Walking the High Line with Joel Sternfeld

Next weekend offers a rare opportunity to see Joel Sternfeld’s Photographs of the High Line as part of Luhring Augustine‘s booth at the ADAA Art Show 2009 at the Park Avenue Armory. Back in 2000, in the dawning hours of Friends of the High Line, co-founders Robert Hammond and Joshua David asked noted photographer Joel Sternfeld [...]

Subsoil Delivery

[A mound of subsoil has been deposited in the future planting bed, and spread under the re-installed railroad tracks. Click all photos to enlarge.] In preparation for the arrival of plants later this fall, a layer of subsoil has just been delivered to the High Line above 19th Street. This soil, part of the High [...]

David Beckham Bares All (Again!) for the High Line

[Click to enlarge, if you think you can handle the full glory.] Here he is, at it again.  (David Beckham was last seen showing off for the High Line back in February.   Compare and contrast.)

Photo of the Week: Heat Wave!

[Photo by the endlessly talented Tim Schenck] It’s ridiculously hot today. Of course, on the High Line construction site, that just means things are a little sexier than usual. Earlier: David Beckham Bares All for the High Line

Where Pigeons Go to Die

I was cleaning out photos on my cell phone and found this picture of a bird skeleton on the balast at the rail yards. Actually, there are few pigeons, and virtually no rats or mice on the High Line. The reason? There are no people up there to feed them garbage.

Site Photography: Planking Installation

Timothy Schenck, on our engineering team, has taken some beautiful site photos throughout the construction process. More after the jump.

Photo of the Week: Summer Sunset

[Click to enlarge] Summer is just around the corner, or so this 80-degree day would have us believe. Above, sunset at the rail yards, last summer. It’s hard to beat that golden light filtering through the smog over New Jersey. Last Week’s Photo of the Week

Chelsea: 1986.

[West 17th Street at 10th Avenue, looking west.] In some ways, Chelsea in 1986 in not so different from what it is today. Sure, the neighborhood has changed and evolved in many ways, but it has also remained a diverse community of people, activities, and uses. The preservation and reuse of High Line adds another interesting element [...]

High Line Art: Joana Kelly

We are always excited to come across images of the High Line in our trolling through the blogosphere. Thanks to Razor Apple we found this lovely image of the High Line by Joana Kelly.  The photo was made in 2005 from a set of sandwiched negatives – one black and white negative from 13th Street and 8th Avenue combined [...]

Photo of the Week: Soggy Sandals

[click image to enlarge] Another rainy day up on the Line. Raindrops (and abandoned flip flops) found their way into one of the test pits dug on the High Line before construction began. This shot is from 2005. Previous Photo of the Week: West Side Cowboy Twofer Rainy Day Woman Introducing Photo of the Week