Robert Hammond

Robert Hammond

Country

United States

Occupation

Gardener

Description

Co-Founder (with Joshua David) and former Executive Director of Friends of the High Line garden in New York City. Formerly worked as a consultant for the Times Square Alliance, Alliance for the Arts and National Cooperative Bank (NCB) and as Ex-Officio Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome in 2009.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.thehighline.org/robert-hammond
• http://www.outtraveler.com/destination-guide/new-york-city/2014/07/28/photos-high-line-15-years-after-two-gay-men-saved-it
• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/fashion/robert-hammond-is-exiting-as-director-of-friends-of-the-high-line.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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