Posted on February 17, 2009 by Michelle Sharkey
[The High Line last fall, as landscaping crews began planting.]
All eyes were on our nation’s capital today as President Obama signed the stimulus bill (or, properly, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) into law. Before the $787 billion economic recovery package was finally approved, debate raged over how the funds should be distributed.
On that note, [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2009 by Salmaan Khan
Next weekend offers a rare opportunity to see Joel Sternfeld’s Photographs of the High Line as part of Luhring Augustine’s booth at the ADAA Art Show 2009 at the Park Avenue Armory.
Back in 2000, in the dawning hours of Friends of the High Line, co-founders Robert Hammond and Joshua David asked noted photographer Joel Sternfeld to [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by Katie Lorah
[The view looking north; from left to right, the Hudson River, the West Side Highway, and the Whitney, with the massing concentrated West, stepping down from 170 feet to 50 feet, above the High Line. Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Cooper, Robertson & Partners.]
Tonight the Whitney made public for the first time its [...]
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