High Line Blog

Our friend Matt Wolf, a talented filmmaker who’s produced several short videos about the High Line, makes the New York debut of his first feature-length film, “Wild Combination“, at the Kitchen on May 15. Matt’s film was an Official Selection at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.
The film will show as part of a series of [...]

Filed under: Links, Media, Video | Tagged: Events, the Kitchen, Video | No Comments »

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]

Filed under: Press, Uncategorized | Tagged: Crain's, Photos, Video | 1 Comment »

In one of the greatest movie openings of all time, Woody Allen’s Manhattan features shots of his noble but down-at-the-heels city unfolding to the swooping score of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and Allen’s own signature writerly futzing.
The whole thing is worth watching, of course, but pay special attention to seconds 22 through 26.
The shadowy High Line [...]

Filed under: Neighborhood, Video | Tagged: Movies, Video | 1 Comment »

In what is an eerily near-perfect re-telling of my own coming-to-New York story, Pat Benatar’s Love Is A Battlefield video tells the story of a runaway from small-town America, who, against all odds, fights her way through the grime-ridden dive bars of New York’s oily, leather-clad underbelly, to end up dancing in the streets (where [...]

Filed under: Video | Tagged: Rail Yards, Video | 1 Comment »

The NBC real estate show Open House NYC covered the High Line’s transformation in a segment on its Sunday morning broadcast. It features co-Founder Robert Hammond and City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden. (A 15-second ad plays before the video.)

Filed under: Press, Video | Tagged: Press, real estate, Video | No Comments »

Crain’s caught up with four of the five Rail Yards developers at the 112th annual Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) gala.
Ric Clark from Brookfield, Stephen Ross from Related, Douglas Durst from Durst/Vornado, and Jerry Speyer from Tishman Speyer all make the case for why their development plan was the best.

Filed under: Video | Tagged: Brookfield, Crain's, Developers, Douglas Durst, Durst/Vornado, Jerry Speyer, Proposals, real estate, REBNY, Related, Ric Clark, Stephen Ross, Tishman Speyer, Video | No Comments »

Interesting video primer on the rail yards site from intothebox.tv.
from vodpod.com posted with vodpod

Filed under: Video | Tagged: Background, Developers, real estate, Video | No Comments »

On Monday, architects from the five development teams presented their designs to the public at Cooper Union. Videos of each presentation are now available. Please note these videos have been edited down for length, and the sound quality is not great.

Steven Holl for Extell

Robert AM Stern, Bernardo Fort Brescia, Eugene Kohn and Claire Weisz [...]

Filed under: Video | Tagged: Architecture, Bernardo Fort Brescia, Brookfield, Claire Weisz, Community Input, Cooper Union, Dan Kaplan, Developers, Durst/Vornado, Eugene Kohn, Extell, Francisco Gonzalel Pulido, Gary Haney, James Corner, Margie Ruddick, Proposals, Related, Robert AM Stern, Steven Holl, Tishman Speyer, Video | 1 Comment »

Visit our YouTube Site.
More video after the jump.

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Video | No Comments »