NYT Most-emailed: The High Line’s “small town in the air”

Today, a new accolade! For the first time, an article about the High Line made it to the “most-emailed” list on the New York Times web site. The article, called “The High Line: A Railway Out of Manhattan”, captures the special atmosphere up on the line– “almost a small town in the air… It even [...]

Bloomberg.com: The High Line = good economics

[The High Line last fall, as landscaping crews began planting.] All eyes were on our nation’s capital today as President Obama signed the stimulus bill (or, properly, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) into law. Before the $787 billion economic recovery package was finally approved, debate raged over how the funds should be distributed. On [...]

NYT’s ‘Public Lives’ on FHL Co-Founders

[Robert Hammond, left, and Josh David on the High Line. Photo by Oscar Hidalgo for the Times.] Today’s New York Times Metro section featured a profile of Co-Founders Robert Hammond and Josh David in the “Public Lives” column. On the 1999 Community Board meeting where the two met, and first learned about the High Line: [...]

Hitting Close to Home

[Image from the Onion] 3′-By-4′ Plot Of Green Space Rejuvenates Neighborhood: This article from the Onion  pretty much nails it. The green space, a rectangular patch of crabgrass located on a busy median divider, has by all accounts turned what was once a rundown community into a thriving, picturesque oasis, filled with charming shops, luxury [...]

News Roundup February 1-7

The January 28 MTA letter to developers generated a bunch of speculation on what the new guidelines will mean for developers, and it’s been a busy week for the various other developments around the Yards. MTA Likely to Narrow Rail Yards Field (NYO The Real Estate) MTA Wants Rail Yards Developer Designated By April 1 (NYO [...]

“Brown is also a color”: Planting Designer Piet Oudolf Accepts Death

The New York Times ran a weekend profile on Dutch planting designer Piet Oudolf, who is now at work on plans for the High Line. The Home & Garden piece paints Piet as somewhat of a revolutionary in his holisitic approach to plant life cycle. He claims,“The skeletons of the plants are for me as [...]

High Line Video on Open House NYC

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.)

Rail Yards Press Flurry

Yesterday’s MTA Rail Yards bid release sent the real-estate beat reeling with grand schemes and otherworldly renderings for Manhattan’s largest development site. In Rail Yards, Seeing a Blank Canvas on the Hudson: New York Times The Next ‘West’ Thing: New York Post Big Guns Spend Sunday Selling West Side Plans: New York Observer Public to Eye [...]

MTA Makes West Side Rail Yards Bids Public

Yesterday, the MTA revealed to the public the five developer bids for the West Side Rail Yards. There will be a 2-week period of public input, and then a committee of representatives from the MTA and the Hudson Yards Development Corporation will make a recommendation to the MTA’s Board. The northern 1/3 of the High Line runs [...]

It’s One El of a Park

The New York Post ran a two-page spread on the High Line yesterday. The feature focused on the High Line’s impact on the neighborhood: “The High Line’s presence, with its cutting-edge landscape design, alongside a bevy of art galleries has also attracted some of the world’s most recognized architects, turning the neighborhood into an enclave of [...]