thehighline.org - 5/30/2009
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Friends of the High Line works to build and maintain an extraordinary public park on the High Line. We seek to preserve the entire historic structure, transforming an essential piece of New York’s industrial past. We provide over 70 percent of the High Line’s annual operating budget and are ...
inhabitat.com - 5/26/2009
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inhabitat.com —
New York City will soon be receiving a
brand new stretch of green space as the once-abandoned...
High Line railway is renovated to become a lush public park. Designed to capture the majesty of both nature and NYC’s industrial ruins, the first ...
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New York’s High Line Sky Park to Open in June
blog.thehighline.org - 6/5/2009
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ACCESS WILL BE LIMITED DURING PEAK HOURS After
ten years of advocacy, planning, and construction, the High...
Line is opening. Section 1 of the High Line (from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street) will open Tuesday, June 9, offering visitors the chance to ...
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Section 1 of the High Line to Open Tuesday, June 9
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 5/24/2009
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New York’s High Line ‘Eco’ Park Opens in June
Inhabitots —
... . So it’s no surprise that a group of community activists dedicated over 10 years to reclaiming a decades-old abandoned elevated rail line that ran high above the city from 34th Street to Gansevoort Street. Their hard work paid off, with Friends of the High Line finally realizing the dream of turning the once decrepit space into a family-friendly eco-park overlooking the Hudson. The first section of the new ...
High as a Park in the Sky
ecofabulous —
... Ten years ago, the non-profit Friends of the High Line was formed to prevent the historic elevated train tracks on Manhattan’s West Side from demolition. Their vision was to preserve the space and give the public full access to a much-needed park. A decade later, their hard work has paid off and one section of the 1.5-mile long park is ready for visitors. ...
The New High Line
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... is an elevated park that runs along the west side of Manhattan. It is built on a former railway that was used from 1934 until 1980. It was then taken over by vegetation, becoming a sort of informal and not so easily accessible greenway above the streets. In 1999, local residents Joshua David and Robert Hammond founded Friends of the High Line to save it from demolition and build support for converting it into a public park. The city approved funding in 2004, and the lower section (from Gansevoort to 20th Street) opened in June. ...
The Low Down on High Line Wood
Daily Greenz, the Blog from Greenzer.com —
... up in arms. Why? Because the Friends of the High Line , who are responsible for the new green space in New York, choose to use old-growth ipe wood from the rainforest instead of a local sustainably-grown wood, ...
Literary Dose #40
A Daily Dose of Architecture —
... his.' [...] 'Early in our relationship, we really pushed it many times to be on [sic] the breaking point,' he remembers. 'I mean really be on [sic] the breaking point, and then 20 minutes later we're back together and everything was fine. And I think that that has enabled us to be totally brutal and honest with each other.'"- "Portrait of a Working Marriage" in FLYP Issue 35, which features a couple videos with DS+R and an audio interview with FHL co-founder Robert Hammond. ...
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TreeHugger has been covering The High Line since the very start of our existence—all the way from 2004, when we called it New York's Agritectural Space , to various benefits Friends of the High Line had along the way. ...
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New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today!
inhabitat.com 6/9/2009 —
An elevated park in the sky built on top of the skeleton of an old rail system? It may have sounded impossible only five years ago, but today, the eagerly awaited High Line elevated urban park officially opens for thousands of New Yorkers ...
The High Line Construction Progress, 2008
tropolism.com 12/31/2008 — Friends Of The High Line has sent us a year-end summary email, chock full of construction images that we hadn't seen yet. Try as we might, we were unable to find these on their website, so we have included two more after the jump. If you don't get ...
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… A newly ...
High as a Park in the Sky
ecofabulous.com 6/9/2009 — Urban ecophiles, rejoice! The High Line , New York’s long anticipated park in the sky, finally opens to the public today (June 9).
Ten years ago, the non-profit Friends of the High Line was formed to prevent the historic elevated train tracks on Manhattan’s West Side from demolition. Their ...
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