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Vote for the High Line and Help Us Receive Critical Funding
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The High Line has been selected as one of 40 historical sites for New York City’s Partners in Preservation, a grantmaking partnership between American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Your online votes determine which sites receive grants, and you are allowed one vote per day during the contest.
So vote today – and every day through Monday, May 21 – to help the High Line receive critical funding for capital improvements.
Vote now
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Now on View: High Line Art’s First Group Exhibition, “Lilliput”
Visit the High Line this spring, and you will find small-scale sculptures by six artists installed in usual and unexpected places throughout the park.
It’s all part of Lilliput, the first group exhibition at the High Line. The show takes its title from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, conjuring a magical world populated by fairy tale creatures, mysterious idols, and dreamlike landscapes.
The Lilliputian-sized sculptures will soon be joined by their own Gulliver. A monumental bronze sculpture by Thomas Houseago, called Lying Figure, will be installed on the High Line near Little West 12th Street on Friday.
Read more about Lilliput in T Magazine.
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Construction Update: High Line Headquarters
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There is a dramatic transformation underway at the southern end of the High Line.
Crews are making major progress on construction of the new High Line Headquarters and Whitney Museum of American Art. The first delivery of steel I-beams and columns recently arrived at the job site, and you can now see the frame of what will be the future home of maintenance and operations for the High Line.
Take a photo tour of the job site on the High Line Blog
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Tickets Now on Sale: Summer Party on the High Line Presented by Coach
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012, Friends of the High Line will hold its second annual Summer Party on the High Line, Presented by Coach.
Tickets start at $150 for a limited time. Join us for a carnival-inspired celebration, featuring a fortune teller, your favorite boardwalk games, and of course, delicious food and drinks on the High Line. This year’s party will also feature DJ Kiss and Coach carnival prizes.
Thanks to the generous support of Coach, 100% of all ticket sales will go directly toward the maintenance and operations of the park. We hope to see you there!
Purchase tickets online or contact Alicia Salmon at (212) 206-9922 ext. 118, or alicia.salmon@thehighline.org.
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HIGH LINE EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
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RAIL YARDS MILESTONE
We are a step closer to securing the High Line at the rail yards. The NYC Planning Commission recently voted unanimously to approve an important zoning text amendment. Learn more
MAY BLOOM LIST
Our newly-redesigned bloom guides feature plant names and photos to help you identify seasonal blooms and foliage. Download May’s High Line Bloom List to make the most of your next visit.
MUSEUM MORNINGS
High Line Kids is teaming up with local museums for free hands-on art activities for families. On Saturday, May 19, join the Whitney for architectural drawing in the park. Learn more
HIGH LINE ART PERFORMANCE
Join us tonight at 6:30 PM to see artist Channa Horwitz and eight vocalists re-stage the enigmatic performance Poem/Opera, The Divided Person on the High Line under The Standard, New York.
FOOD HISTORY WALKING TOUR
Learn why the High Line was once called the “Lifeline of New York” during a walking tour with Sonya Kharas, of the NYU Food Studies Program, on Wednesday, May 23 at 6:30 PM. Purchase tickets
MEET LA NEWYORKINA
Get to know the chef-owner behind one of the favorite food stands on the High Line. Fany Gerson, of La Newyorkina, recently shared a day in her life with Food 52.
SUMMER HOURS
Beginning Friday, June 1, the High Line will be open from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Visit www.thehighline.org or follow @highlinenyc on Twitter for the latest park information.
WE’RE HIRING
We are now accepting applications for full- and part-time positions at Friends of the High Line. View the list of the available positions and download the job descriptions.
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Best of the Blog, Facebook, and Twitter
Here are the past few weeks’ most popular items from the High Line Blog, Facebook, and Twitter. High Line Blog
Learn about the intricate system below the surface of the world’s longest green roof. Facebook
Sicilian honey garlic and other ornamental onions are now blooming. Twitter
There’s a flurry of butterflies enjoying spring blooms on the High Line.
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2012 High Line Membership Campaign
Another incredible season is underway!
Our staff is planning to make this season the High Line’s best yet, with twenty blocks of thriving gardens … exciting new programs … interactive performances … and much, much more.
But we can’t do it alone. From Gansevoort to West 30th Street, members sustain the park. It is only with your support that we can hire the gardeners and maintenance staff who care for the park. Plus, your support this season will allow us to work toward opening the High Line at the rail yards to the public as soon as possible.
Please, won’t you help make the season to come the High Line’s best yet, by making a 2012 Membership Gift today?
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Friends of the High Line
529 West 20th Street, Suite 8W
New York, NY 10011
(212) 206-9922
info@thehighline.org
The High Line is managed by a partnership between Friends of the High Line and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
Images, from top to bottom: Beverly Israely, Iwan Baan, Austin Kennedy, Timothy Schenck, Friends of the High Line, Timothy Schenck
SUPPORT
Partners in Preservation is made possible by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
High Line Art is presented by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. High Line Art is made possible by Donald R. Mullen, Jr., with additional support from Vital Projects Fund, Inc. High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Rail yards planning, design, and programming are supported by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, The New York Community Trust – LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund, Greenacre Foundation, and, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the High Line Plant Guide.
Leading support for High Line Kids programs is provided by MetLife Foundation and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, with additional support from the Concordia Foundation and the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation. Museum Mornings is sponsored by AT&T.
History and design programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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