From July 7 to late August, the 10th Avenue Square section of the High Line will be closed due to construction. Please note the following changes to access. You can also learn more on our blog >
Elevator access: Visitors traveling north will need to exit at 14th Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 23rd Street. Visitors traveling south will need to exit at 23rd Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 14th Street.
Stair access: Visitors traveling north will need to exit at 16th Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 17th Street. Visitors traveling south will need to exit at 17th Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 16th Street.
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Lungiswa Gqunta
Building Mountains – A Sighting
Lungiswa Gqunta (b. 1990 Gqeberha, South Africa; lives in Cape Town, South Africa)
The sculpture is composed of rocks made of tightly wrapped razor wire that will rust and change color over time—a man-made object with the sole purpose to separate and either keep things or people contained or outside. These precarious rocks represent reflections on the state of being, of land and of living. They point to the privatization of land, to the forced displacement of communities, and to the long-standing history of colonial segregation that disrupted indigenous people’s relationship to land.
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Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by members of the High Line Plinth Committee and contemporary art leaders committed to realizing major commissions and engaging in the public success of the Plinth. Learn more about the High Line Plinth Committee.