Maybe this will help alleviate the crowding.
The second phase of the High Line, the sublime new public space build atop an old rail line, is scheduled to debut next spring, according to the New York Post:
During a tour of the new section, stretching from 20th to 30th streets, enough of the construction Read More
Items from Rodarte’s eagerly anticipated Target line will be available at a Target to Go pop-up under* the High Line next week, reports The Cut. The line won’t hit stores until the 20th.
Rodarte’s elaborately ugly-chic textiles seem like a weird fit for the mass-market retailer–like neither the craft nor the aesthetic particularly Read More
The full, 1.5-mile vision for the High Line Park inched one step closer to completion today, with the first concrete indication that the city will acquire the northern third of the elevated rail line.
At a City Planning Commission meeting this afternoon, chair Amanda Burden said the commission is preparing the paperwork for the Read More
The Whitney Museum has signed a contract with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to buy space for a new museum near the High Line entrance. At $18 million, the price tag was about half the property’s appraised value.
The Whitney has been trying for years to expand beyond its Marcel Breuer-designed Read More
Pouring rain: bad for walking in the park, but apparently good for apartment hunting. Broker William Landhauser said that he had seen noticeably more people than usual at his Sunday open house, a Chelsea condo built by Douglaston Development just a few blocks from the High Line.
The condo, at 555 West 23rd Street, Read More
“Oh, here’s Donna Karan! We gotta let her in!” hissed a frantic publicist atop the newly opened High Line Park, even as Parks Department officials were turning away a steady stream of latecomers to the park’s opening bash, held atop its 16th Street section on Monday, June 15.
As guests overflowed, Read More
Manhattan’s Community Board 4 held a forum Wednesday night about the Related Companies’ plans for developing the West Side Rail Yards–a site adjacent to the new High Line Park, which opened to the public on Monday to rave reviews.
Some quick background: Related, which the M.T.A. selected to develop the site (but hasn’t Read More
On the evening of Monday, June 15, at 6 p.m., the High Line in Chelsea will host a big opening party to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the structure and the 10th anniversary of the the city’s efforts to revive it. It will honor benefactors like actor Edward Norton; IAC chairman Barry Diller and his Read More
While the bushes are blooming on the soon-to-be-opened southern section of the High Line, a battle is blossoming at City Hall over the fate of the line’s northern section. The battle spawned a rally earlier this week, as activists on behalf of the park continue to demand public supervision of the line’s northern spur. Read More
Here’s another shot at Related Companies from Friends of the High Line, which made a short YouTube video advocating preservation of the High Line’s “spur” running through part of the West Side rail yards along 30th Street and across 10th Avenue, which Related has said it may want to demolish.
The meeting in Read More
