July 18, 20186 yr ^ we used to do that on an active rail bridge in sheffield lake too. they should call it the thrill line. I was pretty disappointed when neither of the original schemes came to fruition. The dangling train, as ridiculous as it is, would have been a huge draw and the bowl would have been a great intimate space away from the noise and pollution of the city. It would have been great. That being said, I'm excited for the spur to be finished. I completely forget, is the plan still to redo what was the 3rd phase when the Hudson yards is complete? I remember hearing most of it was temporary which is why it's far less feature heavy, but can't recall if that was actually the real plan, an outdated version of the plan, etc. the train would have been temporary, but fun while it lasted. i really liked the bowl, but besides cost and construction it was just not practical to handle the crowds. also, i think the views would be obstructed. the little forest grove in the final version will be enough of a gimmick ‘experience’ i think. we’ll see. as for phase three around the hudson yards, its hard to imagine now, but eventually it will all be level with the western yards development. you can get a feel for what that might be like now at the coach tower highline park courtyard.
July 18, 20186 yr ^ we used to do that on an active rail bridge in sheffield lake too. they should call it the thrill line. A train only crosses that bridge 2-3 times per week, and said train only has 4-5 cars. There is just one customer remaining, a place that transfers chemicals off of river barges. I lived there for four years and only saw this train one time. One day it's going to make an awesome rails-to-trails trail since it goes right through the heart of town and has a short tunnel.
July 18, 20186 yr ^ it looks like instead they built a new crossing bridge next to the old rail bridge for lorain co metroparks — so you cant use it, but you can get a good look at it: https://www.traillink.com/trail/bridgeway-trail/ there are certainly a lot of highline inspired projects and ideas going around. i hope they do one in dayton someday with their eastern downtown rail overpass. its been discussed at least.
July 18, 20186 yr ^Cincinnati totally blew it when the 15~ mile west side C&O line was quickly sold off after the railroad abandoned it around 1987. It was kept in service solely to supply the Fernald Uranium plant...so when they shut that place down the trains full of uranium ore from the Congo were the first thing to go. It had a number of high Pittsburgh-type bridges -- all gone. Now the line's yard is a bunch of strip malls and the line itself has been taken over by numerous self-storage places.
July 18, 20186 yr this is the bjarke ingels twisty apt tower project called 76 eleventh ave. its between 17-18sts.
July 18, 20186 yr still working on the foundation pit for the thomas heatherwick vessel designer apt bldgs aka 515 w18st fka the roxy rollerdisco.
July 18, 20186 yr you can never get enough of the zaha hadid apt building! i noticed they finished its equally groovy courtyard garden hy from the park
July 18, 20186 yr That Zaha Hadid is a real trip! Yeah but she didn't think to make it so the building can take its own selfies.
August 12, 20186 yr i really like this one — it’s pretty unusual — its a neo-deco building that it uses green terra cotta, copper and oak: https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/10/17675662/roman-williamss-awaited-high-line-condo-construction-update
August 12, 20186 yr i really like this one — it’s pretty unusual — its a neo-deco building that it uses green terra cotta, copper and oak: https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/10/17675662/roman-williamss-awaited-high-line-condo-construction-update Wow. That looks amazing, thanks for sharing. I've always loved Art Deco- it would be wonderful if a revivalist movement became popular. That article links to a video that shows the process of creating the terra cotta, pretty cool: https://ny.curbed.com/2017/12/15/16780320/chelsea-fitzroy-facade-video-terra-cotta
August 12, 20186 yr ^ i’ll get some pics of it to post — i want to see the terra cotta up close. yes a neo-deco revival would be nice to see more of as long as its done well and not so kitsch like it was in the miami vice era 1980s. edit: it looks like the same hudson valley company is doing the terra cotta for the grand central one vanderbilt tower facade as well: https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/08/one-vanderbilts-terracotta-facade-installation-begins-as-superstructure-passes-halfway-point-in-midtown-manhattan.html
August 28, 20186 yr It looks great in person. The quality of the materials on it (as well as One Vanderbilt) is obvious as you pass. Several bystanders were pointing at it and commenting on the detail of it. It's an interesting design aesthetic that you don't see often.
