High Line Blog

How do you get to the High Line?
Tomorrow, a group of eighth-grade students from the Lab School will be leading the way… in brightly-colored “chalk shoes.” Brooklyn-based artist Julia Mandle will lead student performers through the streets of the Meatpacking District and Chelsea, in a performance commissioned by Friends of the High Line. As the [...]

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New (and for some, suggestively shaped) concrete bollards are being installed on Ninth Avenue between Little West 12th and West 13th Street, as part of an ongoing new measure to calm traffic and make the streets of the Meatpacking District friendlier to pedestrians. The intersection has long been a kind of car-and-pedestrian free-for-all.

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[West 17th Street at 10th Avenue, looking west.]
In some ways, Chelsea in 1986 in not so different from what it is today. Sure, the neighborhood has changed and evolved in many ways, but it has also remained a diverse community of people, activities, and uses. The preservation and reuse of High Line adds another interesting element to [...]

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The MTA announced today that it has selected Tishman Speyer as the developer for the West Side Rail Yards. This announcement ends a 6-month bidding process, which originally involved 5 competing developers. Tishman Speyer outbid the only other remaining contender– a joint venture between the Durst Organization and Vornado Realty Trust– by $112 million, offering to pay $1.004 billion for [...]

Filed under: Advocacy, Press, Rail Yards | Tagged: Advocacy, MTA, Neighborhood, Rail Yards, Tishman Speyer | 5 Comments »

Searching for a downtown alternative to the Armory show this weekend? Look no further than Pier 40, which will house the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, exhibiting works in all media from over 70 international galleries.
When you’re there, check out the Artware Editions (Booth F-5). Artware is a gallery in the West Village that specializes in [...]

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Friends of the High Line is set to kick off our spring programming season, and we’ll be starting off with a bang.  We’ve commissioned Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist Julia Mandle to work with a group of 60 students from the Lab School in Chelsea to mount a performance and exhibition this April and May. 
The kids, all 8th-grade art [...]

Filed under: Community, Neighborhood | Tagged: Art, Chelsea, Lab School, Meatpacking District, Neighborhood, Programming | 1 Comment »

 
An update on the imminent closing of beloved Meatpacking District institution Florent, which will soon lose its lease after 22 years on Gansevoort Street: According to the Villager’s resident news-cat Scoopy, restauranteur Florent Morellet is not looking for another space, but is excited to pursue other projects, including writing his memoir and devoting more time [...]

Filed under: Neighborhood | Tagged: Community, Florent, Gansevoort Street, Meatpacking District, Neighborhood, retail | 6 Comments »

Another addition to the burgeoning architectural wonderland that is West Chelsea.
This one is HL23, designed by Neil Denari, a new residential condo building for developer Alf Naman. It’s right next door to another far-out new condo, Lindy Roy’s High Line 519. Site work on the project began a few months ago, but construction is officially beginning [...]

Filed under: Design, Neighborhood | Tagged: Alf Naman, Architecture, Neighborhood, Neil Denari, real estate | 5 Comments »

This friendly space invader has already found a home on the High Line at the Northeast corner of 15th Street. He(?) has several relatives in West Chelsea and around town. There was a good Times article from this weekend on street art around the High Line and elsewhere in the city. Also check out the [...]

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Our neighbors at The Meatpacking District Initiative have just announced some details about Meatpacking District Design Week 2008, happening the weekend of May 16-18.  Design Week events typically include afternoon and evening exhibitions, product launches, panel discussions, art installations, and cocktail parties, all held in venues, stores, and restaurants around the Meatpacking District.  The showcase happens every spring and is timed to [...]

Filed under: Community, Design, Neighborhood | Tagged: Apple Store, Community, Design, Meatpacking District, Neighborhood | 2 Comments »