Gansevoort Street to 30th Street Friends of the High Line creator Field Operations (Firm) Diller Scofidio + Renfro text nyu 2008 monographic eng

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160 p. ill. (chiefly col.), plans 25 cm. 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. 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. Friends of the High Line, field operations Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Parks New York (State) New York Planning Architecture Competitions New York (State) New York 21st century Viaducts New York (State) New York Recreational use Planning Railroads, Elevated New York (State) New York Recreational use Planning Urban landscape architecture Landscape architecture New York (State) New York Urban beautifications New York (State) New York Greenways New York (State) New York High Line (New York, N.Y.) New York N.Y Buildings, structures, etc F128.67.H54 F75 2008 9780615211916 0615211917 pucpr 111511 20210309152500.0 eng