The High Line Then And Now

[redbaron_012]

I have noticed articles about the High Line in our daily newspapers ( In Australia ) over the past week. OK projects like the WTC and memorial have made our papers but interesting to see this even though I keep informed on SSC.

[desertpunk]

Originally Posted by redbaron_012

I have noticed articles about the High Line in our daily newspapers ( In Australia ) over the past week. OK projects like the WTC and memorial have made our papers but interesting to see this even though I keep informed on SSC.

It's now joined the list of must things to do in NYC so there's been a lot of press. A similar park in Paris also gets notices.

[desertpunk]

DNAinfo

Completion of High Line's Third Section Could be Fast Tracked

December 7, 2011 6:54am | By Mathew Katz, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer



CHELSEA —The High Line's operators are hoping Hudson Yards developers will help fund completion of the last section of the popular Chelsea park.

Friends of the High Line co-founder Robert Hammond told an audience of more than 100 people at a public information meeting Tuesday that building the park's third section has become a priority after news that construction of the first building of the Hudson Yards development — which will surround the High Line — will begin next year. “Now that [Hudson Yards developer] Related [Companies] is moving quicker, we’re hoping they're going to fund some of the final build out,” he said.

The proposed third section is about 31 percent of the overall 1.45 mile long elevated rail structure, and will travel west along West 30th Street from 10th Avenue, before looping north along the West Side Highway. It will border the Hudson Yards development on two sides. The park currently runs from Gansevoort Street to West 30th Street, where it abruptly stops at a chain-link fence through which visitors can see the remaining section of abandoned tracks.

While involved parties agreed in principal in November to maintain the third section of the High Line, there’s no signed agreement holding them to that. The Friends’ proposal, which Hammond stressed is a tentative idea, would involve building a completed park on the section roughly east of 11th Avenue — right next to where Related will construct the first Hudson Yards development, a building anchored by luxury leather-maker Coach.

The section west of 11th Avenue and looping northward would be more basic. Designers would merely put down some planks so that visitors could explore the area, and keep interest going until funds can be raised to fully build the whole project.

When the Hudson Yards development is completed, the new section of the High Line will have significantly different surroundings than the old ones: it will be surrounded by skyscrapers that are more like Midtown than the Meatpacking District and Chelsea.

Hammond estimated the overall project would cost roughly $70 to $90 million, which he admitted the Friends don’t currently have. "I like it because it's a way you can extend the permanent High Line farther, and you can get people to experience the wild space that’s there, and get it to 34th Street as soon as possible," Hammond said.

It also lines up more with the overall development of Hudson Yards — Related plans on building the eastern section of it before starting development on the western portion.

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Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20111207/chel...#ixzz1fsPE8YbA

[Sarcasticity]

Funny that I used to work in Chelsea for how many months and never been there. I plan to visit it this ummer as I assume the flowers are dead this time of year

[desertpunk]

Yeah, it may be a nice brisk walk through dry grasses and shrubs this time of year. Imagine if it was domed!

[CCs77]

Very nice pictures of the High Line Park as it is today.
But what is specially interesting, and what I didn't expect to find, is all the historical report on the first page, with very, very interesting photos

[Sarcasticity]

I hope they could do the same to the abanoned elevated track in Queens as well. I can see potential in that area as well

[Kreicherisch]

used to work nearby. Miss it.

[desertpunk]

Originally Posted by Sarcasticity

I hope they could do the same to the abanoned elevated track in Queens as well. I can see potential in that area as well

Already under discussion.

[Sarcasticity]

Originally Posted by desertpunk

Already under discussion.

Really? That totally went off my radar. I do see some write ups of it. I do hope it pushes through. The view from the A train would be amazing.

[desertpunk]

Originally Posted by Sarcasticity

Really? That totally went off my radar. I do see some write ups of it. I do hope it pushes through. The view from the A train would be amazing.

Check it out:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...javTAJFfjLiFaQ

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...cbjLzBYK9DVcEQ

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...iue5-bwkzEUZiQ

[desertpunk]

AP

Designs For 3rd Section Of NY's High Line Unveiled
March 13 2012



New York - New York City parks officials and advocates have unveiled designs for the third and final section of the High Line, an elevated stretch of historic freight rail line in Manhattan that has been converted to a public park.

The final section will wrap around the Hudson Rail Yards between West 30th and West 34th streets.

Construction will be closely coordinated with the development of Hudson Yards, which will feature more than 12 million square feet of new office, residential, retail and cultural space.

Officials say the final section will cost about $90 million. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 with a full public opening scheduled for the spring of 2014.

The designs were presented at a community meeting on Monday night.

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http://www.archdaily.com/216209/upda...s-context-map/


http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/desi...-revealed/5009


http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/...g/hudson-yards

[desertpunk]

More renders:


http://www.seattlepi.com/news/articl...ed-3400707.php


http://www.timesunion.com/news/artic...ed-3400707.php


http://www.timesunion.com/news/artic...ed-3400707.php


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1037813

[desertpunk]

Curbed

Train May Return to High Line With Giant Jeff Koons Sculpture
Mar. 27 2012



Maybe bringing Jeff Koons' "Train" sculpture to the High Line will require less of an engineering miracle than we first supposed. A rendering for the Culture Shed in Hudson Yards showed the sculpture improbably suspended from the ceiling, but the above rendering of it suspended from a crane seems somehow more believable. The whole setup "would employ a gyroscope to stabilize the sculpture to prevent it from swaying," explains the Times. The replica of a 1943 Baldwin 2900 locomotive—weighing several tons, with a working horn and wheels and the capacity to emit steam—would cost $25 million or more to put together and install. (The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is interested in the sculpture, too, so each coast might end up with one.) One possible location along the High Line is Tenth Avenue and 30th Street; the sculpture's already been deemed too big to fit at Tenth Avenue and 18th Street.

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A previous attempt to pull this off at the Los Angeles Museum of Art failed:

[desertpunk]

RFP Issued For High Line Phase 3, Construction Could Begin As Early As July!

CHELSEA — Work on the High Line's third and final section could begin as early as July, DNAinfo has learned.

The city put out a request for proposals early Monday morning to manage the construction of the elevated park's third section, which will run from from West 30th to West 34th Streets, stretching from 10th to 12th avenues.

Companies interested in the project have until April 20 to put together a plan to build the third section and preliminary work would begin on July 15.

According to the request for proposal, the project will last roughly 29 months.

Friends of the High Line, which helps fund raise for and run the park, has previously said the project will cost roughly $90 million and will open to the public by spring 2014.

It was not immediately clear how many contractors the city would hire or what the contracts would be worth.

Friends of the High Line could not immediately be reached to comment on any changes to the construction timeline.

Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120402/chel...#ixzz1qwois9Nc

[Uaarkson]

This is big. A new Manhattan is about to fly out of the ground!

[Sarcasticity]

That's nice. But Manhattan gets everything first. Any news about the one in Queens?

[desertpunk]

Originally Posted by Sarcasticity

That's nice. But Manhattan gets everything first. Any news about the one in Queens?

They're still battling for funding and approval: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...pmXGbrowX3xGhA


the before picture

[Middle-Island]

The High Line has a "street view" tour in Google Earth, including a pretty decent 3D model. Worth running through, as the shots are high def.

[600West218]

That third segment of the highline doesn't look so interesting. A loop around the LIRR lines?!?!?!

Truthfully, even the second segment isn't that great. They made it way too narrow and with the crowds it isn't pleasent to walk on. The first segment is definitely the best.

Too bad they couldn't extend further down towards the west Village. That would have been more interesting but some sections have already been demolished.