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Human Scale at Hudson Yards

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.15.2013 | Arts
J. Michael Welton

Fresh out of undergraduate school at the University of Virginia in the late 1980s - and facing the reality of a recession - Thomas Woltz leapt at the ...

Elisa Blynn, Story Oracle

Maya Stein | Posted 05.08.2013 | Arts
Maya Stein

It's hard to describe, exactly, the experience of watching a story being transacted and transformed in the span of three minutes. To see the quick trust and connection that develops between storyteller and typist.

Your Start-Up Life: How the High Line Came to Be (Photos)

Rana Florida | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business
Rana Florida

San Antonio-born, Princeton-educated business consultant, entrepreneur, and artist Robert Hammond has lived in Manhattan's West Village for several years. Near his apartment was a stretch of the old elevated New York Central Railroad tracks, which had been abandoned since the early 1980's.

(I)Witness - A New Spin on Storytelling

Maya Stein | Posted 04.02.2013 | Arts
Maya Stein

"(I)Witness" is a collaborative story exchange between two people that is a updated version of the old game of "Telephone." One person takes the role of storyteller and the other is the typist.

Queens 'High Line' Moves Closer To Reality

DNAinfo | Posted 12.27.2012 | New York

QUEENS — Queens is one step closer to getting its own High Line. A plan to transform 3.5 miles of abandoned railroad tracks into an elevated publ...

Lipstick on a Place: On the Aesthetics of 'Slumming It'

Richey Piiparinen | Posted 01.09.2013 | New York
Richey Piiparinen

Rust is still just rust in places that have come to exist in post-industrialization, but for others: rust is luxury, rust is christened from the landscape of one's hard times up to the decor of the powerful's play areas.

The 10 Coolest Buildings Along the High Line

Annik La Farge | Posted 12.08.2012 | New York
Annik La Farge

From former factories and warehouses to stately classics and shiny new "starchitecture," the High Line has it all. Here are 10 of the most interesting buildings -- old and new alike -- that line America's favorite urban park.

PHOTOS: High Line Construction Enters Final Phase

| Posted 09.20.2012 | New York

By Mathew Katz, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer CHELSEA — Work on the High Line's third and final section kicked off Thursday. Mayor Michael Bloombe...

PHOTOS: 'LowLine' Preview

DNAinfo | Posted 09.13.2012 | New York

LOWER EAST SIDE — A full-scale model of a proposed project that would transform an abandoned train station beneath Delancey Street into a subterrane...

How The London Olympics Spawned NYC's Hudson Yards

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 10.06.2012 | New York

NEW YORK — New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city's bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest ...

IMAGES: City To Extend High Line To 34th Street

Posted 07.25.2012 | New York

The High Line received its third and final section on Tuesday thanks to a donation from CSX Transportation, the company that had previously donated th...

Hightail It Over to the High Line

Vicky Tiel | Posted 09.23.2012 | Home
Vicky Tiel

Hightail it over to the High Line, New York City's answer to the Paris Quai. It is a beautiful inspirational walkway across the vibrant Chelsea skyline, and a great place to pick up Mr. or Mrs. Right (it beats a bar).

The 4 Coolest High Line Inspired Projects

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 09.20.2012 | Home

By Vanessa Quirk (click here for the original article on ArchDaily) LEGO Bridge by MEGX New York City’s High Line has been such a success – b...

Yea Or Nay: DJ Kiss' Print Mixing

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 06.22.2012 | Black Voices

What better way to kick off the summer season than with a carnival? New York City's High Line couldn't think of one, which is exactly why the hip ...

The Real High Line Effect -- A Transformational Triumph of Preservation and Design

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 08.19.2012 | New York
Charles A. Birnbaum

The High Line proves that a site-specific, adaptive reuse approach is a viable holistic alternative that embraces both change and continuity -- and it's not an isolated success story.

LOOK: High Line's Spring Benefit

Posted 05.03.2012 | New York

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...

Finally: Proof That NYC Is Better Than LA!

Posted 04.30.2012 | New York

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...

What To Do In New York This Weekend

Posted 04.21.2012 | New York

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

Will New York's Underground Park Become A Reality?

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.03.2012 | Small Business

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...

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

Christopher Lee Nutter | Posted 05.28.2012 | Gay Voices
Christopher Lee Nutter

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.

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

Posted 03.27.2012 | New York

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 ...

Can Design 'Cure' Our Cities?

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 03.26.2012 | Home

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

New Yorks Most Visited Park Enters Its Final Phase

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 03.14.2012 | Home

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

Why I Loved My Simple Third Wedding

Lea Lane | Posted 04.07.2012 | Weddings
Lea Lane

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.

PHOTOS: Designs For New Section Of HIgh Line Unveiled

AP | Posted 03.13.2012 | New York

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...