo in this week's New Yorker featured a familiar sight to anyone who's strolled the High Line on a hot day.  The Sundeck's lounge chairs – both rolling and stationary – have become a veritable Mecca for sunbathers. For those who remember the ea... read more

  • Help Our Little Flickr Grow!

    By admin August 27, 2009
      Our flickr pool, now well past its infancy and into its chubby adolescence, is a great repository of High Line visitor photos. It's a fun browse, but it needs your help to grow big and strong. If you're on flickr, please take a moment to add your best High Line shots to our pool. You'll ... read more

  • Help Bees Help Us

    By admin August 25, 2009
    Did you know?: One-third of our food depends on the services of a pollinator, pollinators like nature's loveable pirate; the bee. In 2007, the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, the Greenbelt Native Plant and the Great Sunflower Project began the Great Pollinator Project (GPP), an initia... read more

  • Crop to Cup Free for All this Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!

    By admin August 13, 2009
    Please join  Crop to Cup this Sunday, August 16th, from 4 PM to 6 PM for free coffee and chocolate drinks on the High Line at the Chelsea Market passage! High Liners will be able to choose from Crop to Cup's signature hot and iced coffees, iced chocolate, and hot or iced mochas. All dairy is su... read more

  • Another Proposal!

    August 6, 2009
    Maybe the air thirty feet up does something to people, but the High Line seems to have been attracting some serious love lately. We received word of another proposal on the High Line a few weeks back, when a San Franciscan named Alex came to New York to propose to his girlfriend Priya. No need ... read more

  • No Longer Empty

    July 31, 2009
      Last night brought the opening of an art exhibition inspired, in part, by the High Line. "Reflecting Transformations" features artworks that address the idea of transformation and celebrate "the regeneration of the area and the transformative nature that art can have on a community.  Th... read more