SPRING 2012
Robert: Joel Sternfeld took this photograph of us seven years ago. I wasn’t sure I’d be alive to see the completion of the High Line, and now we may be starting construction at the rail yards later this year. Josh: In so many ways, the success of the High Line is thanks to the vision of our members and donors. We recently made major funding advances that will help us build the rail yards section, but we still have a ways to go. We have $65 million to raise for the Campaign for the High Line, in addition to annual operations funding needed to keep the park looking great. Robert: Travel + Leisure recently named the High Line as No. 10 on its list of the world’s most popular landmarks. It still sounds crazy to me – that millions of people are coming to the High Line. More than 3.7 million people visited the park last year, that’s almost double what we saw in 2010. Our challenge now is to find new ways to sustain the park as a special place for New Yorkers. Josh: Because the media tends to focus on fancy restaurants and new condos, it’s often lost on people that the High Line neighborhood is economically diverse, and that the 5,000 residents living in subsidized housing next to the park are our largest group of immediate neighbors. We want to make sure that they feel ownership of their backyard park. To that end, the Nathan Cummings Foundation offered us resources to do a community engagement survey. You can read all about it on Page 10. Robert: It’s hard to believe, but the High Line’s maintenance, operations, and horticulture staff are currently working out of a tenement with no freight elevator to the High Line. We need an operations center to support the park, and the good news is we recently began construction on a new building, called the High Line Headquarters, with the opening planned for next year. It will be located next to the future Whitney Museum, and will provide public restrooms, a freight elevator, and an indoor space for the High Line’s education programs.
PHOTO BY JOEL STERNFELD
A MESSAGE FROM THE CO-FOUNDERS
Josh: Our ever-changing art program means there’s always a surprise at the High Line. Yesterday I walked past the art installation by Anne Collier. It was so cool to see a photo of the artist’s eye enlarged to gigantic proportions on HIGH LINE BILLBOARD. It made me think of the giant eyes in the optometrist billboard in The Great Gatsby. Anne’s artwork will be de-installed by the time you read this, but in April we are installing another work, this time by an artist named David Shrigley. Robert: We’ve been giving talks about the High Line since our book came out last October. My favorite was at the Center in the West Village. The talk’s name said it all – “Behind the Bushes: The Secret Homo History of the High Line.” The discussion focused on the relationship between gay men and changing neighborhoods, preservation, and design, with a few racy stories thrown in for good measure. Josh: The High Line has been open for nearly three years, so this is not the park’s first spring. But this year we are continuing a beautiful tradition to usher in the season. As the weather warms, we work quickly to cut back last season’s plants to make way for spring growth. It has to be done by hand, so we invite volunteers to help us. It is so inspiring to see the community coming together to care for the High Line. As you cut back the plants and see the new green shoots emerging, you can’t help but feel refreshed and hopeful. Thank you for being a Friend of the High Line. You are sustaining this extraordinary public space, and inspiring millions around the world to follow their dreams.
Joshua David Co-Founder
Robert Hammond Co-Founder
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LATE SPRING
EARLY SPRING (AFTER CUTBACK)
WINTER (BEFORE CUTBACK)
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Gardeners Johnny Linville and Meg Graham with volunteer Lebasi Lashley (center) during High Line Spring Cutback.
SPRING CUTBACK PREPARING THE HIGH LINE’S PLANTING BEDS FOR SPRING
Visit the High Line in the coming weeks, and you will find a remarkable transformation underway. The High Line’s plants are not trimmed back at the onset of cold weather as is typical in most gardens. Instead, the textured grasses, skeletal plant stalks, and dried seed heads define the High Line’s winter landscape. Now that spring has arrived, we must work quickly to cut back the plants to make way for new growth.
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We call this process Spring Cutback, a six-week undertaking that began earlier this month and is scheduled to continue through the middle of April. Our gardeners are busily working to sheer back the grasses and perennials by hand, using pruners, scissors, and the help of volunteers and staff. Some of the dried plant material will be made into mulch to cover the soil in the High Line’s planting beds, while the rest will be transported to Fresh Kills on Staten Island, where it is turned into compost for future use. Join us in celebrating this exciting annual project on Sunday, April 22, when we host
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The Northern Spur Preserve, thanks to Christy and John Mack Foundation.
Earth Day events and the completion of Spring Cutback. It will be a day of familyfriendly activities, composting demonstrations, and a participatory art performance that culminates in a free meal of fresh spring greens on the High Line. See our Spring Program Calendar or visit www.thehighline.org for more information about our Earth Day activities. High Line Spring Cutback is supported by Bloomberg, Google, HR&A Advisors, REI, Toyota, and UNIQLO.
SPRING CUTBACK BY THE NUMBERS
There are 32 species and cultivars of grasses that are left in their natural state through the winter
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HIGH LINE GARDENERS There are six full-time gardeners on staff at the High Line
ONE MILE Length of the High Line that is open to the public
6 MILES Average distance walked by a gardener per day during Spring Cutback
5 LBS Average weight lost by a gardener during Spring Cutback
300
Number of volunteers helping to complete Spring Cutback
15 QUESTIONS Average number of visitor questions a gardener receives per day 10 COMMENTS While working, our gardeners receive praise from an average 10 visitors per day
1,500 Total number of man hours spent trimming back plants
More than 50 species of bulbs will start blooming in April.
150 CUBIC YARDS Dried plant trimmings composted during Spring Cutback
PHOTO BY BARRY MUNGER
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Plants on the High Line to trim during Spring Cutback
A NEW ROLE FOR MELISSA PROMOTED TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER We wanted you to know about an exciting change in the leadership structure at Friends of the High Line. As the non-profit conservancy for the park, we have new responsibilities and an expanded staff dedicated to maintaining the High Line as a destination for the millions of visitors it welcomes each year. A new leadership role is required to manage the day-to-day operations of the entire organization. To this end, Melissa Fisher, our former Director of Horticulture & Park Operations, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Since 2008, Melissa has been building and leading our operations, maintenance, and horticulture teams, running the park effectively and demonstrating exemplary leadership and management skills at every step of the way. Crain’s New York Business Magazine recognized Melissa’s achievements this month, when it named her one of New York City’s “40 Under 40 Rising Stars.” Melissa discovered what she calls “the
profound connection between people and plants” as an undergraduate at Dartmouth, where she helped found the Dartmouth Organic Farm. She made the inspired decision to transfer in her senior year to Sterling College, a rural Vermont farm school with a focus on sustainability and experiential education. In 2000, Melissa worked as an Americorps VISTA volunteer at the Austin Community Gardens, where she found her passion in providing garden-based opportunities for city-dwellers. She then joined the Peace Corps in Tanzania, East Africa, where she built a village school, designed and secured funding for a successful – and still ongoing – school lunch program, and led initiatives in natural resource conservation and women’s empowerment. Still compelled by questions of of urban sustainability, she transitioned to the Bronx in 2004 to study at the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture, where she graduated as valedictorian in 2006. Before coming to the High Line, she was the Horticultural Society of New York’s Director of Green Branches, building gardens in underserved neighborhoods with crews of recently-incarcerated men and women. Melissa is fluent in Swahili, drives a motorcycle, and recently renovated a Brooklyn brownstone with her husband, Thabo, and their two friends. She and Thabo now live in Chelsea. 3
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PHOTO BY BARRY MUNGER
SAVED! MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HIGH LINE AT THE RAIL YARDS It’s finally happening! After years of advocacy for the future of the final section of the High Line, all stakeholders have committed to preserving the entire historic structure, including the Spur. We are poised to break ground later this year at the High Line at the rail yards. This is what we have been fighting for since the very beginning. When the City of New York acquired the High Line below West 30th Street in 2005, people told us that the rail yards section was too difficult. It would stand in the way of development at Hudson Yards. It would never work. With your help, we demonstrated how important the High Line was to the future of our city, what an opportunity it could be, and what a tragedy it would be if the rail yards section was lost. You wrote letters. You spoke passionately at public meetings. You supported our studies, reports, and regulatory initiatives. You helped us save the Spur. Now it is time to move from advocacy into design and construction. Our goal is to open the High Line all the way to West 34th Street as soon as possible, and we have a plan to do it. We have four critical tasks ahead: zoning, acquisition, design, and a major fundraising initiative.
ZONING AND ACQUISITION In January, the City of New York began the public review process for a new zoning text amendment that would preserve the entire rail yards section of the High Line as public open space. As part of the new zoning text, the Related Companies – the designated developer of Hudson Yards – will be required to provide funding to support construction of the Eastern Rail Yards. (See map on the next page.) This contribution covers nearly 30 percent of the total estimated cost of construction of the final section of the High Line, as well as some of the costs for future maintenance of the park. We expect the zoning action to be complete in June, which will pave the way for construction to begin later in the year. DESIGN Once again, we have engaged James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf to create a vision for the High Line. The rail yards section will be both an extension and an evolution of the High Line to the south. It is important that the entire space be understood as a single, integrated entity and experience. At the same time, Hudson Yards presents a unique urban context for the High Line, with new opportunities and challenges.