August 28, 20186 yr https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/08/one-vanderbilts-terracotta-facade-installation-begins-as-superstructure-passes-halfway-point-in-midtown-manhattan.html This comment from the article sums up my thoughts on this tower pretty well. Nice little simon and garfunkle nod to boot. "The building is a jarring jumble of unstable sloping diagonals at its base, with a couple of faux, ill-shaped & sterile columns of various heights thrown in for good (or bad) measure. Despite the transit enhancing crumbs that it offers, it’s an infrastructure-crippling behemoth, one that is totally out of place next to the staid symmetry and balanced beauty of its neighbor, Grand Central Station. Rather than enhancing and reinforcing its neighborinf icon, it detracts and destroys. For if it truly valued “unobstructed views of Grand Central”, then the building should have been set back on 42nd street. And rather than “aiming to invoke and rejuvenate the sensation of traditional New York skyscrapers”, the terra-cotta facade strips (again with those diagonals) look more like an el-cheapo rip-off, to use the technical term. Where have all the good architects gone, Joe DiMaggio? Have they left and gone away?"
September 10, 20186 yr lol totally disagree with the reaction to the base. the base is the most well thought out of any building i have ever seen. the project adds infrastructure, how on earth is that a bad thing? as for overwhelming the system underground, i have news for that writer, there is a lot more to come when east side access opens. and as for blocking the view of grand central? you have got to be kidding me. did they not know a building was there previously blocking that angle? lol just ridiculous. also the best view of grand central has always been looking up from park south. further, who cares? grand central is not impressive on the outside anyway. its impressiveness has always been its unseen techincal complexity. as for the rest of one vanderbilt outside the excellent base, well yeah that seems to be quite a bit of an afterthought. i agree that it seems like it wont be impressive architectually — at best. and why the terra cotta at all? who knows? however, you cant prejudge a final product too fairly when its u/c and these are just renders, so we’ll see how it turns out. its new modern office space in an aging office tower neghborhood, in the end thats really the important thing.
September 16, 20186 yr the new hy park is estimated to cost $124M per acre (in contrast the highline park cost $36M per acre). meanwhile, city parks are underfunded. >:( https://ny.curbed.com/2018/9/6/17826654/hudson-yards-park-expansion-cost-expensive
October 31, 20186 yr the solar carve building on the southern end of the highline in the meatpacking is about done.
November 2, 20186 yr The most impressive aspect of that building is the complete and utter lack of visible structure. It's completely see through. There are small columns spaced quite far apart on the perimeter and that's it. The core is tucked off into a corner, there are no interior partitions whatsoever, no mid-floor-plate columns, etc. It's really interesting. It's quite striking.
January 14, 20196 yr the ceramic tiled fitzroy apt bldg is almost done -- i could never get any decent shots of it, but the pics in this article are very good ones: 514 WEST 24TH STREET The Fitzroy And Its Art Deco-Inspired Exterior Near Full Completion At 514 West 24th Street, In Chelsea BY: MICHAEL YOUNG 8:00 AM ON JANUARY 6, 2019 A handsome Art Deco-inspired exterior adorns the The Fitzroy, located at 514 West 24th Street, which is now practically complete. The insides are also nearing the finish line, and will soon open to prospective residents. The project is being designed by Roman and Williams, and developed by a partnership between JDS Development and Largo Investments. more: https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/01/the-fitzroy-and-its-art-deco-inspired-exterior-near-full-completion-at-514-west-24th-street-in-chelsea.html
January 14, 20196 yr 5 hours ago, mrnyc said: the ceramic tiled fitzroy apt bldg is almost done -- i could never get any decent shots of it, but the pics in this article are very good ones: 514 WEST 24TH STREET The Fitzroy And Its Art Deco-Inspired Exterior Near Full Completion At 514 West 24th Street, In Chelsea BY: MICHAEL YOUNG 8:00 AM ON JANUARY 6, 2019 A handsome Art Deco-inspired exterior adorns the The Fitzroy, located at 514 West 24th Street, which is now practically complete. The insides are also nearing the finish line, and will soon open to prospective residents. The project is being designed by Roman and Williams, and developed by a partnership between JDS Development and Largo Investments. more: https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/01/the-fitzroy-and-its-art-deco-inspired-exterior-near-full-completion-at-514-west-24th-street-in-chelsea.html Damn that looks good.
