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public art to inhabit a space that is neither strictly a park, street, nor public plaza. The artists whose works have been plantedor temporarily grafted onto the suspended greenway grow into the unusual setting superbly, integrating the unique environmentwhile reaching out to the Chelsea streets below and further into the city. As the seeds of these early endeavors begin to sproutbeyond the park’s railings–at the Whitney site, but also other locations like Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s planned phase threeadjacentoutdoor exhibition venue Culture Shed–the High Line’s role as a magnet and incubator for the city’s best public art willonly become more crucial.Benjamin Sutton is the Arts Editor at Brooklyn-based alt-weekly The L Magazine, and his work has also appeared inthe New York Press. He is currently earning a Master’s in Media Studies at the New School in Greenwich Village afterstudying Art History and Cultural Studies at McGill University in Montreal.Photos by Jason Giordano - www.jgiordanophotography.com41 ARTisSpectrum