March 13, 201213 yr ^ yep. as for sure as the other two completed sections. cost is $90m, of which a third is being paid for by related, the railyards developer. opening is spring, 2014. *** heres an alternate or maybe an initial version for the spur section: ^ i say initial version because the dnainfo link below sez: Construction will likely be done in phases, but Friends of the High Line has proposed building an interim walkway on the western half, allowing park-goers to experience the wild grasses and flowers of the undeveloped section until the project is complete. more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120313/chelsea-hells-kitchen/high-lines-third-section-designs-unveiled
March 13, 201213 yr the very northernmost section gradually lowers down to the ground right at the foot of the javits convention center -- quite a cc amenity!
March 14, 201213 yr ^There are several characteristics of this that worked out perfectly for this transformation, that slope being just one of them. I walked around the rail yard this summer and it's one of the few impersonal parts of Manhattan. The high line will obviously bring some life to that area, and it'll be interesting for the line to have a distinctly different character for its northern third. It'll be cool to be able to see down into the rail yard too.
April 21, 201213 yr they are putting all kinds of art projects up in and around the highline park my friend just something of hers installed up there -- fun!
May 25, 201213 yr ^ lol -- i'll have to tell her that when i see her! from the fhl website it's called: Construction (Rampart), a bronze cast of a paper cup pyramid. As it ages over the course of the 12-month exhibition, the sculpture will collect plant debris and water, transforming into an urban relic and evoking the past trajectory of the High Line itself. moar: http://thehighline.org/about/public-art/lilliput
June 9, 201213 yr a look at whats doin on and around the highline: people were up on the highline watching the transit of venus. it was cloudy but there were breaks and i got a peek of it. this is the highline park hq at the new whitney museum annex going up at the southern end of the park the whitney basement tub is about done new redevelopment at the north end this new blockbuster in the middle of the hl looks to be a boring dud - avalon chelsea last but not least - summer fun new visuals up along the highline route
July 25, 201212 yr good that now its official: City Officially Takes Control Over Last High Line Section (Possibly Opening In 2014) Yesterday, New York City officially acquired the third and final part of the High Line from CSX Transportation, which owned the one-half mile part of the old elevated railroad that snakes around the West Side Rail Yards. Mayor Bloomberg crowed that it was "a monumental step toward our goal of opening the entire elevated railway to the public. In the three short years since the first section opened as a park, the High Line has become a treasured neighborhood oasis, a significant generator of economic activity for the entire city, and a celebrated icon for planners, designers, and leaders around the world. Transforming the final section of the elevated railway into public space will complete the vision - something that seemed all but impossible just over ten years ago." Construction will start at the end of this year and be completed next year... and then the opening will be in 2014. Above are a few renderings of the proposed third phase, as well as some recent photos. http://gothamist.com/2012/07/25/city_officially_takes_control_over.php
August 11, 201212 yr ^ no a thousand times no lol -- its across the street! *** renders for the final northern section featuring a fully developed hudson yards over the existing railyards: more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/places/high-line
August 13, 201212 yr work on the whitney annex museum + highline hq southernmost end of the highline st gansevoort st from this am
August 22, 201212 yr this is scathing! and sadly accurate. Disney (that forbidden name of Florida theme park on this website here!--LOL) World on the Hudson http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opinion/in-the-shadows-of-the-high-line.html WHEN the first segment of the High Line, the now-famous park built atop an old elevated railway on the West Side of Manhattan, opened in 2009, I experienced a moment of excitement. I had often wondered what it would be like to climb that graffiti-marked trestle with its wild urban meadow. Of course, I’d seen the architectural renderings and knew not to expect a wilderness. Still, the idea was enticing: a public park above the hubbub, a contemplative space where nature softens the city’s abrasiveness. Today it’s difficult to remember that initial feeling. The High Line has become a tourist-clogged catwalk and a catalyst for some of the most rapid gentrification in the city’s history. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
August 23, 201212 yr gee evd, you sure have been spending a lot of time in my neck of the woods lately, i am beginning to question your screen name lol! as to that hysterical rant article, eh, you might as well say that about all of manhattan not just around the highline. and its nothing new either, *fication already happened to central paris long ago (a case can be made for much of france) and its happening in london too. not to mention people were screaming manhattan is becoming *land long before the highline...and they were right, but se la vie.