January 22, 20196 yr a couple highline throwbacks from the 1980s washington st/w12th st (i think, there were several random sections like this) 10th av/w17st (all buffed up now of course, but otherwise looks same today) Edited January 22, 20196 yr by mrnyc
January 22, 20196 yr It didn't even occur to me to take photos of what is now the high line 20 years ago. It was just a nondescript area of Manhattan with a few art galleries between taxi cab mechanics. I remember there being billboards on some of the overpasses.
March 26, 20196 yr ^ you must have breezed through on the highway because the highline crosses many neighborhoods and each one of them was and is far from non-descript.
March 26, 20196 yr the news we have been awaiting all these years has arrived, the final section of the highline park, the highline spur, opens june 5th: https://www.thehighline.org/design/spur/?utm_source=e-news-spur&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spur&utm_content=we-saved-the-spur&mc_cid=8bf895a3cd&mc_eid=aadae9543d
April 7, 20196 yr after what seemed like a long dormant period the work is amping up as they get ready to open the spur section. the simone leigh brick house sculpture went up this week -- it will be there until sept 2020 https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/simoneleigh/ the ticketing and lounge area for the shed performance venue is directly under the highline.
April 7, 20196 yr street level around w30st and 10th ave the once scubby plaza area on the corner is now nicely paved with a water feature
September 8, 20195 yr from over the summer the neo deco terra cotta something on a warehouse the vessel brit guy heatherwick condos hadid is looking lived in already new pace gallery bldg — opens sept 14 Edited September 8, 20195 yr by mrnyc
June 29, 20204 yr the highline just added fifteen new members to its infrastructure reuse highline network for america, making for a total of 39 projects similar to the highline that are either in the works or completed -- see below: http://network.thehighline.org/projects/ For Immediate Release HIGH LINE NETWORK ANNOUNCES 15 NEW MEMBERS, BRINGING ITS TOTAL TO 39 INFRASTRUCTURE REUSE PROJECTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA New Members Expand the Reach and Expertise of the Network New York, NY (June 29, 2020) -- The High Line Network today announces that it has welcomed 15 new members into its community of nonprofit infrastructure reuse projects. Since its inception by High Line co-founder and Executive Director Robert Hammond in 2016, the Network has grown from an initial group of 11 projects now to 39, highlighting the growing sector of transforming underutilized and abandoned infrastructure into new urban landscapes that value public spaces. Redefining what parks can be, these hybrid spaces are also public squares, open-air museums, botanical gardens, social service organizations, walkways, transit corridors, and more. Members of the Network also commit to building truly equitable spaces for their communities. The 15 new members of the High Line Network are: ● Bergen Arches | Jersey City, NJ The Erie Railroad’s mile-long, under-utilized railroad trench that once served four passenger rails, to be converted into a shared-use nature path on the East Coast Greenway. ● Brickline Greenway | St. Louis, MO A public-private partnership project along the MetroLink Light rail line. Includes 20 miles of accessible paths and will connect St. Louisans’ to their schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and civic and cultural institutions. ● CicLAvia | Los Angeles, CA Vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free streets. CicLAvia engages with people to transform their relationship with their communities and with each other. ● Destination Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA A 1.3 mile long outdoor art and culture experience celebrating the 200+ years of Black activism in one of the largest Black communities west of the Mississippi River. ● Grand River Corridor | Grand Rapids, MI A waterway and the waterfront revitalization of Michigan’s longest river as it flows through the Grand Rapids community. ● Great River Passage | St. Paul, MN A 1.5-mile promenade connecting a series ofcohesive public spaces, civic landmarks and development sites along downtown Saint Paul’s river bluff, creating a vibrant riverfront and stimulating economic development in downtown Saint Paul. ● Harbor District Riverwalk | Milwaukee, WI A continuous network of public riverwalks to open up the waterfront to public use and reconnect the surrounding neighborhoods to the waterways that flow through