The development at Hudson Yards represents a western extension of Midtown, with 12 million square feet of new office, residential, retail, and cultural uses planned for the site. It will create a new kind of urban experience unlike anything we have seen in the Meatpacking District and West Chelsea. Also, it is the only place where the High Line travels on an east-west axis. This is the section of the High Line where Joel Sternfeld captured some of his most iconic photographs, with views of the Hudson River and the Empire State Building. We expect the new design to take the best of what we’ve done before and adapt it to take advantage of this new environment. Since the very beginning, the community has played an important role at the High Line, helping us shape the development of the park. The tradition continues today. We hosted a community input meeting in December, and we heard some great ideas from our neighbors about the design of the rail yards section of the High Line. The design team developed initial concepts that we shared with our neighbors at a follow-up community input meeting mid-March, and we are now working to refine the designs.
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WEST 34TH STREET
EASTERN RAIL YARDS
WEST 30TH STREET
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WESTERN RAIL YARDS
ELEVENTH AVENUE
TWELFTH AVENUE
GREENWAY & BIKE PATH
WEST 33RD STREET
TENTH AVENUE SPUR HIGH LINE CURRENTLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WEST 29TH STREET
WEST 28TH STREET
WEST 27TH STREET
One of the most popular themes at the December meeting was the desire to “keep it wild.” People want to maintain the self-seeded landscape that grew up between the rail tracks, so that is what we are going to do, at least in the short term. While the Eastern Rail Yards will be designed in a similar way as the High Line south of West 30th Street, the Western Rail Yards will feature a interim solution – a simple path winding through the existing landscape – that will allow the public to directly experience the self-sown grasses and wildflowers that inspired us all in the first place. FUNDRAISING In order to accomplish any of this, we have to raise significant funding for capital construction at the rail yards, which is the foremost priority of the Campaign for the High Line. In addition to supporting the rail yards construction, the Campaign also aims to bolster the High Line’s endowment and construction of High Line Headquarters, a critical hub for park operations, located next to the High Line at Gansevoort and Washington Streets. The good news is that we have raised more than $38 million to date toward the current Campaign goal of $100 million. Last summer, The
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Tiffany & Co. Foundation generously made a $5 million challenge grant to Friends of the High Line, and were soon joined by Donald Pels and Wendy Keys, two of our long-time supporters, with a $5 million challenge grant of their own. Then in the fall, the Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation made a $20 million pledge to the High Line – the largest single gift to a New York City park in history. We are deeply grateful to Greenacre Foundation, the New York Community Trust, and the J. M. Kaplan Fund. Their generous support over the years allowed us to push forward on the rail yards continuously. We have always been an ambitious organization, striving to deliver a unique, transformational experience for every High Line visitor—and the great citizens of New York have stepped forward to embrace our aspirations and offer the moral and financial support necessary to bring us this far in what has been an extraordinary, grassroots-driven project. Much remains to be done, as we work harder than ever before to meet our current Campaign goals. We look forward to reporting back later this year on our fundraising progress that will make the High Line at the rail yards a reality.
PHOTO BY ARI BURLING
HUDSON RIVER
TOP While the Eastern
Rail Yards will be designed like the High Line south of West 30th Street, the Western Rail Yards will feature a interim solution – a simple path winding through the existing landscape – that will allow the public to directly experience the self-sown landscape that grew up between the tracks when the trains stopped running.
BOTTOM The Western
and Eastern Rail Yards are currently an active rail yard for Long Island Rail Road trains. In this photo, participants in an openhousenewyork walking tour explore a stretch of the High Line between West 30th and West 34th Streets.
Friends of the High Line’s members and donors like you have played a critical role in supporting our advocacy work at the rail yards. Thank you for your continued support as we work toward our ultimate goal: opening the High Line at the rail yards to the public. We would also like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of a few individuals, starting with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The High Line is standing today thanks to the vision and will of the Mayor and his team: First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, City Planning Commission Chair Amanda M. Burden, and NYC Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky. We are deeply grateful to City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn. As our local councilwoman since 1999, Speaker Quinn has, along with her predecessor Gifford Miller, championed the High Line, dedicating significant public funding to the project, and stepping forward in crucial moments to save the High Line from those who thought it would only get in the way. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler have recognized the value of the High Line from day one, along with our elected officials in Albany: State Senator Thomas Duane and State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried. We are grateful to the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Related Companies for their partnership and vision for integrating the High Line into the development of Hudson Yards. Our colleagues at Community Board 4 have courageously made the High Line a priority, fighting for it every step of the way. And we must thank CSX Transportation, Inc., the national freight rail company that donated the High Line south of West 30th Street to the City of New York in 2005, and has committed to do the same for the rail yards section. Finally, we would like to extend a special thank you to the New York Community Trust – LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund. It has generously supported our ongoing planning, programming, and advocacy work for the rail yards, which has allowed us to keep people engaged as we worked to secure the final section of the High Line.
PHOTO BY YOON KIM
RAIL YARDS VISIONARIES
RAIL YARDS COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS
“The High Line at the rail yards should be as gritty as the first two sections.”
From the very beginning, the community has played an important role in shaping the development of the High Line. We recently held two community input meetings for the rail yards section of the High Line. Following an introduction by Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Corey Johnson, Chair of Manhattan Community Board 4, participants at each meeting listened to a project update from Friends of the High Line Co-Founder Robert Hammond, and then asked questions and gave feedback to the members of the High Line Design Team from James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Overall, participants appreciated the opportunity to once again take part in the planning process for what they say has become a beloved public space for New Yorkers. Here are some of our favorite comments from participants. Visit the High Line Blog at www.thehighline.org to read a full summary of the public’s comments and questions.
“It should be an experience of marveling nature, remembering the history of the city, and forgetting yourself there.” “I applaud the idea of a temporary walkway over a more or less wild condition. BRAVO.” “Demonstrate that the High Line was originally built as a freight rail line.”
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PHOTO BY AUSTIN KENNEDY, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK
We are using the billboard to present a rotating series of artworks, thanks to Edison Properties, the owner of the property on which the billboard sits.
PHOTO BY TOM MEDWELL
John Baldessari, the legendary conceptual artist, created a giant reproduction of a $100,000 bill for HIGH LINE BILLBOARD in December.
Q&A WITH CECILIA ALEMANI OUR NEW CURATOR DISCUSSES HER PLANS FOR THE HIGH LINE We are pleased to introduce you to Cecilia Alemani, who joined us in October as the new Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator and Director of High Line Art, a program that commissions and produces temporary, sitespecific art projects on and around the High Line, and invites artists to think of creative ways to engage with the High Line.
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Cecilia brings to the High Line international experience as an independent curator and writer, and a history of curatorial collaborations with museums, foundations, non-profit arts organizations, and cultural institutions, including MoMA/PS1, New York; X Initiative, New York; Artists Space, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Tate Modern, London; Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy; and Venice International Film Festival, Venice, Italy. We asked Cecilia to answer a few questions about herself and her plans for High Line Art.
High Line It’s impossible to convey to readers, but you have a beautiful accent. Where did you grow up? Cecilia Alemani I was born in Milan, Italy. I lived there for many years, going to school for philosophy with a specialization in aesthetics. After graduating, I worked at an art gallery in Milan.
What brought you to the United States? I moved to New York in 2003 to attend Bard College, where I got a Master’s degree in curatorial studies. Like so many others, I fell in love with New York, and I never left. When did you first hear of the High Line? As an art professional based in New York City for the past eight years, I have spent a lot of time in Chelsea. I noticed the steel structure above the streets, but I never knew what it was. I remember my first visit when the High Line finally opened. It was such an incredible experience to see Chelsea, where I had spent so many hours, from a totally different vantage point. That is the best part about the High Line – how it gives you a new way of seeing the city. And that’s what art is all about too – changing perspectives. It’s a natural match. Speaking of views from the park, what can you tell us about the billboards we see near the High Line? Most of the billboards are used as space for advertising, but there is one at West 18th Street that we have been able to use to show artwork. We call it HIGH LINE BILLBOARD. Its owner, Edison Properties, has generously allowed us to use the billboard every other month. I was thrilled to launch HIGH LINE BILLBOARD in December with John Baldessari, the legendary conceptual artist. In his typical tongue-incheek fashion, Baldessari used the billboard to showcase a gigantic reproduction of a $100,000 bill in the middle of the holiday shopping season and Occupy Wall Street protests. I loved watching all the visitors taking pictures and laughing at the piece. In February, the billboard featured an artwork by Anne Collier. Next we will show a work by David Shrigley in April. What other installations do you have planned for the spring season? As soon as I joined the High Line, people started asking me what my first big bronze sculpture would be. I think it’s funny how people put art in silos, assuming that “public art” means monumental sculptures in corporate plazas and government buildings. To react to this, I decided to do a show of very tiny objects to debut HIGH LINE COMMISSIONS. The show will be called Lilliput. It will be the High Line’s first group exhibition, with a series of miniature sculptures installed in peculiar places along the High Line.