September 22, 201212 yr the final phase III groundbreaking was held: Work is getting under way on the final stretch of the High Line. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined some city school children Tuesday morning in Chelsea to toss wildflower and native grass seeds onto the elevated park. It signaled the start of construction on the remaining stretch. Once it's finished the park will extend more than a mile from Gansevoort Street, giving its estimated four million annual visitors even more scenery to enjoy. "The third section of the High Line will integrate seamlessly into the neighborhood and connect it to the areas of west Chelsea and the Meatpacking District," Bloomberg said. "I think it would be wonderful to have it be longer. I'm sure it would be more useful to a greater number of people in the city," said one High Line visitor. "I'd love to see it run the whole length of Manhattan! Wouldn't that be nice?" said another visitor. Enthusiasm aside, the park's success has also drawn some disdain. Posters aimed at tourists appeared months ago pleading for less noise, less garbage, and more respect for the privacy of those living around the park. The final segment will wrap around the site of the planned Hudson Rail Yards from West 30th to West 34th Street. Most of it is expected to be open by 2014. video: http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/169284/groundbreaking-marks-final-phase-of-high-line-park
October 3, 201212 yr i was up on the highline today - here are a few developments: meatpacking architect morris adjimi's twisty 837 washington st (@w13th st -- right across from the standard hotel) is well underway despite having to lose 2-3 floors due to nimbys. the building was of course formerly a very hopping busy meatpacking business building. it's supposed to be a couple floors of retail on the bottom and offices above. no tenants yet far as i know, but it will be fine: this is the hoghline hq + whitney museum annex, which is now up to the 4th floor: this is a food/diy retail project called urbanspace on an empty lot awaiting redevelopment next to the standard hotel: wackiness in front of the standard the cudahy tower redevelopment over the highline looks to be fuy occupied if still not complete: and lastly, the standard grill has a cute outdoor atrium its on what will be the ice skating rink soon enough
October 4, 201212 yr they wouldn't but they were required to. i found a render of the earlier taller, less twisty version:
October 4, 201212 yr Well that is certainly the most nondescript facade I have ever seen preserved, by a huge margin.
October 5, 201212 yr its a historically important building in the neighborhood and they want to keep some historical elements at least. seems to be selective to me tho because 'they' completely tore down a similar building cater-corner to that one (where the pop-up urbanmarket kiosks are above and where a tower is supposed to go up). so basically the lesson is rich people will do whatever the hell they want.
December 2, 201212 yr a long, late fall 2012 update on the highline park and other spinoff development stuff for fun -- a chelsea market photo of the view from the 9th ave el in 1915 tip -- if you just go up early, you can have the place to yourself morris adjimi’s twisty office bldg going up on 837 washington street it’s across the street from the iconic standard hotel newly announced -- the solar carve tower by the architect of the aqua in chicago it will be on this lot long empty next to the cudahay tower bldg sw corner of w14th st and 10th ave http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2012/11/121105-Gangs-Solar-Carve-Tower-Will-Keep-High-Line-in-the-Spotlight.asp http://www.gizmag.com/solar-carve-tower/24887/pictures http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6328 this old meatpacking warehouse will have to go for it renders right across w14th the groovy gas station was torn out under the highline and is being redeveloped a look inside there this is an old render peace and quiet on the typically overrun highline? is it possible? yep new artwork going up on a bldg -- el anatsui http://www.thehighline.org/blog/tags/high-line-art yikes -- blocking cars from the art project fallout! and then there is the bad cheese too the #7 train expansion launch box site is over on the westside of the highline park here a peek inside ;) waaa -- mucho subway construction permits!!! back up on the highline this is the w20s area where the chelsea art galleries are this is avalon west chelsea slowly coming along some other residential/hotel mix bldg between avalon west and the highline will go up in the old club quo space http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/04/02/new_tower_plan_headed_for_west_28th_along_the_high_line.php 510 w22nd project -- just re-unveiled -- more: http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6374 current bldg -- its the one where the el anatsui mural is now initial renders newly unveiled final renders some other project on this lot -- i dk what the big one of the moment at the current northend of the park is going up like gangbusters is a 33 story traditional style typically classy robert am stern residential bldg no good renders yet but this another redevelopment opposite the stern bldg not sure if they are related, i dont think so -- edit: nope 539w29th st is designed by ismeal leyva he does some cool towers, i dk about lowrises from the ground prepping lots around the westside railyards for the massive hudson railyards redevelopment a couple shots of the westside railyards and a few hudson yards renders to the north, next to the future final section of the highline and the javits convention center is #7 train expansion construction more news: hotels on the way around the highline and in and around hudson yards http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/inn-coming-at-hudson-yards/ buying up properties around the railyards for the hudson yards projects http://commercialobserver.com/2012/11/erg-property-advisors-is-marketing-527-531-west-36th-street-a-building-with-a-limited-lifespan-due-to-hudson-yards/ javits center and w30s redevelopments http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5990 and last, but most certainly not least, a drop back to the southern end of the highline this is the meatpacking district....in the 1980s --- this section was at washington st at jane st if you on the right look past the big tan warehouse you can see it down the block *** i hope you enjoyed the update of the ever changing highline park neighborhoods ***
December 3, 201212 yr Oh no not leaning skyscrapers. They have two that lean in Madrid and they look so stupid. They keep distracting your attention from everything else.