their communities. ● Hemisfair | San Antonio, TX A 40-acre urban parks district at the site of the 1968 World’s Fair in the heart of San Antonio leveraging an exemplary financial sustainability model to create one of the world’s great public places. ● India Basin Park | San Francisco, CA A former boat building and repair yard, now a postindustrial brownfield will be remediated to form 1.5 miles of accessible shoreline along the San Francisco Bay linking to the Bay Trail and Blue Greenway and fostering better access to the water. ● Indianapolis Cultural Trail | Indianapolis, IN An 8-mile biking and walking trail connecting all six of Indy's Cultural Districts, reusing streets, former vehicle travel lanes and parking lanes to be a public and free to all linear park and bike path. ● The Meadoway | Toronto, ON, Canada A hydro corridor in Scarborough transformed into a vibrant 16-kilometer stretch of urban greenspace and meadowlands that will become one of Canada’s largest linear urban parks. ● Memphis Riverfront | Memphis, TN A riverfront reinvention with equity at its core, Memphis’ five miles of Mississippi riverfront is being transformed into a connected, catalytic and inclusive network of vibrant parks and trails accessible to all. ● La Mexicana Park | Mexico City, Mexico A 28-hectare park built on a former sand quarry known for its technological innovation and sustainable design. ● The Riverline | Buffalo, NY The transformation of the former DL&W rail corridor along the Buffalo River into a vibrant and engaging nature trail everyone can enjoy----right in the city, only minutes from downtown. ● Town Branch Park | Lexington, KY The transformation of a parking lot into an unprecedented signature park in the heart of downtown Lexington. ‘‘We're proud and honored to welcome these innovative projects into the High Line Network, and look forward to the ways their insights will inform this community,’’ said Robert Hammond, Executive Director of the High Line. ‘‘The growing diversity of the Network is evidence of the complex and heightened need for public greenspaces and the wellbeing they provide.’’ New projects bring new and diverse voices to the Network, including its first member from Mexico and second Canadian project, as well as further diversity across the United States. They also all bring significant expertise and experience addressing equity to the learning community. Bringing together projects across different regions and stages of development, the Network provides leaders of these spaces the opportunity to share ideas and practical strategies on improving urban wellbeing. New members bring more gender, racial, geographic, and organizational diversity than ever before to the Network, including La Mexicana Park in Mexico City, the first Mexico-based project, and Destination Crenshaw in Los Angeles, which celebrates a 200+ year history of Black activism through art and cultural placemaking. ‘‘I’m particularly thrilled that our new members bring exceptional experience on equity and equitable development. They will contribute greatly at this critical time to our collective ability to address health, social, and other inequities in the Black and Brown communities many of us serve. The Network will continue to support and challenge members to drive actively towards dismantling the impacts of historic racist policies and systems’’, states Asima Jansveld, Vice President of the High Line Network. New members were selected through the Network’s first-ever open call this spring, in response to a growing recognition of the infrastructure reuse field as a powerful tool for increasing public green spaces across urban cities. Infrastructure reuse projects can bring tremendous and much-needed social, health, environmental and economic benefits, and new members were chosen based on their commitment to building the Network’s leadership to address these goals across North America. The High Line Network provides both practical implementation support and inspiration for members to build these positive impacts for as many people as possible, especially longtime residents of their neighboring communities. As a program of the High Line, the Network remains grounded within its own infrastructure reuse project in New York City, committed to become a better civic connector for its own neighborhood. For more information about the High Line Network, including a full list of all members, visit network.thehighline.org/projects/.SUPPORT The High Line Network is supported by The JPB Foundation. ABOUT THE HIGH LINE NETWORK Presented by the High Line, the High Line Network is a group of infrastructure reuse projects---- and