High Line

LOOK: High Line's Spring Benefit

Posted 05.03.2012

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Friends of the High Line hosted their annual Spring Benefit on Tuesday, where some of the park's biggest fans including $20 million donors Diane von F...

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Finally: Proof That NYC Is Better Than LA!

Posted 04.30.2012

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Finally! Hard, indisputable data that New York City is better than that spread-out-suburb of a city they call Los Angeles. Among Americans recentl...

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What To Do In New York This Weekend

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, Alison Knowles, High Line, Affordable Art Fair, New York Weekend Events, New York Events, Esperanza Spalding, New York News

"The Goonies" At Tribeca Drive-In Where: World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street; (212) 941-2400 When: Friday, 8PM Price: Free Marking the beginn...

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Will New York's Underground Park Become A Reality?

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.03.2012

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Think a park beneath the streets of New York is far-fetched? A pair of innovators are one step closer to making it a reality. Dan Barasch and James...

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When Kansas Invaded Oz: A Self-Professed 'Enemy Of The High Line' Speaks Out

Christopher Lee Nutter | Posted 05.28.2012

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The High Line was gay. Now it isn't. Yes, this isn't the complete fault of the new tourist-trap High Line, but by flooding the neighborhood with red-state NASCAR tourists, the park gave what was left of gay territory to them.

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LOOK: Giant Jeff Koons Train Could Hang Above The High Line

Posted 03.27.2012

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Artist Jeff Koons could bring a full-size replica of a 1943 Baldwin 2900 steam locomotive to New York City's High Line. The train wouldn't be on the ...

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Can Design 'Cure' Our Cities?

| Posted 03.26.2012

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By Vanessa Quirk (click here for original article) Plans for the Delancey Underground, an underground park made possible by fiberoptic technolog...

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New Yorks Most Visited Park Enters Its Final Phase

| Posted 03.14.2012

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By Karen Cilento (click here for original article) Interim Walkway at the Western Rail Yards. James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofid...

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Why I Loved My Simple Third Wedding

Lea Lane | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Marriage, High Line, Huffpost 50, Chelsea Market, Relationships, Love, Wedding, Small Wedding, Real Wedding, Intimate Wedding, Remarriage, Third Wedding, Weddings News

I married Bill in my older son's apartment in Manhattan. My younger son, who is an artist and professor -- but also a marriage officiant who can perform services -- married us. He included words from my late husband's prayerbook, an especially moving consecration.

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PHOTOS: Designs For New Section Of HIgh Line Unveiled

AP | Posted 03.13.2012

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NEW YORK -- New York City parks officials and advocates have unveiled designs for the third and final section of the High Line, an elevated stretch of...

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'Low Line' Delancey Underground Starts Kickstarter Campaign

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Dan Barasch, Video, James Ramsey, Ny News, New York Parks, Delancey Underground, NY Around Town, Low Line, High Line, New York News

Fans of Dan Barasch and James Ramsey's Low Line project, which hopes to transform an abandoned trolley terminal in the Lower East Side into the world'...

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The Underground Park You Won't Believe

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Dan Barasch, Raad, Underground Park, James Ramsey, New York Underground Park, Lowline, Photosynthesis, Ecofriendly Park, High Line, New York, Architecture Green, Arts News

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: an underground park in New York City? But the LowLine is very much in motion. Engineer turned...

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PHOTOS: The Secret Gay History Of New York's High Line

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 02.07.2012

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The not-so-secret gay history of one of New York City's most revered urban reclamation projects is being revealed in both a new book and discussion. ...

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2011's 10 Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 02.21.2012

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I submit this list of 10 notable developments in the world of landscape architecture to reflect on including new designs, significant transformations and influential publications.

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Insane Plans For London Olympics Labyrinth

ARTINFO | Posted 02.14.2012

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The verdict is in: after launching a design competition in July for London's forthcoming 50-acre Olympic Park, the Olympic Park Legacy Company has ann...

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WATCH: Tour The Remarkable Abandoned Trolley Station At Delancey Street

Posted 11.29.2011

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Back in September, we were lucky enough to get a preview of a potentially awesome new project planned for the Lower East Side called the Delancey Unde...

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High Line Sweets Stand Unveils Mexican-Inspired Delicacies

www.dnainfo.com | Mathew Katz | Posted 01.01.2012

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CHELSEA -- Snow over the weekend delayed the unveiling of a brand new menu at La Newyorkina, but now owner and chef Fany Gerson says the High Line's M...

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Barry Diller And Diane von Furstenberg Give High Line $20 Million

Posted 12.27.2011

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Mayor Bloomberg announced the High Line would be receiving a record $20 million gift from the Diller-von-Furstenberg Family Foundation. The generous d...

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City Shaping IV: Can Target Right What Minneapolis Is About to Ruin?

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 12.24.2011

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Excitement has turned to disappointment in Minneapolis, and what's happening there should be a warning about safeguarding transparency in public process and civic debate.

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David Byrne's 'Tight Spot' Audio-Visual Installation (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 11.26.2011

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Musician and artist David Byrne, best known as frontman and founding member of the band Talking Heads, created a site-specific outdoor installation un...

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LOOK: Incredible Underground Park Proposed For LES

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: James Ramsey, Lower East Side, New York Parks, NY Around Town, Green, Delancey Underground, The Low Line, High Line, NY Real Estate, New York News

A fan of the High Line? Apparently, so is the Lower East Side. New plans have been unveiled by creator James Ramsey, founder and owner of Raad Studio,...

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David Byrne Builds Inflatable Globe In NYC

nymag.com | Posted 11.12.2011

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Starting on the evening of September 15, you'll hear it as you approach West 25th Street, coming from under the High Line: womp, womp womp. It's a lit...

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At The High Line, A Different Kind Of Book Club Begins

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 10.19.2011

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NEW YORK -- First there was High Line exhibitionism. Then came High Line boot camp. And now a book club has met on the High Line. It wasn't a norma...

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PHOTOS: Chicago Railroad Transforming Into Corridor Of Green

| Erin Chan Ding | Posted 10.13.2011

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The sun shone on Beth White and Ben Helphand on an August Sunday as they stood on a North Side viaduct, each with their feet planted in the middle of ...

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High-Line Roller Rink OPEN

Posted 09.27.2011

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Strap on your skates New York-- the High-Line roller rink is open! Located directly underneath the High-Line at West 30th Street and 10th Avenue, t...

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