As you point out, the High Line is a unique public space with extraordinary opportunities to experience art and culture in new ways. Can you tell us more about your plans? I am looking forward to debuting HIGH LINE ART PERFORMANCES in April. The spring series begins with recreations of notable performances by three female artists in their late seventies or early eighties: Alison Knowles, Channa Horwitz, and Simone Forti. On Earth Day, Alison will re-stage her famous performance, Make a Salad, in which she mixes a giant salad to the beat of live music, and then serves the greens to the crowd. Then in May, Simone will recreate her dynamic dance, Huddle, on the High Line’s pathways, and Channa will restage Poem Opera, an enigmatic performance in which vocalists read scripts to the beat of a metronome. I am thrilled to give these women the opportunity to show their work at the High Line. With nearly four million visitors each year, the High Line is one of the city’s biggest stages. Who inspires you? New York inspires me every day. But if I were to single out one individual who has deeply influenced my career, I would choose Marcia Tucker, founder of the New Museum. While I was studying at Bard College, Marcia taught me one of the most important aspects of my profession: always be open to dialogue and find creative ways to collaborate with artists, curators, and other institutions. She was a feminist and a pioneering curator, but above all she was an awe-inspiring woman. What do you want to be when you grow up? When I was little, I wanted to be an archeologist. Then in my mid-twenties, I wanted to be a curator. If you asked me what’s next, well, my secret dream is to open a food truck with delicious Italian food! High Line Art is supported by Donald R. Mullen, Jr.; The Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund; The Greenwall Foundation; Vital Projects Fund, Inc.; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
UPCOMING HIGH LINE ART HIGH LINE BILLBOARD
DAVID SHRIGLEY, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? APRIL 5–MAY 7
A humorous commentary on the human condition, exploring our fears and paranoia HIGH LINE CHANNEL
ROSALIND NASHASHIBI; PAUL STRAND AND CHARLES SHEELER; AND KARL KELS, EYEBALLING MARCH 6 – APRIL 10
Three films about the streets of New York STURTEVANT, WARHOL EMPIRE STATE APRIL 11– MAY 15
A tribute to the iconic beauty of the Empire State Building HIGH LINE ART PERFORMANCES
ALISON KNOWLES, MAKE A SALAD SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Chelsea Market Passage
The artist mixes a giant salad to the beat of live music, and then serves it to the crowd CHANNA HORWITZ, POEM OPERA / THE DIVIDED PERSON THURSDAY, MAY 17, 6:30 –7:30 PM On the High Line, under the Standard
Vocalists read from 25-foot-long scripts to the reckless beat of a metronome SIMONE FORTI, HUDDLE THURSDAY, MAY 24, 6:00 –7:30 PM Various Locations
Dancers intertwined in huddles move together in this experimental performance HIGH LINE COMMISSIONS
URI ARAN, UNTITLED (GOOD & BAD) DEBUTING LATE APRIL
A playful sound installation transforms the High Line into an imaginary jungle VARIOUS ARTISTS, LILLIPUT DEBUTING LATE APRIL
A treasure hunt for miniature sculptures along the High Line
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BUILDING COMMUNITY AT THE HIGH LINE YEAR-LONG LISTENING INITIATIVE FINDS NEW WAYS FOR NEIGHBORS TO FEEL OWNERSHIP OF THE HIGH LINE Friends of the High Line is a community-based organization. It was founded by two local residents, and the community made saving and transforming the High Line possible. Today our mission reflects our commitment to our neighborhood, as we work to build a vibrant community around the High Line. Last year, we set up tables in the lobby of Hudson Guild, a local community center, with the goal of talking with neighbors about the park. Hudson Guild provides a range of social services to those in need, and many of its patrons are among the 5,000 residents living in the Robert Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses, two public housing facilities owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). All three facilities are located within one block of the park so we were particularly interested to hear feedback from these residents. The tabling surveys showed us that the High Line was not impacting the lives of the local community to its fullest capacity. Many of our closest neighbors were not among the High Line’s regular visitors, and some had never even 10
heard of the park. We realized that we have the opportunity to become a better neighbor, but to do so, we need to keep listening. Following the tabling surveys, we started seeking out more opportunities to build stronger relationships with residents living in the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses, through attending tenant meetings and more. At the same time, with support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, we began a year-long community engagement initiative to identify ways to strengthen the ties between the High Line and our largest group of immediate neighbors. “Like many large cities, New York is a city of neighborhoods. Friends of the High Line has developed a tremendous physical asset for its neighborhood, and now they are developing deep relationships with their neighbors that will contribute to a just and sustainable society,” said Maurine Knighton, Director of the Arts & Culture Program at the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Strengthening relationships happens over time and with a lot of dedication. To begin our community engagement initiative, we hired Lisa Yancey, a consultant who specializes in strategic planning and project management at arts institutions in New York City. Working with her colleague Bill Terry, Lisa helped us identify a project theme, “The High Line: Your Backyard Park,” and led us through
“I have realized that I am more open to talking to people now because of the community engagement project. This job gave both the community and us a voice to be heard.” Jaime Villafane, Teen Surveyor
the planning and execution of the project over the course of 2011. Our work included: • Forming a planning committee • Interviewing 43 stakeholders • Hiring and training six teens from the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses to conduct surveys • Compiling and analyzing data from 836 completed surveys
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support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, we were able to hire local teens to help us conduct surveys at the Robert Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea
Houses, two public housing complexes near the High Line. The results of the surveys are helping us strengthen relationships with the High Line’s most immediate neighbors.
The results of the interviews and surveys were largely positive. It also clarified some important challenges. We found that: • More than 75% expressed interest in regularly visiting the High Line • People are excited to attend and collaborate on new public programming, including dominos, fashion shows, and more • Many suggested that we do a better job to recruit locally for job openings • People need more consistent notice about our programs through emails, flyers, social media, and more • For some, park rules prohibit important activities, such as dog walking, barbecuing, or playing active sports
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and teen surveyors spoke with more than 800 neighbors to find new ways to serve our community.
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shared ideas for getting the community more involved at the High Line through programs, education, and employment.
This initiative underscored the need for a staff person solely devoted to this work. We are now recruiting for a full-time Community Engagement Manager, who will ensure that we remain connected to our neighbor by expanding communications, local participation at public events, and more. “Our belief in being good neighbors is a guiding force at Friends of the High Line. This initiative is just the beginning,” said Danya Sherman, Director of Public Programs, Education, & Community Engagement at Friends of the High Line. “We will build on our new relationships to communicate more regularly, listen actively with open minds, and generally be aware of how our institutional resources can be of value to those living near the park.”
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NOW AND THEN: GANSEVOORT STREET A LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND ONGOING TRANSITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD By Pete Davies When you visit the park this spring, stand near the southern end and you will find that change is happening all around the High Line. To the west, construction is underway for the new downtown location of the Whitney Museum of American Art and High Line Headquarters. To the north, former industrial buildings are coming down to make way for new mixed-use towers set to rise near the High Line. To the south, clothing boutiques are replacing old loading docks at a luxury condo building along Gansevoort Street, originally the Manhattan Refrigerating Company and a key component of the markets that have served this area for more than a century.
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Much has been said about the transformation of the Meatpacking District, but change is nothing new here. As these historical images show, the plot of land now being readied for the Whitney Museum was once home to a bustling street-level marketplace, called the Gansevoort Farmers’ Market. Today the High Line, whose original construction was driven by the evolution of the Meatpacking District, and whose recent transformation into public open space has fueled changes of its own, provides the perfect place to ponder this neighborhood’s history. PRODUCE CAME FIRST The Gansevoort Farmers’ Market opened at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets in 1879. It was created solely for farmers to sell fruits and vegetables they’d grown themselves. The open-air market did business every day but Sunday, with room for 400
horse-drawn wagons. Farmers rolled in by night, all heading to Gansevoort Street and choking the neighborhood streets. The scene in 1891 is described in Ernest Ingersoll’s A Week in New York: “Their drivers try to reach the market long before midnight. Having secured their places, the horses are unhitched and tied to the feed-box, or sent to a stable, and the driver stretches himself on top of his load for a nap until daybreak, when business begins.” At sun-up grocers and restaurateurs converged on the market to bargain for produce. Trade was brisk and by nine o’clock in the morning most wagons were empty. To provide meat for the growing city, the West Washington Market was established in 1889, on the waterfront across from the Gansevoort Market. That facility was state of the art for its day, and by 1912, this area was handling more than 55% of the city’s commercial meat trade.
drawn carriages loaded with produce crowded the Gansevoort Farmers’ Market. The Manhattan Refrigeration Company building, seen in the background, marked the beginning of a new shift from produce toward meat-processing and sales.
