High Line Blog

 The handsomest factories and warehouses around the High Line got a kiss from the city on March 18, when the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) calendered a proposal for a new industrial historic district in West Chelsea.  When the LPC calendars a proposal, it has a high chance of being approved.  The hearing is scheduled for [...]

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The movement to save the High Line started as a grassroots operation, localized in Chelsea and the Meatpacking District.  From the very early days, the neighborhood newspapers of Community Media (The Villager, Gay City News, Downtown Express, and later, Chelsea Now) have carried some of the best coverage of the project.
Chelsea Now was launched in 2006 to focus [...]

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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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[Photo by Suzanne DeChillo, New York Times]
From the Times this weekend: A gallery has opened near the High Line that defies the current super-hot gallery market by operating as an egalitarian “no-profit” space for young and emerging artists. Honey Space is run by some artists themselves, and any revenues generated from the sale of art [...]

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