The High Line has won all sorts of fancy awards, but whoever thought it would get one for public imbibing? According to a tabloid we don’t like to link to, the most amount of tickets related to illegal drinking in all of New York City’s parks, were issued at the multimillion dollar, high brow structure. Read more »
One consistent thing about New York City is this: Consensus is impossible. So, it’s not that surprising to hear that some mom and pop shops aren’t big fans of the new High Line park according to amNewYork. “The High Line sucks,” said the owner of an auto parts supplier. He told the paper that his profits are down more than 30 percent since the debut of the fancy train trestle. How’s that possible? Read more »
Artist and bike hero David Byrne has wedged a giant, inflatable globe into the Pace Gallery-owned lot at 508 West 25th Street, right under the High Line. It’s not bloated. It’s confined! The Tight Spot installation also makes “filtered and processed” moans with the Talking Heads frontman “trying to make [his] voice sound like a machine, or like wind buffeting a big sail.” Oh, you quirky siren. Let’s go hug the big ball now! Read more »
Stephen Colbert has been doing music-related stuff on his show all week long, which included him recording a single, “Charlene II (I’m Over You),” with the help of Jack White. Earlier today, the duo showed up at the High Line with the very goth-y looking Black Belles and the fake newsman held a brief concert. Read more »
Section 2 of the High Line officially opens tomorrow and as you can see, the ghostly specter of a landmark REVS and COST piece remains, while the work of other vandals has been removed. The newly renovated elevated strip runs from 20th to 30th Streets and is open from 7AM to 10PM daily. (Photo: Gothamist)
Notice the un-buffed graffiti in this Photoshop fantasy of the new section of the elevated tracks-turned-High Line park, coming this Spring. Tags are poking out of this weird green stuff (t.. t.. trees?) making imaginary New Yorkers all giddy. Perhaps the graffiti is going to be intentionally left alone, so the park goers cutting through blocks of Manhattan can get a real eyeful of NYC, along with views of the Hudson River and, for a “more intimate feel,” into the windows of residential buildings.
Since NYC turned its abandoned elevated rails from an eyesore to an art park, many major cities want similar action. Expect the High Line imitations to pop up in Detroit, Chicago, Jersey City, Philly, Rotterdam, Singapore and Hong Kong. Just don’t expect the same convenient art gallery row-adjacent locations or hotel peep shows.
By next spring, a new section of the city’s hippest park will open as phase two moves ahead and the High Line gets extended from 20th – 30th streets. Unlike its curvy beginnings, the forthcoming stretch of elevated park runs nearly parallel with 10th Avenue and will be punctuated by a lush canopy of trees and what should be a thorough buffing of any bit of graffiti that’s left. |Curbed|
While I’d love to pen a eulogy for the recently buffed REVS and COST graffiti that has adorned a massive wall above the High Line for time immemorial and rant about gentrification etc., there’s no need: it’s graffiti! Be happy that it lasted this long and hope the dynamic duo return to displace all the tidiness. |VanishingNY via Gothamist|
Before photo: niznoz / After photo: VanishingNY
If you haven’t seen the High Line yet, but are still determined to go, the weekends might not be the best time to swing by, Sunday afternoons at around 2:30PM in particular. This was the scene yesterday at the Gansevoort entrance, with long lines wrapping around the corner. The park was at fireproof capacity, forcing staff to issue wristbands and aggressively police the amount of people entering, effectively transforming the High Line from a “Midair Oasis” into an elevated human zoo.
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