MIDDLE By the time the
High Line was built, meat had overtaken produce as the mainstay of the neighborhood thanks to the refrigeration technology provided by the Manhattan Refrigeration Company. Meat-packing and manufacturing thrived.
FEEDING A GROWING CITY As Manhattan’s population grew from a small colony to a full-fledged 19th century city, development moved north from Lower Manhattan. Ships filled New York Harbor, loaded with goods from around the world, and food markets sprouted along the riverfront. After the Erie Canal opened in 1825, barges carried cargo from inland states, further crowding the waterfront. In the mid-1800s new piers were constructed, where longshoremen unloaded tons of food and other goods. In 1854, the Hudson River Rail Road built a freight depot at the foot of Gansevoort Street to distribute the goods, with rail tracks leading from the waterfront and crisscrossing city streets. Continued growth forced that depot north, to where the High Line now wraps around Hudson Yards. In the 1870s, the depot on
PHOTO BY BARRY MUNGER
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LEFT Hundreds of horse-
PRESENT DAY
RIGHT At the end of
the High Line, the tan building that once housed the Manhattan Refrigeration Company has been converted to a residential complex with street-level shops. Below the High Line are some of the areas remaining meat-packing facilities.
Gansevoort Street was cleared to make way for the new Gansevoort Markets, situated to serve the booming city. Even before the markets moved in the Gansevoort area had developed into an industrial zone, with trains running along the streets and into nearby iron works and lumberyards. The arrival in the late 1800s of the Gansevoort and West Washington Markets further transformed the surrounding blocks. Merchant classes built brownstones on the blocks east of Tenth Avenue, now known as Chelsea. Tenements built for the families of longshoremen, teamsters, and marketmen replaced small single-family houses. By 1890 a real estate boom had arrived, foretelling the changes now seen along the High Line. With the boom came other transformations.
REFRIGERATION BRINGS CHANGE The true innovation of the Gansevoort Markets was hidden beneath the streets. In 1904, the Manhattan Refrigerating Company – pictured here in these historic images – laid underground pipes throughout the neighborhood, circulating chilled water that cooled the market stalls and other buildings nearby. For decades meat had come into the city from as far west as Ohio, but without cold storage, the meat had to sell immediately. Automated refrigeration modernized the business, allowing meat to be stored safely while being processed for sale. With business booming, the concentration of refrigerated meat purveyors led to further growth of the Meatpacking District and Chelsea, and the development of new industries like the National Biscuit Company, now home to Chelsea Market.
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NOW AND THEN: GANSEVOORT STREET Washington Market opens on donated land, where the new World Trade Center now rises The Erie Canal opens, bringing goods from midwest states to the New York City waterfront Hudson River Rail Road depot opens at Gansevoort Street
In its heyday, the Gansevoort Farmers’ Market was a bustling destination for fruit and produce from regional farms. This image
Hudson River Rail Road depot is razed and moved north
looks northwest over the Gansevoort Farmers’ Market toward the West Washington Market buildings and the Hudson River.
Gansevoort Farmers Market opens at Washington and Gansevoort Streets Washington Market moves north to the Gansevoort Farmers Market area
Warehouses and garages took the place of gas works and stables. Trucks replaced wagons, and the resulting urban congestion forced new changes around the Gansevoort area. To improve distribution, a more modern market was planned in the mid-1920’s. The idea of the High Line was born, with elevated tracks to be erected across the market blocks. It would better connect the market district to the rail yards to the north and clear the streets of traffic. These changes spelled the end of the Gansevoort Farmers’ Market. The High Line opened in 1934 and soon it was delivering so much fresh food to the city that it was commonly called the Life Line of New York. After World War II, with the High Line in full operation, a new Gansevoort Meat Market was built on the site of the old Gansevoort Farmers’ Market. It opened in 1950 and meat overtook produce as the mainstay of the area. In the High Line’s heyday, workers toiled through the night, taking quick breaks at the R & L Restaurant at 69 Gansevoort Street, later home to the pioneer eatery Florent. The meatmen called the place “Eat’em and Beat’em,” popping in at 3:00 AM to quickly eat a plate of eggs so they could beat others to market, where they’d butcher beef delivered by the elevated trains. The Gansevoort Meat Market building still nestles up to the High Line and the last 14
Manhattan Refrigerating Company lays underground pipes to circulate chilled water
remaining processors in the Meatpacking District do business there today.
High Line opens to trains, running freight deliveries between Spring and West 34th Streets
A RAILWAY TRANSFORMED The rise of interstate trucking and the introduction of container shipping marked the end of the High Line’s life as a railway distribution line and, as manufacturing moved away from the city, it ceased operations in 1980. Now the re-born rail line is a catalyst for a new era of change. Since park construction began, more than $2 billion in private investment has poured into the area and new transformations – from the Whitney Museum at the south to Hudson Yards at the north – are on the horizon. Remnants of the past can still be viewed from atop the High Line: meat racks above the rail platform south of 14th Street, low-rise market buildings fronting onto Washington Street, and old rails slotted into the pathways along the High Line. Everything changes, but the history lives on.
Pete Davies lives in SoHo and is a Contributing Editor at Curbed NY. He has been helping to preserve the High Line since before the park’s groundbreaking in 2006. Pete currently guides walking tours as a High Line Docent, a program supported by REI.
Gansevoort Meat Market opens, on the site of the Gansevoort Farmers’ Market Last train runs on the High Line, delivering a carload of frozen turkeys Friends of the High Line is founded by community residents to save the High Line from demolition City of New York establishes the Gansevoort Market Historic District High Line, transformed into a park, opens to the public
2011
Groundbreaking for the new location of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Line Headquarters
IMAGE BY RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP AND BEYER BLINDER BELLE, COURTESY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
COMING SOON A NEW RESTAURANT UNDER THE HIGH LINE We are now reviewing proposals from operators to run a new full-service, year-round restaurant to open directly below the High Line at Gansevoort and Washington Streets in October, 2013. The new venue will activate the existing concrete plaza below the southern end of the historic rail line with a 2,900-square-foot dining room surrounded by floor-to-ceiling glass walls that open to the street during the warmer months of the year. The restaurant’s exterior is being designed by Renzo Piano
Building Workshop and Beyer Blinder Belle, and built as part of a broader construction project that includes the new maintenance and operations center for the High Line and the new downtown location for the Whitney Museum of American Art. The winning operator will be granted a ten-year license to develop and run the restaurant in a way that enhances the High Line visitor experience, engages neighborhood residents, and supports the High Line’s goals for sustainable operations. The restaurant’s menu, interior design, and operational plan will be a model for sustainability.
A design rendering of the new restaurant below the High Line at Gansevoort and Washington Streets. We are reviewing applications from operators to run the space as a year-round, full-service restaurant.
When it opens in 2013, the new restaurant will provide a much-needed public amenity that also gives visitors a new way of giving back to the High Line. A portion of the restaurant’s proceeds will go directly toward the park’s ongoing maintenance and operations, helping us keep the park clean and beautiful all year long. We look forward to opening a restaurant that is as unique and special as the High Line itself. The winning operator will be announced later this year. Visit www.thehighline.org to sign up for our email newsletter, like us on Facebook, and follow @highlinenyc on Twitter to get updates. 15
THANK YOU Friends of the High Line gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations, whose generous contributions to the High Line’s maintenance and operations help provide the financial resources needed to cultivate a vibrant community around the High Line through stewardship, innovative design and programming, and excellence in park operations. The following list reflects gifts received of in 2011. We value each of our supporters, and we extend deepest thanks to those whose valuable contributions are not listed here due to space limitations.
