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[The black plastic drainage panel, installed below the tracks. Click to enlarge.]
Soil for the planting beds is set to be delivered this month on Section One. In anticipation of soil, the beds are now being lined with layers of the “Living Roof” system.
The first layer to be installed: The drainage panel, a black plastic cell system, provides [...]
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The first of a weekly blog series by our horticulturalist Melissa Fisher:
[Eupatorium rugosum at Greenbelt Native Plant Center]
Recently, we rode the ferry across to Staten Island and traveled by taxi to one of the Parks Department’s best-kept secrets, the Greenbelt Native Plant Center.
Here, hundreds of native plants, including this White Snakeroot, Eupatorium rugosum, are being grown for [...]
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[Tasty, healthy, and energy-efficient: Katie and our new water-filter cooler]
A while back, we got to thinking that our office operations should reflect the values inherent in the High Line itself, as well as our own staff’s personal commitment to environmental conservation. Recently, two larger non-profits built themselves new LEED certified offices (NYC Audubon Society and [...]
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Amanda Burden, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission, has long been a supporter of the High Line– she sheparded through the 2005 West Chelsea Rezoning which allowed its preservation. And excellence and hard work was recognized recently.
On Monday evening at the 2008 National Planning Conference in Las Vegas, Amanda was inducted into the American [...]
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A new addition to what’s being called the “High Line building” at 450 West 14th Street– designed by Morris Adjmi and developed by Charles Blaichman– is one of just a handful of new buildings in the Meatpacking District designed specifically for office space, signaling a new (but certainly not the last) chapter in the High Line’s storied [...]
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The handsomest factories and warehouses around the High Line got a kiss from the city on March 18, when the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) calendered a proposal for a new industrial historic district in West Chelsea. When the LPC calendars a proposal, it has a high chance of being approved. The hearing is scheduled for [...]
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National Wine Week in New York City extends from March 10-14. Fourth Wall Restaurants will celebrate with lunch tastings in its five restaurants: Smith & Wollensky New York, Park Avenue Winter, Maloney & Porcelli, Quality Meats, and The Post House. Tuesday through Friday, guests are offered ten generous samples of wine from more than 700 vintners for $10 [...]
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Crain’s came out with their annual 40 Under 40 list yesterday, and the High Line’s own Robert Hammond made the cut.
He’s profiled on the site with a quick video (and enough studio photos to turn heads over at the Daily Intelligencer.)
Robert Hammond, 38 [Crain's 40 Under 40]
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Boston may own New York in baseball, but in regards to creative re-development of disused behemoths of the mid-20th century, they may be woefully behind Gotham. Consider Sunday’s Times article describing the slow evolution of the park being built atop the Big Dig where Boston’s old Southeast Expressway used to run.
Jerold Kayden, a [...]
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[Photo: William Alatriste]
FROM THE HIGH LINE BLOG: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered a rousing State of the City address (PDF) yesterday. It included a promise to “fight any shortsighted effort” by the State to sell two sites adjacent to the Jacob Javits Convention Center until a compelling plan for Javits expansion or replacement is made. One [...]
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