Robert Hammond
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Friends of the High Line
Not only did he start the group that transformed an abandoned elevated railway in the heart of Manhattan into a public park, but Robert Hammond has also been an advisor for numerous entrepreneurial projects and non-profits. Amongst them, Times Square Alliance, Alliance for the Arts e National Cooperative Bank (NCB).
Between 2002 and 2005 he was Trustee Ex-officio of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2009 he was honoured with the Roma Prize by the American Academy of Rome.
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Robert Hammond
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Friends of the High Line
Not only did he start the group that transformed an abandoned elevated railway in the heart of Manhattan into a public park, but Robert Hammond has also been an advisor for numerous entrepreneurial projects and non-profits. Amongst them, Times Square Alliance, Alliance for the Arts e National Cooperative Bank (NCB).
Between 2002 and 2005 he was Trustee Ex-officio of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2009 he was honoured with the Roma Prize by the American Academy of Rome.
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The man who created the High Line
It is the most famous redevelopment project in the world. It has changed the image of New York. Robert Hammond, one of the first two High Line developers, shares with Utopian Hours the history and life of the two kilometres of elevated railway that have seen a rebirth as a linear park and became a symbol of the city.
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