HIGH LINE COUNCIL: VISIONARY ($50,000+)
Christy and John Mack Foundation Noam Gottesman Catherine and Donald Marron Michael and Deborah McCarthy Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Michael and Sukey Novogratz Wendy Keys and Donald Pels HIGH LINE COUNCIL: CHAMPION ($25,000 – $49,999)
Philip E. Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons Sid R. Bass William and Janice Farber Justin Gmelich Hermine and David Heller Michael Huber and Lauren Seikaly E. Bradley and Melissa Meyer Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan The Rosenblatt Charitable Trust Jonathan and Jennifer Soros Bronson van Wyck Vital Projects Fund, Inc. HIGH LINE COUNCIL: PATRON ($10,000 – $24,999)
Alice S. Powers Irrevocable Trust James F. Capalino, Capalino + Company The Clark Family David Zwirner, Inc. 16
Kristen Dickey and James Dooley Olivia Douglas and David DiDomenico Andrea and Marc Glimcher Susan and Jim Goodfellow Michael Green and Anne Somjen Ethan and Ryan Hawke David A. Jones and Betty Jones London Terrace Gardens Pamela and Gifford Miller Sarah Min and Matthew Pincus Barry Munger and Sarah O’Neill MaryLouise Napier and Daniel Zuzunaga Steven Rubenstein Robert L. Turner Peter S. Wilson and Scott K. Sanders Peter and Susi Wunsch Tony and Nanar Yoseloff HIGH LINE COUNCIL: BENEFACTOR ($5,000 – $9,999)
Benjamin S. Appen and Leslie Chang Peter and Roseanne Aresty Joseph Azrack and Abigail Congdon Robert and Veronica Bailin Debra and Anson Beard John Blondel Caleb and Julia Dula Charitable Foundation James Corner, Field Operations Robert and Kathleen Crowell John and Roberta David Rory Deutsch and Judith M. Meehan Grace R. & Alan D. Marcus Foundation John and Amy Jacobsson
Chandra Jessee The New York Community Trust / Bonnie Cashin Fund Lucinda Knuth Geoffrey and Kate Lauprete Robert R. Littman and Sully Bonnelly Katie Michel and Adam Schlesinger Sandra and Lowell Mintz Jack Murrin and Wendy Murdock Brooke and Daniel Neidich Edward Norton Peter and Gwen Norton Dion Oglesby Mario J. Palumbo, Jr. D. Jeffrey Penney and Cynthia Penney Molly Reinhart The Honorable Robert K. Steel Susan Sarandon Mrs. Arnold Schwartz Dick and Bobbi Snyder Daniel and Geraldine Soba Stephen Soba and Jonathan Arnold David Stout and Martine Lamoureux John Henry Thomas III Gottfried and Janet Tittiger Elizabeth Varet Jeffrey Verschleiser Theodore N. Voss Darren Walker and David Beitzel Eric Zollinger Anonymous, in memory of Shirley Moreines FOUNDER’S CIRCLE: SUSTAINER ($3,000 – $4,999)
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Laurine Hawkins Ben-Dov Beyond Our Reality Productions Betty Chen and Peter Coombe Vivian and Greg Cioffi John R. Cuti and Sarah Netburn Lisa David and Ernie Berger Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Davis Nathalie and Charles de Gunzburg Danielle Gardner Michael Neil Gilbert
Nancy Greenberg Jay Johnson and Tom Cashin The Red House Fund Timothy S. Martin and Peter D. DeStaebler John P. McGarry, Jr. Arthur and Emily McGrath Brian and Cindy Meehl David Merrill Greg Mudd, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Daniel I. Paul and Rita U. Paul Amelie and Nicolas Rabier Elese Reid Frederic C. Rich Ruth Ro and Amy Kaufmann Julie Ross and Mark Ladner Kathryn Sweeney Anonymous Anonymous, in memory of Sy Schwartz FOUNDER’S CIRCLE: ADVOCATE ($1,500 – $2,999)
Campbell Wilson and Lydia Andre AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Christopher Balfe Samantha Bass Marc Baum Pamela and Robert Beck Bruce and Jeanette Becker Pascal Belda, WINNE Inc. Genie and Bob Birch Marianne Boesky and William Culman Alan Boss and Helene Roth Sara S. Brandston Charles Butt Bernadine Caruso Sharon Chang, TTSL Charitable Foundation Charles and Jane Klein Family Fund Commonsense Fund, in memory of Sy Schwartz Lenore C. Cooney Paula J. Cooper Peggy Coppola Carolyn F. Corwin
Lela Rose and Brandon Jones Steven and Daryl Roth Matt Rudary Elisabeth A. Saint-Amand Stephen Sanchez Homer and Nora Schaaf George Schoen Erika Serow Fred Slater and Ellen Minkow Louis Slesin Suzanne Slesin Sasha and Ole Slorer Christine Stanton and Jean Michel Wasterlain Nicholas and Courtney Stern David H. Stier and Reed Elfenbein Lois Teich Alice and Thomas Tisch Jennifer Tonkel and Carlos Fierro Jeremy and Kathy Treat Sophia and Philip Tsai Jarett and Younghee Wait Emery Warren and Adam Roberts Celine Wei and Robert Buff Gayle W. Welling The Samuel R. Young Foundation Ian M. Yudelman and Anne Schuman Anonymous (3) ANNUAL SUPPORT: $750 – $1,499
Valerie B. Ackerman and Charles Rappaport Diana and John Alschuler Mr. and Mrs. O. Kelley Anderson Nancy A. Austin Marika and Neil Bender Eryn and Mike Bingle David Birnbaum Gideon Blumenthal The Booth Heritage Foundation Paul Brillinger Gregory Carroll Didric and Kristin Cederholm Vishaan Chakrabarti and Maria Alataris Dorothea Cist Carl Coleman The Compton Foundation Dampsy Michael Dansky Virginia L. Darrow Glenn E. Davis Jessica Davis Distracted Globe Foundation Michael G. Douglas Joseph Eviatar Janet and Bruce Flohr Folsom Street East John J. Franco Shira and Stuart Friedman Gloria and Barry Garfinkel Paul S. Gertner Felicity Gifford Michelle Ginsberg Richard Gluckman Florence F. Goldfarb Arlene Goldman Kyle J. Goldman Ellen D. Gonda Greenway Mews Realty LLC Elizabeth Grizzetti
PHOTO BY CRISTINA MACAYA
Dana Cranmer Suzanne and Rolf Davis Anne S. Dayton Robert De Rothschild Beth Rudin DeWoody Anne Nancy Donohue and Diane Elam Michael Donovan & Nancye Green/ Donovan and Green Jamila Dphrepaulezz James P. Edwards Garth Ennis and Ruth Cole Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo Robert and Griff Fairbairn Andrew and Martin Farach-Colton Lara Ferb Alan Finkel Richard Jacobs and Susan K. Freedman Christen Garrett Bruce Geismar Carson and Joseph Gleberman Barbara Goldsmith The Kandell Fund Hallmark Corporate Foundation Sandy Heller, in honor of Hermine and David Heller Charlotte Herzele Donald Huber and Mark Fontaine Robert and Soledad Hurst John Jobbagy Brandy Katz Lauren T. Katz Mr. and Mrs. Allen Katz Mary Beth Kelly Helen Kimmel Lynne Lawrence Geraldine and Kit Laybourne Lianne Lazetera and Sanford J. Schlesinger Amy and Evan Lieberman Linda and Sandy Lindenbaum Adlyn and Ted Loewenthal, in memory of Sy Schwartz Christina and Jeffrey Lurie Ronald S. Maggio Lee H. Marshall Sarah-Marie Martin and Nicholas Brophy Thomas E. Martin and Alice S. Hoffman Robert Matthews Constance and H. Roemer McPhee Terrence Meck Michael D. Melnick Seth Mitchell Catherine Montgomery Andrew Morse Jon and Patricia Moynihan Cynthia and Brian Murphy Ed Neppl Richard and Kathy Nettler Cynthia Giles New Susan and Marvin Numeroff Chris Meeker and Jennifer O’Connor Andrew Pirrie and Tim Franks Tara Eden Polen Wesley R. Powell Lisa M. Quiroz Donna Raftery and Vincent Inconiglios Jodi Richard and Dwight Merriman Angela M. Rodell Elizabeth Barlow Rogers Elliott C. Rosch, M.D.
More than 50 species of bulbs bloom along the High Line in the spring. Seen here are the Tulipa ‘Lady Jane’ - Lady Jane tulips between the 10th Avenue Square and the Chelsea Grasslands, which begin blooming in the early spring.
