[56][45] As a result, the viaduct's construction necessitated the demolition of 640 buildings. [55] At this point, Conrail still owned the right of way and the tracks. James Corner, Piet Oudolf. The sleek High Line 519 is situated in the gallery district of West Chelsea, and is a luxurious boutique condominium that boasts nothing but beauty. New York. [123] In August 2016, the park continued to increase real-estate values along it in an example of the halo effect. [4], The park's attractions include naturalized plantings, inspired by plants which grew on the disused tracks,[25] and views of the city and the Hudson River. 2.33km. [16], The park then curves west to Phase 3 and merges into the Tenth Avenue Spur, which stretches over 30th Street to Tenth Avenue. The abandoned spur has been redesigned as a "living system" drawing from multiple disciplines which include landscape architecture, urban design, and ecology. [132] Several cities nationwide have plans to renovate railroad infrastructure into parkland,[133] including Philadelphia's Rail Park, Atlanta's Belt Line, and Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail. [4] Around the same time, construction of the second section began. The High Line in New York, one of the projects Elizabeth Diller is known for. The High Line: architect. [93][94], A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the High Line's third phase was held on September 20, 2014,[95][96] followed the next day by the opening of its third section and a procession down the park. [129], Crime has been low in the park. [119], The recycling of the rail line into an urban park and tourist attraction has revitalized Chelsea, which was "gritty" and in generally poor condition during the late twentieth century. [57] The tracks leading to the High Line were reconnected in 1981, but as there were no more customers along the route, the curve at 34th Street was never completed, and the viaduct did not see any further usage. En enero de 2003, los Amigos de la High Line lanzaron una propuesta, para el Diseño y Recuperción de la High Line. 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[68] The same month, a bipartisan group of city officials began petitioning the federal Surface Transportation Board to hand over title to the viaduct for park use. date. They emphasise from the outset that “Camden’s Highline will not be like New York’s”, highlighting the “completely different context, both urban and cultural”. The High Line’s design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations (Project Lead), Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. [41], In 1847, the City of New York authorized the construction of railroad tracks along Tenth and Eleventh Avenues on Manhattan's West Side. Originating in the Meatpacking District, the park runs from Gansevoort Street – three blocks below 14th Street – through Chelsea to the northern edge of the West Side Yard on 34th Street near the Javits Center. On this page, you’ll find information about the design and construction process that was required to transform the High Line into a public park. Converting each section of the High Line from an abandoned rail line to a public landscape entailed not only years of planning, community input, and design work, but also more than two years of construction for each section. Some of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists come to the High Line to create new, site-specific artworks—free for all to experience. The work is integrated into the window bays of the former Nabisco factory loading dock as a series of 700 purple and gray glass panes. A containment tent was used to envelope one 25-foot section of the High Line at a time. The park extends for 1.45 miles (2.33 km) from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. Full-length windows bring plenty of light into the double-height rooms and pendant lamps are custom-designed by SCDA By any yardstick, New York is a city that seems hell-bent on reinventing itself at every turn. [45], Friends of the High Line has raised more than $150 million in public and private funds[45] toward the construction of the first two sections of the park. [114] It has an annual operating budget of $11.5 million, in addition to capital construction and management and fundraising expenses. 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The pathways, created from precast concrete pavers—or planks—were laid into place onto a series of pedestal supports, and irrigation and electrical infrastructure elements were run in the void beneath them. Our gardens are diverse and ever-changing, with more than fifteen distinct planting zones and 110,000 plants. Robert Silman Associates. Almost overnight, the High Line has become one of New York’s most popular cultural … Designed in collaboration with James Corner Field Operations and Piet Oudolf, The High Line is a 1.5–mile long public park built on an abandoned elevated railroad stretching from the Meatpacking District to the Hudson Rail Yards in Manhattan. Ipê timber for the built-in benches came from a managed forest certified by the Forest Stewardship Council to ensure sustainability and the conservation of biological diversity, water resources, and fragile ecosystems. [137] Other cities around the world are planning elevated rails-to-trails parks in what a writer has called the "High Line effect". The Philip Falcone and Lisa Maria Falcone Flyover, named after two major donors to the park,[4][12] was based on plans for a Phase 1 flyover which was never built. Creative Time, Friends of the High Line, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation commissioned The River That Flows Both Ways by Spencer Finch as the inaugural art installation. "[29], The High Line also has cultural attractions as part of a long-term plan for the park to host temporary installations and performances. [145], In 2001 (two years after the