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Robert Hammond (born 1969) [1] is a co-founder and the executive director of Friends of the High Line. [2] Background. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Hammond graduated with honors in history from Princeton University.
Nov 27, 2013 · Nov. 27, 2013. On a Sunday morning in early November, as Robert Hammond was taking one of his last official walks along the High Line, the urban park he helped develop 14 years ago, he was...
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May 13, 2024 · Untapped Cities sat down with Friends of the High Line co-founder and Executive Director Robert Hammond to look back at the past two decades, the present state, and future of the High...
Built on a 1.45-mile-long historic, elevated freight line running from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street on Manhattan’s West Side, the High Line has become a world-renowned inspiration for how cities can transform industrial infrastructure into beautiful, hybrid public spaces. Various views of the 1.45-mile-long High Line on Manhattan’s West Side.
15:23. 815K views | Feb 2008. A song of the city. Jaime Lerner. New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make it a park? He shares how it happened in this tale of local cultural activism.
Robert Hammond is Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Friends of the High Line, the non-profit conservancy that manages the High Line, a public park built atop an abandoned, elevated rail line on the west side of Manhattan.
