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Submitted by Danya Sherman on Thu, 2008-06-26 17:22

The High Line is well on its way to becoming New York's first park in the sky, with plants taking root in late summer and the first section on schedule to open by the end of 2008. Keep up to date with the High Line's progress here on the Blog, written by Friends of the High Line's staff members:

Design!




Our new Design Video, produced by Brooklyn Digital Foundry, and made possible by the Trust for Architectural Easements.

Slide show of Sections 1 and 2 Design [2]

Designing the High Line [3], our brand new design publication is now for sale on Amazon.com

Construction!


construction
 
Site Photography: Planking Installation [4]

Action-Packed Construction Update [5]

Photo of the Week: Peel-Up Benches [6]

History!




History Video, Narrated by Ethan Hawke [7]

Chelsea: 1986 [8]

Westbeth High Line Section [9]

Community News!


chalk shoes
 
Chalk Shoes to the High Line [10]
[11]

Florent: Don't Cry for Me [12]

Field Ops to Design the Country's Largest Urban Park [13]

Student-Run Farmer's Market at PS 11 in Chelsea [14]

And last but not least, the High Line's favorite compatriot:

David Beckham!


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David Beckham Bears All for the High Line, "Parts" 1 [15] and 2 [16]
Categories: 
Construction [17]
Design [18]
DIRT Studio [19]
Video [20]
Historical [21]
Photography [22]
Community [23]
congestion [24]
Neighborhood [25]
Programming [26]
Cudahy [27]

Source URL: http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/06/26/best-of-the-high-line-blog

Links:
[1] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/06/26/best-of-the-high-line-blog
[2] http://www.thehighline.org/design/designslideshow.htm
[3] http://www.amazon.com/Designing-High-Line-Gansevoort-Street/dp/0615211917/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214260074&sr=1-12
[4] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/05/01/site-photography-planking-installation
[5] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/02/22/action-packed-construction-update
[6] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/04/03/photo-of-the-week-peel-up-benches
[7] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/06/02/history-video-narrated-by-ethan-hawke
[8] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/04/10/chelsea-1986
[9] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/05/23/westbeth-high-line-section
[10] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/04/16/photo-roundup-chalk-shoes-to-the-high-line/#more-430
[11] http://blog.thehighline.org/2008/04/16/photo-roundup-chalk-shoes-to-the-high-line/#more-430
[12] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/03/24/florent-dont-cry-for-me/"
[13] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/04/11/field-ops-to-design-the-countrys-largest-urban-park
[14] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2008/06/12/student-run-farmers-market-at-ps-11-in-chelsea
[15] http://blog/2008/02/15/david-beckham-bares-all-for-the-high-line/
[16] http://blog.thehighline.org/2008/06/18/david-beckham-bares-all-again-for-the-high-line/
[17] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/construction
[18] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/design
[19] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/dirt-studio
[20] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/video
[21] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/historical
[22] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/photography
[23] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/community
[24] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/congestion
[25] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/neighborhood
[26] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/programming
[27] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/cudahy