With all the hubbub surrounding the reveal of Renzo Piano's new branch of the Whitney Museum at the southern end of the High Line, it got us thinking about our old friend, the soon-to-be park in the sky. Actually, that's a lie. We're always thinking about the High Line, but it was only now that the good people at the Park Department and Friends of the High Line let us up on the rails to get a closer look at construction progress. If you recall, Phase 1 of the High Line—the snaking chunk between Gansevoort and West 19th Streets—is nearly ready for soil and landscaping in anticipation of a fall/winter opening, but it's not until you're led up a rickety wooden staircase on 19th Street that you realize, whoa, Phase 1 is ready for soil and landscaping! We'll present our findings in three galleries, the first of which is above. Later today: a game of rendering/reality and a look at The Chair. What chair? Oh my, just wait.
· High Line Blog [blog.thehighline.org]
· Curbed's High Line coverage [Curbed]
The crane spotted by Curbed tipsters at the Gansevoort Hotel's MeatBoard last week wasn't there to dismantle it after all, but rather to attempt to re-angle the 'Board to meet the city code. Andrew Berman and the GVSHP still contend the thing's illegal, but that's not stopping the Gansevoort from charging ahead with the installation of the second MeatBoard, below the VW ad. Another tipster sends along the above photo from this morning, noting, "Saw two guys with ropes, working on the gansevoort billboard this morning." Guesses as to the next advertiser?
Can one get enough of the MeatBoard, the Hotel Gansevoort's stirring commerical addition to the Meatpacking District? Of course not. Hence the photograph above, sent in by an alert Curbed reader with this note: "Wasn't there something about these billboards not being visible from playgrounds and parks?" (Also: snow! Pretty!)
In other MeatBoard news, Gawker reports that opponents of the 'board have taken to hotel review sites like TripAdvisor to warn potential guests about the interloper. Reads one such review, "It is giant, it is ugly, and you will think you are in TImes Square. Oh, and you also get to see it (and have the view blocked) from both the rooftop bar and the outdoor bar on the street level. IT'S THAT BIG." (Actually, point of fact, it's not, but we're enjoying this latest drama too much to quibble.)
· Hotel Gansevoort Reviews [TripAdvisor via Gawker]
· MeatBoard Update: McNally Will Have None of This [Curbed]
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