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Step to the High Line Begins Next Week
Join us as teens from around the city turn the High Line into their stage during Step to the High Line, a four-day festival of step performances celebrating the power and energy of our city's youth.
With the support of MetLife Foundation, we’ve invited some of the best student step teams to compete. Stop by to clap and cheer as Organized C.H.A.O.S. battles the Molloy Boys, the Bombay Steppers compete against Bishop Kearney, and the Lady Dragons take on Beacon’s Finest Ladies.
The festival culminates with a fun interactive step workshop led by Seye Charles and a showcase of all student teams plus No Mercy, a professional step team from New Jersey.
View performance times and locations
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Now Open: New High Line Food Vendors and Terroir at The Porch
There are now more options for you to enjoy a snack or share a meal on the High Line.
Stop by the High Line at West 15th Street to try artisanal hot dogs from Bark, carnitas tacos from The Taco Truck, a signature kale salad from Northern Spy Food Company, or a veal ricotta meatball sub with locally-sourced wine from Terroir at The Porch.
The new vendors made their debut last week, adding new savory food offerings to the existing menu of coffee and sweets from Blue Bottle Coffee, L’Arte del Gelato, La Newyorkina, Melt Bakery, and People’s Pops.
View hours, locations, and more information about each food vendor
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On View: Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari for Toilet Paper
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Visit the High Line this month to see the first large-scale public artwork in the world by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, the artists behind the photography magazine Toilet Paper.
Invited by High Line Art to present a work on HIGH LINE BILLBOARD, the large billboard next to the park at West 18th Street, the artists have selected an untitled image featuring ten fingers mysteriously popping out of the blue velvet background. The surreal image both celebrates and parodies the deceptive power of commercial photography, conjuring the dreamlike atmosphere seen in film noir.
The image made its debut last week and will remain on view until Friday, June 29, thanks to in-kind support from Edison Properties, the owner of the property on which the billboard sits.
Read more about Toilet Paper in The New York Times
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Events & Happenings
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WELCOME RONNIT
We are pleased to introduce you to Ronnit Bendavid-Val, our new Vice President of Horticulture & Park Operations. Visit the High Line Blog to read a Q&A and get to know Ronnit.
LAWN IS OPEN
Attention sunbathers and picnickers: the 23rd Street Lawn is now open for the summer season! Each week, the Lawn is open Wednesday through Sunday, but is closed for restoration on Mondays and Tuesdays and days following heavy rainfall.
HIGH LINE’S GULLIVER
Lying Figure, Thomas Houseago’s monumental sculpture resembling a headless giant, is now on view, joining the small-scale sculptures of Lilliput that debuted in April. View Lying Figure on the High Line below The Standard, New York.
TONIGHT: TRANSIT OF VENUS
If the weather holds, stop by the High Line tonight to see a rare astronomical event: Venus will begin its pass in front of the sun at approximately 6:00 PM. Join the Amateur Astronomer’s Association of New York on the High Line near West 14th Street for the viewing. Learn more
BEYOND THE HIGH LINE
Join us on Monday, June 18 to launch a new lecture series exploring adaptive reuse projects around the United States. We’ve invited leaders from Chicago to kick-off the series with a talk about the Bloomingdale Trail, the city’s own out-of-use freight railway. Learn more
DESIGN WALKING TOUR
Join Lisa Switkin, of James Corner Field Operations, for a walking tour on Wednesday, June 20 to get an insider’s view on the High Line’s architectural design and plantings.
SUMMER PARTY
The wonders of the carnival await you! Join us for the Summer Party on the High Line presented by Coach, a unique fundraising event on Tuesday, June 19. Buy tickets
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
Check out our guide to the birds you see regularly at the High Line. Facebook
Sicilian honey garlic and other ornamental onions are now blooming. Twitter
PHOTO: Ornamental onion, Avedon billboard, and the Empire State Building
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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 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: Steven Severinghaus, Barry Munger, Juan Valentin, Austin Kennedy, Timothy Schenck
SUPPORT
Step to the High Line is presented in partnership with Hudson Guild and Youth Step USA. MetLife Foundation is a Leading Supporter of High Line Live!
High Line Art is presented by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. High Line Art is supported by Vital Projects Fund, Inc., and, 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. In-kind sponsorship for HIGH LINE BILLBOARD is provided by Edison Properties.
Toyota is the Presenting Sponsor of the High Line Plant Guide and the monthly bloom guides.
Beyond the High Line is presented in partnership with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land.
High Line Talks are made possible by the New York Community Trust—LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund and, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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