Carol Avery Haber Jo and Bill Hamilton Robert Hammond Kenneth and Kathryn Henderson Maisie Houghton Investment Technology Group, Inc. Jill and Ken Iscol Stephan Jaklitsch and Roy Tsao Casey Jones and Reed Kroloff Charles Kime and Deirdre DeSteno John King Clay Kirk Suzie and Bruce Kovner Marjorie and James Kuhn Helen and Ernesto Kunde Oskar Lewnowski and Olivia Heaton Lewnowski Alexander Lloyd Susan Lloyd Tim Luke The Mabee Family Foundation Peter Malkin / The Malkin Fund, Inc. Frances Manzi Steve Marcus Catherine Martin Marvel Eastern Productions LLC Eileen McComb-Schieneman Andreas Kroker and W. Scott McCormack Amy L. McGinty McGregor Links Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. McManus Josie Merck Melanie Meyers and Edward May Marlene Meyerson Sally Minard Magda Mininberg Moira Kavanagh Crosby / MKDM Douglas Pursel Moore Maureen and Stanley Moore Duncan Murdoch and Wai Ling Chan Gaetano Muzio Colette D. O’Connor Manay U. Patel Richard Pickett William and Lia Poorvu Scott Rechler Barbara Rohdie Saint Francis University Michael Schau Linda Schimberg Tina Silvestri Carl and Fay Simons Anthony Smith Judy Reed Smith Mark F. Sohn
Mark B. Solomon and Cheryl Rosen Martha S. Sproule Adam Feild and Erik Torkells Maggie and Amor Towles Terry Turner Andrew W. Van Houten Jean-Paul Warmoes Scott Widmeyer and Alan Yount Sam Yocum Anonymous (4) ANNUAL SUPPORT: $350 – $749
Steven Addair Carolyn Alexander Matthew Alschen Richard T. Anderson Paola Antonelli Rob Ashford Jane M. Azia and Rob Quaintance Jon Robin Baitz Jeanne Baron Penny and Robert Baron Dr. Dmitry Baschinsky Joel Basciani George H. Beane Susanne Beck Richard J. Becker Thomas J. Cunniff and Barbara Berezowski Gavin R. Bishop Steve Blatz David M. and Judi Rappoport Blitzer Nicholas Bloom Charles M. Boyce and Marya Dalrymple Tommy Boyer Barbara L. Brown Nathaniel Brown Irene Buchman Frank Carmel Michael A. Carrano Elizabeth and Jonathan Cary John Cassanos and Phu Ngo Millie Cassidy Steven Charno Austin B. Chinn Sonya Chodny Henry Christensen III Benjamin B. Cohen Steven C. Cohen Howard Coron Paul E. Cothran Gary Coulson 17
Darrell B. Crawford and David McConnell Robert and Sally Cummins Protima Daryanani Karin Dauch Mike and Marcy Aguis Andrew T. Davis Lucy and Nathaniel Day Colette de Geofroy Lisa Denney Adam Derrick Nancy Lublin and Jason Diaz Kim Dickens Beth Dickstein Thomas Dobesh Brent D. Dryden, D.D.S. Douglas Durkin Stephen A. Earle Andrew Edlin Roger and Carin Ehrenberg Brock A. Emmetsberger Michael J. Epstein Douglas and Mary Erwin Shirley Escott Don Eugene Kristina and Bruce Farmer Brian Gary Feuer Karen and Warren Fischer Martha A. Fish Kurt Fisher Melissa and Thabo Fisher Michael R. Fisher Lida and Thomas Fitzgerald Ryan Fitzpatrick and Thomas Cunningham Barbara G. Fleischman Margaret and John Flynn Conrad Foa Holly Fogle and Jeff Lieberman The Andrew J. and Anita G. Frankel Family Foundation, Inc. Donna R. Frankel Donald D. Fried Bart Friedman and Wendy Stein Ellen and Larry Garber Anne Geller Belinda Gilbert Evan Giniger Stacey and Rob Goergen Harvey M. Goldfarb Joel Goldstein Jonathan W. Gordon and Gary Lee Joan Gottesman David Gottlieb Maura Griffin Mireille Guiliano Carlos Gutierrez-Solana Hall and Pat Hammond Charitable Fund David Hampton Robert E. Hand and Carolyn M. Chave Jane Hanson Jamie Harris Katherine E. Harvie Elanore Hawke Jonathan Hecht and JeanAne Hecht Jeremy Heckerling Joyce Heiberger Molly K. Heines and Thomas J. Moloney Walter Hellerstein Elizabeth Anne Hellman 18
Donald Henley Marina Heung Susanne H. Heunhoeffer Meghan Hewit McCormick Stephen Hindy and Ellen Foote Don Hogle Ellen Holloman Pamela F. Howard Tamara Hubinsky Joel R. Hubsch Jane Ibarra John A. Irwin and Lori Leonardos ISIS Beverly Israely and Frederick Kelly Alissa Jacob James Cohan Gallery Michael Jansen and Sarah Mies Christopher Jara Amy Kantor Cathy M. Kaplan Nathan Kaplan Cheryl and Douglas Kelling Alexander Kelloff EB Kelly and Josh Olken Maryanne Kiley and Andreas Yesterlund Lynn M. Kirkby Neil P. Kittredge and Kirsten Shaw William Klebenov Valerie and Fred Knecht Jessica Koenigsberg Christine M. Kong Lillian E. Kraemer Jane Kraus Charles J. Krause Mark Krueger Charles Mary Kubricht and Ronald J. Sommers Lea Haber Kuck Ralf Kuettel Patrick Kullenberg Andie and Jon Kully Nicole LaBarbera Philip C. Laffey Leslie Lane Thomas P. Lane Langan Engineering & Environmental Services PC Alida and Christopher Latham Tuongvy T. Le Peter Leffman Kristina Leonetti Anna Hayes Levin and Peter S. Levin Arthur A. Levin Brenda Levin Robert Levine Eric Liftin Anne Warner Linville Kimberly Lippmann Hilary and Ethel Lipsitz Matthew Livsey Stephanie Lofgren and Craig H. Stinebaugh Glauco Lolli-Ghetti Jane K. Lombard Sara Lopergolo Nicolas Lopez-Muniz Heather Lubov Drs. Robert and Kristine Lupi John F. Lyons and Susannah Gray Peter C. March Russell Maret and Annie Schlechter
Kathryn Markel Douglas S. Marron Michele Matthewman Chris Mattsson Diane and Adam E. Max, in honor of Don Mullen Marjorie Mayrock Mary and Anthony McCann James McGillion Douglas McGrath and Jane R. Martin Hooman Mehran Paul C. Mehring Andrea Meislin Gallery Edward Merrin Blake Middleton John Migotsky William R. Miller Robert Monteleone Lisa and Charles Moran Thomas F. Moran Angela Hart Morris Tara Morris and Chad Euler MTV On-Air Promos Mary Eugenia Myer Michael and Susan Nash Fredric A. Nelson III Wendy Nicholson Rosemary Nidiry Regina Nisita Nikki Nufer Jim Offutt Nadine M. Orenstein Lida Orzeck James F. O’Sullivan Jean Pagliuso Photography Valerie Paley Pandiscio Co. Richard Pandiscio Rebecca Paoletti Nancy Perlman and Tom Klingenstein Ellen C. Petersen Christina F. Petra Nicholas Petraccaro Constance Phillips A.J. Pietrantone Rob Pillartz Sid Pinkerton Lisa Porter Iris and Gary Posternack Susan Small Presten Michele Przypyszny Tamasin Ramsay Steven Andrew Rank Adam Rapoport Roslyn Raskin Cynthia M. Reed Kathryn F. Reis Paula Resnick Steven Riccio Adam Ritter April E. Roberts Robin Key Landscape Architecture Jessica Rose Andrea Rosen Gallery Edward C. Rosner Janet D. Rosso Neil Rudolph and Susan Cluff Donald Rutherford Claudia Saez-Fromm S. Gerald Saliman Steven Sander Valentine Schaffner
Susan and Bruce Schlechter Hans Schmidt The Schonberger Family Foundation, in memory of Sy Schwartz Sara Lee and Axel Schupf David and Carlotta Schuster Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz Frank J. Schwarzer and Cindy Muth Lynn Sexton Beverly Myers Shapiro Patricia Hearst-Shaw and Bernard Shaw Stephan Shriver Sandra K. Silver Samantha Skey and Greg Dillon Evan Snyderman Annaliese Soros Emily and Cleaver Sower Elizabeth Stanton Sylvia Stein Ruth Stevens Margaret and Trevor Stewart Diana I. Stirling John Sullivan Mary I. Swartz Kristen A. Sweeney Eric and Kath Talbott Charoonkit Thahong The Bridgewater Fund Inc. Craig Thomas Lawrence Treglia Trina Turk Tuck-It-Away Self Storage Calvin Tsao Mervyn Turner Linda and Carlos Urmacher Daniel and Annica Van Starrenburg Paul vanMeter Paul Vershbow and Karen Jacob Karen E. Wagner Daniel Walfish Nora Ann Wallace Jim Wallick Cathy and Stephen Weinroth Jerry and Lynn Weinstein Matthew Weiss Tanya Wells Lynsey M. Wenger Robert E. White, Jr. James R. Wiggins Sarah Willeman J. Howard Williams Bruce Wolfe James Wolin Edward M. Yennock Carolyn Zern Stephen Zoukis Donald Zucker Anonymous (9)
HIGHLINERS: MONTHLY SUPPORTERS
Jean Abel Scott and Samantha Adams Ann Albert Chelsea A. Allinger James Amodeo Sally Anderson Jean Ando Jim Bachman Joan Baron Lisanne Beretta and Hans-Christian Ritter Lawrence Bergner Nancy Blanford Deborah Blumenthal Ernest Boyden Donna B. Case Isabelle Chagnon Beverly Chase Anna Z. Christensen-Taylor Phyllis and Geoffry Cohl Pamela Cook Conrad Cummings George Davenel Nancy De Sa Jennifer L. DeDecker Joel Deoleo Jamila Dphrepaulezz Alexander A. Drummond Matias Einaudi Paul Epifanio Elizabeth and Richard Culp The Farish Family Carol Feinman Sheryl Field Ellen Flamm Annemiek and Richard Gersten Susan J. Manne Girese Shirley Glaser Mary Ellen Goodman Julie Lerner Grayson Elizabeth Greenstein Nancy Gross and Michael Boberschmidt Bruce C. Haxthausen Simon Heller and Deana Hare Tim Hettler Margaret Holtan Justin R. Huff Shirley Johnson Rochelle Jones Iris Keitel Sarah Kline Dennis Koga Tanya Kraljic Jane Kunstler Judith C. Kuppersmith Pim Ladiges Michael Lampariello Luan Le Gina Leonello Susan Lewin Ally Lewis James L’Heureux Bosse Lindqwist Robert R. Littman and Sully Bonnelly Cynthia P. Loewy Victoria S. Lustbader Linda Markstein Bari Mattes
