High Line Blog

I was cleaning out photos on my cell phone and found this picture of a bird skeleton on the balast at the rail yards.
Actually, there are few pigeons, and virtually no rats or mice on the High Line. The reason? There are no people up there to feed them garbage.

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Timothy Schenck, on our engineering team, has taken some beautiful site photos throughout the construction process.
More after the jump.

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Summer is just around the corner, or so this 80-degree day would have us believe. Above, sunset at the rail yards, last summer. It’s hard to beat that golden light filtering through the smog over New Jersey.
Last Week’s Photo of the Week

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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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We are always excited to come across images of the High Line in our trolling through the blogosphere. Thanks to Razor Apple we found this lovely image of the High Line by Joana Kelly. 
The photo was made in 2005 from a set of sandwiched negatives – one black and white negative from 13th Street and 8th Avenue combined [...]

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Another rainy day up on the Line. Raindrops (and abandoned flip flops) found their way into one of the test pits dug on the High Line before construction began. This shot is from 2005.
Previous Photo of the Week:
West Side Cowboy Twofer
Rainy Day Woman
Introducing Photo of the Week

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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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We think the High Line is pretty.
So we want to share some of our favorite photos of the High Line– one every Wednesday.

[A tree grows from the enclosed platform of an abandoned meatpacking plant. Click to enlarge.]
If this isn’t enough for you, our flickr page  should scratch that itch.

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Section 1 is very busy right now as the team prepares for a delivery of soil in a few weeks. I went up this morning to take stock of all the action happening on the Line right now. Here are some highlights. Click all photos to enlarge.

Tracks are being re-installed in their original locations, after [...]

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It’s award season for Amanda Burden, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission  — and one of the High Line’s earliest, most passionate champions.  Earlier in February, we saw her glide up to the podium to accept a New York City Cititzens Committee award, presented by Charlie Rose (right photo, and check out [...]

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