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- ↑ "Staff & Board Members". Friends of the High Line. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ↑ "The Right Mixture for a New School Commencement". 2012-05-01.
- ↑ "Joshua David and Robert Hammond – Vincent Scully Prize". National Building Museum. September 30, 2013.