Marjorie McCagney Paul McLaughlin Sylvia Mendel Rosy Milone Robert Mitchell Thomas Moore and Brittany Dhimon Rosemarie Mueller Beverly Nadler Matthew Nash Sarah and Dan Nathan Gunnar Nime Susan M. Olejniczak Janet Olsen Greg Petrick and Cynthia Smith Drs. Willy F. and W. Wing Piessens Stephanie Poole Ellen L. Poreda Damu Radheshwar Bob Rakshys Elaine Reidich Stephanie and Michael Riesel Alexandra Rosin Reyn Rossington Kevin and Alicia Salmon Margaret Satchell Robert Schletter Robert W. Schneider Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz Nancy and Steven Shapiro Anthony Shepherd Bill and Connie Shreffler Sasha and Ole Slorer Nicholas Smolney Gerri Snell George and Eleanor Souls Claire J. Speciner Marianne Spiegel Marylin H. Stanley Carol Steuer Helen Stiller Marion Sultan Sun & Moon Marketing Communications Rima Suqi Alexandra Sutherland-Brown Elizabeth A. Swain Ann Lawton Taylor Peter Teague Viviane May Topp Paul Upham Demetrios Vardakis Adam Vartanian Max Vishnev Arthur Waldhorn Anne Wallace Avram R. Westin and Ellen Rossen Lauri Whitlock Nancy Wiese Courtney Wladyka Candace Woodward Carl Youdale Robert L. Young Susan Zilber Juliana Zinger Anonymous (5)
EVENT SUPPORTERS: $100,000 +
Bruce A. Beal, Jr. Christy and John Mack Foundation Philip and Lisa Maria Falcone Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller Hermine Riegerl Heller and David Heller Wendy Keys and Donald Pels William McMahon and Jennifer Padovani Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Related Companies/ Abington Properties EVENT SUPPORTERS: $50,000 – $99,999
Calvin Klein Collection Chelsea Market Christopher and Sharon Davis Justin and Victoria Gmelich Douglas Oliver and Sherry Brous, Ten Twenty-Six Investors, LP The Standard, New York Darren Walker and David Beitzel Bronson van Wyck EVENT SUPPORTERS: $25,000 – $49,999
Philip E. Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons Karen and Bill Ackman John H. Alschuler and Diana Diamond Kenneth and Susan Ambrecht Avenues: The World School Dean and Anna Backer Elizabeth Belfer Bloomberg C. Stasky Associates Cross Country Construction Mark and Mindy Dehnert Kristen Dickey and James Dooley Eastdil Secured Edison Properties, LLC Georgetown Company Gary and Kathleen Handel, Handel Architects HSBC Global Banking and Markets IAC Stefan Kaluzny Denise Sobel Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Jeffrey and Randi Levine, Douglaston Development Catherine and Donald Marron Peter and Lisa Seccia SL Green Realty Corp. Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelovic´ The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Toyota Ted and Clara Wang EVENT SUPPORTERS: $15,000 – $24,000
John Blondel Bumble and bumble. Amanda M. Burden James F. Capalino, Capalino+Company CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Chloé Abigail Congdon and Joe Azrack CSX Jan and William Farber Carla and Richard Fels Ford Foundation Enrico and Danielle Gaglioti Elizabeth Gilmore Agnes Gund Ethan and Ryan Hawke Gillian Hearst-Shaw and Christian Simonds Hearst Hôtel Americano Michael Huber and Lauren Seikaly Paul Huchro John Jacobson, Bishopscourt, LLC Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC William Lerner Sam and Erica Martini Heather McDowell and Adam Levin Sarah Min and Matthew Pincus News Corp Ciaran O’Kelly/ Nomura Securities Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation Scott Resnick, SR Capital, LLC Michael Romanoff, Darryl Romanoff, Romanoff Equities, Inc. Sherwood Equities Ann Shoket, Seventeen Magazine Stellar Management Taconic Investment Partners TF Cornerstone Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch Tishman Construction Corporation Joanne and Fred Wilson Winick Realty Group, LLC Judith Zarin and Gerald Rosenfeld Anonymous EVENT SUPPORTERS: $10,000 – $14,999
Atlantic Development Group LLC AVA High Line and Avalon West Chelsea Early Family Foundation Susan and Ed Forst Graff USA Sarah Gray and Gavin Simms Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Robert J. Ivanhoe Christine Hall Holly Peterson Foundation Harvey Schwartz and Annie Hubbard Sonia Jones and Paul Tudor Jones Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Steel Nancy and George Walker
Aristone Realty Capital LLC and Grasso Holdings, on behalf of 245 Tenth Avenue Armen and Janette Avanessians Blackstone Charitable Foundation 19
EVENT SUPPORTERS: $5,000 – $9,999
Anthony E. Meyer Family Foundation Peter and Roseanne Aresty Mario Batali and Susan Cahn Howard Blaustein Bond No. 9 New York John and Jasanna Britton The Brodsky Organization Brookfield Office Properties Mary and Brad Burnham Leslie Chang and Benjamin Appen Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn and Gary Cohn The Donaldson Organization Brian and Tracey Early Equity Residential Chris Esteban, A. Esteban & Co. Jennifer and Billy Frist Danielle and David Ganek Susan and Jim Goodfellow Ethan and Ryan Hawke Sasha and Chris Heinz J. Michael Hemmer, Union Pacific Corporation/ Union Pacific R.R. A. Scott Horak, R&J Construction Corp. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Ismael Leyva Architects, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. David Israel James Corner Field Operations Lauren Katz and Justin Wunderlich Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kennedy Steven Kenny, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Eric Lane Levi’s® brand Marcus & Pollack LLP Michael and Deborah McCarthy Cliff Meilman Richard Meilman Myron Meilman Jack Meilman Sandra and Lowell Mintz Brooke and Daniel Neidich Nicholas Martini Foundation Gwen and Peter Norton PepsiCo Emmanuel and Cecile Perrin Tara Polen Joelle and Jonathan Resnick Ruth Ro and Amy Kaufmann Ro Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Thomas Scarangello and Aine M. Brazil Rebecca Shaghalian and John Larkin Tony Smith and Mary Riley Smith Christine Stanton and Jean-Michel Wasterlain Robert and Melissa Soros The Steven A. and Alexandra M. Cohen Foundation, Inc. Jeff Verschleiser Emery Warren and Adam Roberts John Willian Peter Wilson and Scott Sanders Susi and Peter Wunsch EVENT SUPPORTERS: $2,500 – $4,999
Almar Plumbing and Heating Corp. Bob and Veronica Bailin Marianne Boesky 20
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy Christopher Collins and Robert R. Kulikowski Todd DeGarmo, Studios Architecture The Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation Eric Feuerstein, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP Harvey M. Goldfarb Michael Haber, W&W Glass, LLC HR&A Advisors, Inc. Intermix Joel and Alissa Isaacson Mariana and George Kaufman Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. Jessica Levine Andrew Pirrie and Tim Franks Dee Schwab Sean Kelly Gallery Wechsler Foundation EVENT SUPPORTERS: $1,000 – $2,499
Michael Alfieri Bruce Anderson and Ken Kuchin Andrea Rosen Gallery Eileen and Lowell Aptman Tom Armstrong Jeff Arnstein and Michael Field Paddi and Nicholas Arthur Danielle Bajakian, MD and Robert Lookstein, MD Nathalie F. Berger Lucinda and Avanish Bhavsar Mr. and Mrs. William Marco Birch Philip C. Bonanno Harlan Bratcher Dede and Michael Brooks Ariana Brown Robby Browne Meredith Melling Burke Lindsay Burn Capital One Bank Kristin and Didric Cederholm Alina Cho Timothy Chow Kathleen and Bo Crowell Cary Davis and John McGinn Lucy and Nat Day Anne Dayton John Demsey John de Neufville Caroline and Hugues de Pins Susan Dickey and Tim Rooney Dr. Greg Dillon and Samantha Skey Judith DiMaio Fairfax Dorn Frank R. Drury and Aileen Dresner Sylvana Ward Durrett and Adam Durrett Israel Englander Bryan Eure and Bill White Lynn Evans and Julie Fulkerson Jennifer Ewing Lydia Fenet Thomas Fontana Emily and Harold Ford Brandon Fradd Andrew Fry
M.N. Gilbert Larry Gillman, Pamela Gillman Maggi and David Gordon Greenway Mews Realty Trisha Gregory Andrea Harrison Carol Avery Haber Laurine Hawkins Ben-Dov Kitty Hawks Elizabeth Haynes Sandy Heller Jennifer Herper and Roland Stoever Susanna Hong Joel Isaacs and Greg Flood Stephan Jaklitsch and Roy Tsao Mia Jung and Scott Lawin Jennifer and John Karabelas Celerie Kemble and Boykin Curry Margaret and Adam Korn Stephanie and Jody LaNasa Virginia Lebermann and John Wotowicz Harrison LeFrak Dorothy Lichtenstein Thomas R. Lynch The Honorable Earle I. Mack Sonia Mangelsdorf Alain Marcus Colin and Rebekah McCabe Mary and Tony McCann Peter McKown Laurie and David Metzger Michael Meyers and Chad Labenz Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman of R 20th Century Katie Michel and Adam Schlesinger Shyamli and Robert Milam Gifford and Pamela Miller Sally Minard Andrew Morse Steven Moskowitz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Nazzaro Richard and Kathy Nettler Fernanda Niven Linda and Tim O’Neill Mary Karen and David O’Shaughnessy Susan and Alan Patricof Amy and Tony Pasquariello Jim Pastreich Rafael Pelli and Kate Walbert Sarah McNamara Pesce and Chris Pesce Stephen Prince and Hailey Lustig Devon and Philip Radziwill Donna Raftery and Vincent Inconiglios Lela Rose and Brandon Jones Samuel W. Rosenblatt and Mario D’Andrea Lee and Justin Sadrian Ashley Schulten Mara and Baron Silverstein Carter and Talbott Simonds Sasha and Ole Slorer Paul and Sarah Sohn Amy Stroh Marilyn Jordan Taylor Christina and John Tonzola Jennifer Tunney John Wahl and Rachel Dratch Mark Walfish Todd Waterbury Constance Walsh and David Langan
