National | July 10th, 2009 | William Menking
Take an elevated stroll along the Skywalk of Morristown, Tennessee.
New York and Paris will soon be joined by Morristown, Tennessee as cities that have turned abandoned, elevated bits of their aging infrastructure into pleasant walkways. New York’s High Line and Paris’ Promenade Plantee have justifiably received many pages of press, but Morristown’s 1968 Skywalk is known to few people outside of eastern Tennessee. (more…)
Other | June 23rd, 2009 | Aaron Seward
Today, The Wall Street Journal ran an article on the High Line, written by none other than AN’s Executive Editor, Julie V. Iovine. Employing the same skill for observation and elegant phrasing that she applied to our own sneak peek of the elevated park back in April, Iovine has brought the wonders of this industrial-wreck-turned-lilly-scented-promenade to a whole new readership: the brokers and bankers of The Street. The Journal also put together this video on the High Line just before its opening. Enjoy!
Other | June 10th, 2009 | Victoria Monjo
Other | June 10th, 2009 | Danielle Rago
DVF's High Line Towel (Courtesy DVF)
Unless you’re living under a rock, you already know the High Line officially opened its first section to the public on Monday. One of its highly styled neighbors and our favorite designer happens to also be one of its biggest supporters, not just financially speaking! (more…)
Other | May 27th, 2009 | Danielle Rago
Sundance Channel recently launched a new online video series titled “High Line Stories,” profiling activists, artists, architects, landscape architects, City officials, and celebrities involved in turning the abandoned elevated railroad track into a park paradise.
Other | April 24th, 2009 | Matt Chaban
A worker painting over graffiti adjacent the High Line. (Gothamist)
As Gothamist and Curbed have pointed out today, workers up on the High Line have begun removing one of the elevated track cum park’s dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of graffitos, as seen in the picture above. Everyone seems to be worried about this one mediocre piece, but it’s our sorry job to report that the tragedy goes far deeper than that. (more…)
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