The High Line Blog

  • Rail Yards Update: CB4 and BP Stringer Call to Save the Spur

    By Michelle Sharkey January 27, 2009
    The support for the full preservation of the High Line at the rail yards continues to grow-- Community Board 4 and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer have both added their voices to the call to save the spur. At a recent full Board meeting, Community Board 4 made a clear statement advoc... read more

  • The High Line Without Us

    January 22, 2009
    Image by Kenn Brown, monolithic.com In many post-apocalyptic (and often sub-par) films, the "end of the world" usually refers to the destruction of civilized life on planet Earth. As human life flickers out, the film ends and the credits roll. However, as Alan Weisman illustrates in his book The... read more
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  • Standard Hotel is (softly) Open

    By Sanaya Kaufman January 21, 2009
    The new Standard Hotel that bridges over the High Line at Little West 12th Street has recently opened its doors for a soft opening.  While the club, lounge, restaurant, and bars are still very much under construction, ten floors of guest rooms are currently open.  And I quote: "We'll put up wit... read more
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  • A Surreal View From the High Line

    January 16, 2009
    Today brought one of the strangest views from the High Line yet: A few of us were up on the site this afternoon to see how it was faring in the frigid weather, when we caught a chilling glimpse of the US Airways plane that crashed into the icy Hudson today. (Amazingly, even in the sub-freezing te... read more
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  • Bloomberg: High Line is "the world's most innovative park"

    By Michelle Sharkey January 15, 2009
    Mayor Bloomberg, speaking at our Groundbreaking ceremony in 2006  In his annual State of the City Address, Mayor Bloomberg focused mainly on his strategy for stabilizing the city's economy and pulling it out of recession.  The plan he outlined in today's address at Brooklyn College focused... read more

  • Q&A with Melissa Fisher, Deputy Director of Horticulture

    January 14, 2009
    Photo by Barry Munger. Friends of the High Line's Deputy Director of Horticulture talks about planting on the High Line, working with Field Operations and Planting Designer Piet Oudolf, and creating a maintenance plan for the new landscape. Where were you before coming to Friends of the High L... read more

  • High Line Aerial Wall Art and Desktop Wallpaper

    By Patrick Hazari January 12, 2009
    Friends of the High Line's office recently got a new addition: a 9 foot-by-18 foot aerial High Line wall map in our reception area. The map shows the High Line's design in context: the entire line is visible as it moves north from the West Village, through Chelsea, to the West Side Rail Yards. ... read more

  • 2008: The Year in Programming

    By Danya Sherman January 10, 2009
    2008 was a great year for the High Line. Without a completed park to play on, we've had the opportunity to get very creative with our programs--trips to Governor's Island, canoeing on the Bronx River, chalking paths to the High Line's future entrances, and more. The opening of the first section (... read more
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  • M&O: Green Maintenance Vehicles

    January 8, 2009
    Worksman Tricycle M&O is a new series of posts attempting to explain some of the  Maintenance and Operations issues we're thinking about for the High Line once it's open. M&O discussions are ongoing, and many details will be finalized in the months leading up to the High Line's opening. In bu... read more

  • (Return of) Photo of the Week

    January 6, 2009
    The planting team hard at work on Section 1, getting perennials into the ground last fall.Photo by Barry Munger.  read more