03938nam a2200409Ia 4500 pucpr 20210309152500.0 111511s2008 nyuaeo 000 0 eng d 9780615211916 0615211917 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET F128.67.H54 F75 2008 Friends of the High Line. 225746 Designing the High Line : Gansevoort Street to 30th Street. Friends of the High Line, field operations Diller Scofidio + Renfro. txt New York : Friends of the High Line, 2008. 160 p. ill. (chiefly col.), plans 25 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc INTRODUCTION -- Friends of the High Line -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg -- New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn -- Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer -- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Representative Jerrold L Nadler -- Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe -- History: 1847-2006 -- DESIGN: CONCEPT -- James Corner and Ricardo Scofidio -- Competition Entry -- Design Principles -- DESIGN: SECTION 1 -- Gansevoort Street / 13th Street -- 13th Street / 17th Street -- 17th Street / 20th Street -- DESIGN: SECTION 2 -- 20th Street / 24th Street -- 24th Street / 27th Street -- 27th Street / 30th Street -- DETAIL DEVELOPMENT -- Planking-- Peel-up Bench -- Planting -- Lighting -- Rail Track Reinstallation -- Historic Railing Restoration -- Construction -- SECTION 3: RAIL YARDS -- CREDITS -- PROJECT TEAM -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The High Line was built in New York city in the 1930s as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980 and it was under threat of demolition when, in 1999, Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group was formed. Working in partnership with the City of New York, the organization has worked to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park. They held a competition to redesign this space for open public use and this book describes the winners' design ideas. It includes design renderings, maps, and photographs depicting the High Line from its construction in the 1930s through its current re-construction into New York City's new public space. When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. William Stout, Apr/22/2009, 2009-1177. Parks New York (State) New York Planning. 147797 Local Architecture Competitions New York (State) New York 21st century 54081 Local Viaducts New York (State) New York Recreational use Planning. 288097 Local Railroads, Elevated New York (State) New York Recreational use Planning. 267361 Local Urban landscape architecture 286631 Local Landscape architecture New York (State) New York. 122852 Local Urban beautifications New York (State) New York. 286621 Local Greenways New York (State) New York. 230871 Local High Line (New York, N.Y.) 235052 Local New York N.Y. Buildings, structures, etc. 142429 Local Field Operations (Firm). 223599 Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 217530 lcc 6 F128.67.H54 General F75 2008 224058 224058 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2011-09-16 AMAZON 30.00 488421 0 General F128.67.H54 F75 2008 91000000024414 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 40.00 2011-09-16 6