Jason Weinberg Claire Weisz Scott Widmeyer and Alan Yount Mimi van Wyck Eric Zollinger F. Anthony and Sally Zunino EVENT SUPPORTERS: $350 – $999
Peter and Kristin Becker Sean Avery Cavanaugh Margaret Chi Matthew Cluney Suzanne Frye, MD Maudellen Greenhood Merrill and Chris Mahan Jon and Patricia Moynihan New York Building Congress Ruth and Sam Perelson AJ Pietrantone Cathy Quain Francesco Realmuto Charles Renfro E.J. Solimine Bonita and Kevin Stewart Amy and Michael Tarlowe Madelyn Wils CORPORATE SUPPORTERS
AOL, Inc. Bond No. 9 Central Iron Chelsea Pines Estee Lauder Gilt City Google, Inc. Interview Magazine Levi Strauss & Co. MetLife Foundation Prophet Agency REI Showtime Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Wells Fargo Wilmer Hale UNIQLO USA FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Concordia Foundation The Nathan Cummings Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Greenacre Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Johnson Family Foundation The New York City Council/ The New York City Department of Youth & Community Development The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs The New York Community Trust – LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund The New York State Council on the Arts Charles & Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.
IN-KIND SUPPORTERS
Abington Properties Alf Naman Real Estate Advisors Barbuto Andrew Berman Architect Donald Bernstein, Attorney at Law Bissetta Plumbing Bite Karen Blumberg David Bott, Engineer Brooklyn Brewery Capalino+Company Bumble & bumble Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Chelsea Piers Kiersten Chou Co. / Sullivan Street Bakery Colicchio & Sons Cookshop Del Posto
Edison Properties Ford Foundation Joan Garvin Robert Greenhood Greenway Mews Realty LLC Handel Architects Christina Hicks Hôtel Americano HR&A Advisors, Inc. IAC Jobaggy and Company Yoon Kim KoBrand Corporation Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Josiah Lau LePatner & Associates LLP Cristina Macaya Maharam Jen Maler Jose Martinez
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joshua David, Co-Founder Robert Hammond, Co-Founder John H. Alschuler, Chair Philip E. Aarons, Founding Chair Karen Ackman Bruce A. Beal, Jr. John Blondel R. Martin Chavez Sharon Davis Kristen M. Dickey Bryan Eure Lisa Maria Falcone Philip A. Falcone Alexandre von Furstenberg Gary Handel Hermine Riegerl Heller Wendy Keys Catherine Marron Heather McDowell Levin Gifford Miller Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Edward Norton Mario J. Palumbo, Jr. , Treasurer Steven Rubenstein Jason Stewart Darren Walker Joanne Wilson Peter Wilson Bronson van Wyck EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Adrian Benepe, Parks Commissioner Amanda M. Burden, City Planning Commission Chair Patricia E. Harris, First Deputy Mayor Christine C. Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
CAMPAIGN FOR THE HIGH LINE With deep appreciation, Friends of the High Line recognizes these individuals and funding partners for their visionary support of the Campaign for the High Line. Your extraordinary generosity to the Campaign has allowed us to build a dynamic and innovative park, which we seek to complete all the way to 34th Street, and helps secure its future maintenance and operations via the Endowment for Sustainability. The Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation Philip A. Falcone and Lisa Maria Falcone Donald Pels and Wendy Keys Sharon and Christopher Davis Hermine and David Heller Michael and Sukey Novogratz Sherry and Douglas Oliver The Pershing Square Foundation The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
C. McCormack, Inc. Morimoto NYC Perry St. Cynthia M. Reed Related Companies Steven Rubenstein Scharff Weisberg Tim Schreier SFDF Spice Market The Standard, New York Sueños T.F. Cornerstone Taconic Management Company The Standard Grill Trestle on Tenth Juan Valentin Van Wyck & Van Wyck Claire Vial
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Ambassador Carl Spielvogel Olivia Douglas and David DiDomenico Noam Gottesman The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Janet and Howard Kagan Michael and Deborah McCarthy Edward Norton Elizabeth and Michael O’Brien Mario J. Palumbo, Jr. Paul Pariser and Erin Leider-Pariser Joelle and Jonathan Resnick Steven Rubenstein The Aber D. Unger Foundation Joanne and Fred Wilson Judith Zarin and Gerald Rosenfeld
Elizabeth Belfer Goldman Sachs Google The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation Adam and Brittany Levinson Christy and John Mack Foundation Anonymous Catherine and Donald Marron John Alschuler and Diana Diamond The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. Joshua David and Stephen Hirsh Mark Diker and Deborah Colson John Blondel Robert Greenhood The Bobolink Foundation, Robert Hammond Wendy Paulson Gary and Kathleen Handel Kristen M. Dickey Katie Michel and Adam Schlesinger In Memory of Arland D. Williams, Jr. Gifford Miller Anonymous Jack Resnick & Sons Philip E. Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons Donna and Alan N. Stillman Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Bronson van Wyck Woodner Fund Lawrence Benenson Grassroots Campaign of James F. Capalino - Capalino+Company over 140 donors In Memory of Bonnie Cashin and Curtis Kellar, and Henry Grady
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS Vishaan Chakrabarti Christopher Collins Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Olivia Douglas Elizabeth Gilmore Robert C. Greenhood Michael O’Brien Richard Socarides Alan N. Stillman We gratefully remember the late Peter Obletz, railroad aficionado, community leader, Chelsea resident, and champion of the earliest movement to save the High Line. HOURS The High Line is open daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM in the spring. Summer hours will begin on June 1, with the park staying open later, until 11:00 PM. Visit www.thehighline.org for the latest information about park operations. CONTACT For more information or to ask a question, call (212) 206-9922 or email info@thehighline.org. STAY CONNECTED Want more High Line? Visit www.thehighline.org to check out our blog, sign up for our email newsletter, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and share your photos in the High Line Flickr Pool. www.thehighline.org www.facebook.com/thehighline www.twitter.com/highlinenyc www.flickr.com/friendsofthehighline www.youtube.com/friendsofthehighline
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1 Allium sphaerocephalon – drumstick allium, 2 Salvia pratensis ‘Rhapsody in Blue’– Rhapsody in Blue meadow sage, 3 Brunnera macrophylla
‘Jack Frost’– Jack Frost Siberian bugloss, 4 Erythronium ‘Pagoda’– Pagoda yellow dogtooth violet, 5 Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Blue Ice’– Blue Ice bluestar, 6 Lathyrus vernus– spring vetch, 7 Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’–Viking black chokeberry, 8 Nassella tenuissima – Mexican feather grass, 9 Sassafras albidum – sassafras
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NEW PLANT GUIDE FOR THE HIGH LINE The High Line’s landscape includes more than 300 species and varieties of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees – each chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, and seasonal variation in color, form, and texture. This grid of photographs features a selection of the High Line’s most popular spring blooms. You can learn more about the park’s landscape in the newly-released High Line Plant Guide. The full-color publication features photographs and horticultural information for nearly 30% of the park’s plants, as well as a map with landscape zones and plant locations. Visit www.thehighline.org to purchase a copy. 9 22