the people who help them come to life. As cities become denser and land for traditional parks becomes more scarce, residents are finding creative ways to bring greenspace to their neighborhoods. Projects in the High Line Network transform underutilized infrastructure into new urban landscapes. Redefining what a park can be, these hybrid spaces are also public squares, open-air museums, botanical gardens, social service organizations, walkways, transit corridors, and more. For more information about the High Line Network, please visit network.thehighline.org. ABOUT THE HIGH LINE The High Line is both a nonprofit organization and a public park on the West Side of Manhattan. Through our work with communities on and off the High Line, we’re devoted to reimagining public spaces to create connected, healthy neighborhoods and cities. Built on a historic, elevated rail line, the High Line was always intended to be more than a park. You can walk through the gardens, view art, experience a performance, enjoy food or beverage, or connect with friends and neighbors----all while enjoying a unique perspective of New York City. Nearly 100% of our annual budget comes through donations. The High Line is owned by the City of New York and we operate under a license agreement with NYC Parks. For more information, visit thehighline.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.*** MEDIA CONTACT Janelle Grace | High Line | 646.774.2536 | [email protected] Littlefield | Rubenstein | 212.843.9220 | [email protected]
June 29, 20204 yr thomas 'the vessel' heatherwick's lantern house apt complex at 515 w18st nears completion. there will be a new groundlevel plaza for the highline park here too: Exterior work is approaching completion on Thomas Heatherwick‘s Lantern House at 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea. Developed by Related Companies with SLCE Architects as the architect of record, the ten- and 21-story reinforced concrete edifices stand on either side of the High Line and contain 181 residential units, with sales and marketing led by Related Sales LLC and Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. Recent photos by Tectonic from the eastern and western sides of the development show the bulbous sculpted windows and hand-laid brick masonry nearly all in place. The only sections awaiting completion are around the ground floor and sidewalk, as well as a strip on the shorter structure where the mechanical hoist is standing. This is currently wrapped in white-colored tarp, for unclear reasons. The sidewalk scaffolding and green construction fence still surround the entire property. The glass railings for the outdoor terraces are also mostly in place. Homes will feature one- to four-bedroom layouts and come with 10-foot-high ceilings. A number of units will come with landscaped terraces that offer views of the High Line, Cheslea, and the Midtown skyline. Prices start at $1.7 million, with amenities including a doorman, concierge service, a common courtyard and outdoor garden, a meeting room, a fitness center with spa and swimming pool, an entertainment room, residential lounges, a children’s playroom, and private parking for 175 vehicles. more: https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/06/exterior-of-thomas-heatherwicks-lantern-house-nears-completion-in-chelsea.html
July 27, 20204 yr aaay something for summer fun — you may have heard taylor swift has a new record out. ha. her single cardigan is a true pop masterpiece — and it alludes to the meatpacking neighborhood and name drops the high line: Edited November 29, 20204 yr by mrnyc
September 15, 20204 yr after the long pandemic pause, the highline has reopened all the way up to 30th st and the spur now. you need to get timed tickets to walk it, but they are free. note the route is one way -- north only from gansevoort st in the meatpacking to the spur.
September 21, 20204 yr 1 manhattan west on the right here below kind of unexpectedly became one of my favorite new towers. the glass is top shelf stunning and the base interior is just beautiful. its slightly shorter twin 2mw is underway.
September 22, 20204 yr One Manhattan West is the standout tower in the Hudson Yards area for sure. There's a simplistic elegance to it. And the base is phenomenal. I walked the High Line this past Friday for the first time in ages and it was so pleasant. Maybe a dozen other people the entire way. I'm trying to take advantage of the silver lining of zero tourism and go enjoy places that are usually mobbed while I can since we'll likely not get this opportunity again and might as well make the best of a crappy situation.