December 3, 201212 yr I continue to be blown away by the Highline. Also mrnyc that was one hell of a post!
December 3, 201212 yr I continue to be blown away by the Highline. Also mrnyc that was one hell of a post! Agreed!
December 6, 201212 yr It was impossible to imagine all of this back in the 90s, when the art galleries first moved over there. The area had no charm or energy, and the galleries looked downright funny mixed in with the cab repair places. I remember someone saying that the banality of Chelsea showed you just how small-time the art world was in the grand scheme of things, that it was exhiled to the worst part of Manhattan. I am glad my dad took me to Soho once in the early 90s when the art galleries were still there, so that I at least have some memory of what was left behind. It was pretty yuppified by then, but it still had charm to it.
December 6, 201212 yr It was impossible to imagine all of this back in the 90s, when the art galleries first moved over there. The area had no charm or energy, and the galleries looked downright funny mixed in with the cab repair places. I remember someone saying that the banality of Chelsea showed you just how small-time the art world was in the grand scheme of things, that it was exhiled to the worst part of Manhattan. I am glad my dad took me to Soho once in the early 90s when the art galleries were still there, so that I at least have some memory of what was left behind. It was pretty yuppified by then, but it still had charm to it. although it's been eclipsed by Chelsea, SoHo, despite being known mainly now as a kind of fashionista hell, is still very much a center of art. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 8, 201212 yr You're right I forgot about the pillars. I guess I didn't even notice. In Chelsea, especially in the early days, I always wondered how often somebody working as a mechanic or another blue collar job in the area came in to look at the art. I bet there were a handful of guys who got a little into it and regularly made the tour.
December 9, 201212 yr "A tourist-clogged catwalk." He he he. I hope I get the opportunity to visit the high line someday.
December 9, 201212 yr "A tourist-clogged catwalk." He he he. I hope I get the opportunity to visit the high line someday. I wouldn't even call it that Its a bridge to nowhere!
December 9, 201212 yr "A tourist-clogged catwalk." He he he. I hope I get the opportunity to visit the high line someday. I wouldn't even call it that Its a bridge to nowhere! the javits convention center is nowhere?? but of course you wouldnt call it anything nice papi, cause you one of them jealous hate ahs. not to mention, 4M+ visitors a year would disagree. btw thats about 4M+ more visitors than shaker lakes gets. ;) and second only to central park's unbeatable 38M+ annual visitors. stay tuned, the highline aint even nearly finished yet.
August 17, 201311 yr Great updates. Good to see all this construction spinning off the High Line. The only slight disappointment is it looks like the 508 w24th building will cover up part of Neil Denari's super-cool High Line 23 building. But that's the nature of urban development.
August 17, 201311 yr ^ yeah it will be blocked if you are around the denari bldg looking north, but if you are north of 508 looking south there will be good views. at least for now. heres a little more: 529 w29th st about as inspiring as avalon west heres a lot across the street about ready to go finally, all quiet on the lot between avalon west & the highline
August 23, 201311 yr I was just in New York and of course visited the High Line again. The foliage is really filling in. Parts of it are becoming very tunnel like and it's fantastic. That and the amount of construction around it is really making it feel more like a corridor between buildings in some of the areas that were significantly more open originally. This is still by far my favorite park in the city. What I wouldn't give to have something like this in Cincinnati.
September 27, 201311 yr meanwhile at the northern end of the highline 500 w30th is coming along: yesterday
September 27, 201311 yr the block bustin avalon west and the lots around it cleared for redevelopment
September 27, 201311 yr After just having my concrete patio redone, I cringe at the imagined bill for this kind of work!
November 17, 201311 yr a new design for the northern highline spur: http://www.thehighline.org//blog/2013/11/11/new-design-concept-for-the-high-line-at-the-rail-yards
November 18, 201311 yr That's a great idea for the spur. I'm impressed by how much creativity has been shown in the design overall. I don't think any of us could really picture how this whole project was going to come together, especially how it was going to have all these unique areas.
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