The High Line Blog

  • Gardening in the Sky: Life in the Soil

    By Erin Eck February 24, 2016
    Our gardeners applying beneficial nematodes. Photo by Timothy Schenck.While many people think of soil as inert, it is actually a lush ecosystem teeming with bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and insects. For High Line gardeners, studying and nurturing the complex life of our soil is one of the most f... read more

  • Plant of the Week: Jelena Witch Hazel

    By Taryn Cunha February 22, 2016
    The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 500 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees – each chosen for their hardiness, adaptab... read more
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    Goodnight, High Line

    By Erika Harvey February 19, 2016
    Photo by @hellomwHere's a modern day bedtime story inspired by our favorite park. In the great big city There was an elevated park And a mile-and-a-half long path And a planting bed with Magnolia trees framed against the moon And there were three fashionistas sitting o... read more

  • New Design Concept for the Spur

    February 18, 2016
    A lot of people assume the High Line is done, but there is one more section to build. Though we have completed our original vision of extending the park from Gansevoort Street all the way to 34th Street, we always planned to also complete an offshoot of the High Line known as the Spur. Exte... read more

  • Mariana Castillo Deball’s Tales from Mexico

    By Ashley Tickle February 16, 2016
    High Line Art presents a wide array of artwork including site-specific commissions, exhibitions, performances, video programs, and a series of billboard interventions. Learn more about Mariana Castillo Deball's Who would measure the space, who would tell me the moment?, part of the group ... read more

  • Plant of the Week: Purple milkweed

    By Kaspar Wittlinger February 15, 2016
    The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 500 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees – each chosen for their hardiness, adaptabili... read more
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    Photo of the Week: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    By Erika Harvey February 12, 2016
    You may be surprised to learn that there are not one, but five, different species of woodpeckers that grace New York City's five boroughs. Some of them are year-round residents (die-hard New Yorkers!) and others make their way to the city during annual migrations. We were thrilled to spot one ... read more

  • Throwback Thursday: Pablo Bronstein’s 'Intermezzo: Two girls wear fashion garments on a palm tree'

    By Ashley Tickle February 11, 2016
    High Line Art presents a wide array of artwork including site-specific commissions, exhibitions, performances, video programs, and a series of billboard interventions. Learn more about artworks currently on view at art.thehighline.org. With his irreverent tableaux in which sculpture, ... read more

  • Yutaka Sone’s Marble Island

    By Ashley Tickle February 10, 2016
    High Line Art presents a wide array of artwork including site-specific commissions, exhibitions, performances, video programs, and a series of billboard interventions. Learn more about Yutaka Sone's Little Manhattan New York, New York on view through March 2016 on the High Line at West 13... read more

  • Plant(s) of the Week: Bigleaf magnolia & Umbrella tree

    By Orrin Sheehan February 8, 2016
    Magnolia tripetala. Photo by: Steven Severinghaus The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 500 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and... read more