April 16, 20214 yr is the highline falling apart? ha no, but the standard hotel that strattles over the southernmost end of it is. at least one big chunk blew off. thankfully no one was hurt. they closed that section for awhile and made the hotel put scaffolding up across the highline until its fixed. i got a peak at it the other day: https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/scaffolding-covers-high-line-after-chunk-of-standard-hotel-falls/
April 16, 20214 yr also, cuomo wants to distract from his ... whoops i mean wants to add extensions to the northern end of the highline. $60M for two extensions to penn station/moynhan hall and to the hudson. more: https://www.archpaper.com/2021/01/cuomo-proposes-a-60-million-high-line-extension-to-new-moynihan-train-hall/
November 14, 20213 yr gov hochul is all in for extending the highline: Governor Hochul Unveils Designs to Connect Manhattan's High Line to Moynihan Train Hall Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled designs for a new connector that will link New York City's High Line seamlessly to Moynihan Train Hall. This will happen via Brookfield Properties' publicly accessible Magnolia Court that runs through its Manhattan West development. The proposed project will give pedestrians safe, unobstructed access to the Far West Side of Manhattan via two bridges that will connect to the 10th Avenue terminus of the High Line. A public-private partnership comprising Empire State Development, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Brookfield Properties Group, and Friends of the High Line is undertaking the $50 million project, which will be completed by Spring 2023. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-unveils-designs-connect-manhattans-high-line-moynihan-train-hall
March 23, 20223 yr our city council person’s newsletter stated the groundbreaking for the highline extension to the penn station/moynihan train hall was feb 23rd, so work should be getting underway: https://www.thehighline.org/connections/
March 24, 20223 yr via the highline folks -- groundbreaking for the highline moynihan extension (at the spur -- 10av and w30th st):
May 3, 20223 yr you can see and read all about similar highline type parks here: https://network.thehighline.org/projects/
June 30, 20222 yr i guess i forgot to put these up -- here are a few pix i took of the highline extension project at 10th av along w30th st -- they are from about 3wks ago -- it looked like the builders are moving pretty fast on it -- it's cool to see and also you get great catbird views on the highline park spur or nearby whole foods roofdeck --
August 1, 20222 yr Progress continues to be made on High Line X Moynihan Connector By Isabella Roman Posted on July 27, 2022 You might be able to avoid the traffic to Penn Station with this new mode of transportation. The High Line X Moynihan Connector will link the High Line’s Spur to the public plaza at Manhattan West, the route will lead all the way to Moynihan Train Hall on 9th ave. The connector broke in February of this year but with construction starting now it will hopefully be reopened for use in the spring of 2023. The design for the connector was originally made in collaboration with James Corner Field Operations, who was a part of the High Line’s original design team, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. more: https://www.amny.com/news/progress-on-high-line-x-moynihan-connector/ Photo courtesy of High Line
August 3, 20222 yr I walked by that the other week. It's certainly going to be an interesting connection. I actually think the plaza in Manhattan West, when it wasn't fully covered in work walls like it is now, was a pretty nice space and will serve as a good connection between the High Line/Hudson Yards and Moynihan.
April 15, 20232 yr good news — the walkway to moynihan/penn is almost ready. the big wood truss section is on site awaiting installation. via NYguy render — also, the long delayed new large artwork on the highline park stub has been chosen — here were all the finalists: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-shortlisted-high-line-plinth-1926869 this one is the winner — renders: Pamela Rosenkranz, Old Tree. Courtesy High Line Arts.
April 16, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, mrnyc said: good news — the walkway to moynihan/penn is almost ready. the big wood truss section is on site awaiting installation. via NYguy render — also, the long delayed new large artwork on the highline park stub has been chosen — here were all the finalists: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-shortlisted-high-line-plinth-1926869 this one is the winner — renders: Pamela Rosenkranz, Old Tree. Courtesy High Line Arts. Wow, that tree looks incredible
May 9, 20232 yr pretty cool — watch them install the wood connector bridge for the highline extension below. opens to the public this summer.
May 12, 20232 yr from yesterday --- https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/pamela-rosenkranz/ hard at work on the wood truss extension --
May 12, 20232 yr ^I bet that we're now going to see wood pedestrian bridges appear on tons of project renderings around the country.
May 12, 20232 yr ^ i am very surprized by that, you would think the parks would have learned a lesson from the brooklyn hts squibb bridge debacle. but i understand, it does add a nice variety to the highline. i do wonder how durable it is vs the old iron railbridge and what will happen after years of weather and tunnel traffic around it go by.
May 31, 20232 yr cool pic of the wood truss installation - Andrew Frasz, courtesy of the High Line The wooden truss bridge, which weighs 128 tons, is made up of 163 Alaskan Yellow Cedar beams. more: https://untappedcities.com/2023/05/08/moynihan-connector-bridge-high-line/
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