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M&O is a new series of posts attempting to explain some of the Maintenance and Operations issues we’re thinking about for the High Line once it’s open. M&O discussions are ongoing, and many details will be finalized in the months leading up to the High Line’s opening.
In building a park as unorthodox as the High [...]
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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s office is now taking applications for its 2008-2009 Community Planning Fellowship. The program, open to second-year graduate students in planning, intends to engage planning students in public service and to provide practical educational experience. Part of the Fellowship involves attending a planning seminar, which meets at least four times per semester. FHL’s [...]
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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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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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