formation of the Friends of the High Line), photographer Joel Sternfeld documented the High Line's flora and dilapidation in his book, Walking the High Line. [15] However, many established businesses in west Chelsea have closed due to loss of their neighborhood customer base or rent increases. [68], A nonprofit organization called Friends of the High Line[45] was formed in October 1999 by Joshua David and Robert Hammond. [146] Sternfeld's work was regularly discussed and exhibited during the 2000s as the rehabilitation project developed. [45][47][62] During the time the viaduct was disconnected, two large customers along the route moved to New Jersey. The park extends for 1.45 miles (2.33 km) from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. Discover your new favorite spot. Friends of the High Line and the City of New York conduct a process to select a design team for the High Line. [141][142][143], The line has been depicted in a variety of media before its redevelopment. The contrast between the Hudson Yards plaza, designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz and still a work in progress, and the Spur, designed by the same team that fashioned the rest of the High Line—James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and the horticulturalist Piet Oudolf—was striking. [62] The demolished section began at Bank Street and ran down Washington Street to Spring Street (just north of Canal Street). [113] The organization is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the park, with an annual budget of over $5 million. Shortly after the second section opened in 2011, The New York Times reported that there had been no reports of major crimes (such as assault or robbery) since the first phase opened two years earlier. The High Line offers nearly 1.5 miles of creative and innovative public space designs. The closure was necessitated as a result of the construction of Javits Center at 34th Street, which required that the curve at 35th Street be rebuilt. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce that the 13th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design has been awarded to the High Line in New York, designed collaboratively by James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. How can the High Line in New York inspire your own home’s garden design? More than 720 teams from 36 countries entered. In the final phase of construction, the High Line pathways, access points, plantings, furnishings, and lighting were installed. [132], In 2016, Friends of the High Line launched the High Line Network to support similar infrastructure re-use projects being developed in other cities. [45] This reduced the load on the Bell Laboratories Building (which has housed the Westbeth Artists Community since 1970)[58] and the former Nabisco plant in Chelsea Market, which were served from protected sidings in the buildings. In some locations where stairs were installed, steel girders were removed—allowing the stairs to pass through the structure of the High Line itself, and providing an opportunity for visitors to see the massive steel girders supporting the entire structure. New York, NY: Friends of the High Line, 2008. "[130] In a review of the Highliner restaurant – which has now reverted to its previous name, the Empire Diner – Ariel Levy wrote in The New Yorker that... "The new Chelsea that is emerging on weekends as visitors flood the elevated park ... [is] touristy, overpriced, and shiny. ... "The New York High Line officially open" 09 Jun 2009. [4][12] At the 23rd Street Lawn, visitors can rest. Built in 2005 by architect Linda Roy, it is 12 stories tall, and has 11 units. The Spur, the last section of the High Line that extends east along 30th St. and terminates above 10th Ave., opened in June 2019. Sternfeld's photographs of its meadow-like natural beauty, discussed in an episode of the documentary series Great Museums, were used at public meetings when the subject of saving the High Line was discussed. [19] Phase 3 has another ramp taking visitors above the viaduct at 11th Avenue and a play area with rail ties and the Pershing Beams (modified, silicone-covered beams and stanchions coming out of the structure), a gathering space with benches, and a set of three railroad tracks where one can walk between the rails. [4] At 14th Street, the High Line splits into two sides at different elevations;[12] the Diller-Von Furstenberg Water Feature (opened in 2010) is on the lower side, and a sundeck is on the upper side. There are tons of amenities that should not be overlooked. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. [61][75] In July 2003, Edward Norton and Robert Caro hosted a benefit event at Grand Central Terminal, where the submissions for the design contest were exhibited. [32] During the construction of the second phase (between 20th and 30th Streets) several artworks were installed, including Sarah Sze's Still Life with Landscape (Model for a Habitat): a steel-and-wood sculpture near 20th and 21st Streets built as a house for fauna such as birds and butterflies. runs from 34th and 10th to 14th and 10th. As lead designers of the New York High Line, James Corner Field Operations are teaming up with Piet Oudolf to bring their “exceptional experience” to the table. [66] The remaining riveted-steel elevated structure was unused and in disrepair during the 1990s, but it remained structurally sound. [45][62][64] Obletz offered to buy the viaduct for $10 in order to run a small amount of freight trains on the line, and Conrail accepted, mainly because demolition would have cost $5 million. See renderings from each section below. [73], In 2003, Friends of the High Line sponsored a design competition that attracted more than 720 participants from 38 countries. [37][38] In 2016 Tony Matelli's controversial sculpture "Sleepwalker" was exhibited upon the High Line. [122] It has also helped raise the value of properties directly adjacent to the High Line by an average of 10 percent over properties a few blocks away. Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Due to a decline in rail traffic along the rest of the viaduct, it was effectively abandoned in 1980 when the construction of the Javits Center required the demolition of the viaduct's northernmost portion. [114] Unlike the first two phases, to which the city significantly contributed, Friends of the High Line was responsible for raising funds for phase three (an estimated $35 million). The wheelchair-accessible entrances, each with stairs and an elevator, are at Gansevoort, 14th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th Streets. [89] A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on June 7, 2011 to open the second section (from 20th Street to 30th Street), with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler in attendance. [53] The West Side Improvement cost more than $150 million,[50] worth about $2.23 billion in 2019 dollars. The 1979 film Manhattan includes a shot of the High Line as director and star Woody Allen speaks the first line: "Chapter One. [39] In 2017 Max Hooper Schneider's aquarium was displayed on the passageway. The building, designed by Renzo Piano, opened on May 1, 2015. [30][31], A summer 2010 sound installation by Stephen Vitiello was composed from bells heard throughout New York. The High Line design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations (Project Lead), Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and planting designer Piet Oudolf. NEWYORK,NY. Finally, concrete repairs and waterproofing work was completed. One of the best known cases, the High Line of New York has a meaning more than just a simple ‘park’, since it is an urban garden built upon the abandoned railway lines of 1930s. Utility rail viaduct: Bridging the street here is a disused elevated railroad that was used to transport freight along the Westside waterfront, replacing the street-level tracks at 10th and 11th avenues that earned those roads the nickname "Death Avenue." The street-level tracks were used by the New York Central Railroad's freight trains, which shipped commodities such as coal, dairy products, and beef. The West Side Line formerly extended south to a railroad terminal at Spring Street, just north of Canal Street, and north to 35th Street at the site of the Javits Center. 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[55] The last train on the viaduct was a three-car consist carrying frozen turkeys. Is Demolishing Its St. John's Terminal", "Streetscapes: The West Side Improvement; On the Lower West Side, Fate Of Old Rail Line Is Undecided", "Mayor Dedicates West Side Project; 'Death to Death Av.' [90][91] CSX Transportation, owner of the northernmost section from 30th to 34th Streets, agreed in principle to donate the section to the city in 2011;[87] the Related Companies, which owns development rights for the West Side Rail Yards, agreed not to tear down the spur crossing 10th Avenue. The team selected is led by Field Operations, a landscape architecture firm, and includes Diller Scofidio + Renfro, as well as noted horticultural designer, Piet Oudolf. Note: Visitor numbers are estimates only. [34][35] Also installed during the second phase of construction was Julianne Swartz's Digital Empathy, a work utilizing audio messages at restrooms, elevators, and water fountains. Parque High Line New York Arquitecto. The viaduct was shut down in 1980, when owner Conrail had to disconnect the viaduct from the rest of the national rail system for a year. You're virtually never alone on the High Line. "Several cities are looking at their own long-disused sections of track, hoping they can literally replicate New York's success. The pebble-dash concrete walkways swell and constrict, swing from side to side, and divide into concrete tines which meld the hardscape with plantings embedded in railroad-gravel mulch. Print. [126] In a 2017 interview, Friends of the High Line co-founder Robert Hammond said that he "failed" the community; the High Line did not fulfill its original purpose of serving the surrounding neighborhood, which had become demographically divided around the park. Our original Request for Qualifications received responses from 52 teams, each of which included experts from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, art, urban planning, and horticulture. However, this offer was also disputed in court. High Line: The inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky. Piet Oudolf James Corner Diller Scofidio + Renfro. [63], By 1978, the High Line viaduct was used to deliver just two carloads of cargo per week. In New York, they created the High Line, a 1.5-mile public park, and helped transform the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. [108], The High Line closed temporarily in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City; while most parks remained open during the pandemic, the High Line is a linear park with few means to spread out for social distancing measures. The administration of mayor Rudy Giuliani planned to demolish the structure. [1] At 30th Street the elevated tracks turn west around the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project[3] to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on 34th Street,[4] although the northern section is expected to be integrated with the Hudson Yards development and the Hudson Park and Boulevard. [110] Residents quoted in The New York Times stated that the park has become a "tourist-clogged catwalk" since it opened,[15] and one critic called a "tourist-clogged cattle chute". Whatever the size of your home garden, there are key tips you can learn from the High Line in New York to help you create a fantastic result in your own space. [138][139], According to some estimates, it costs substantially less to redevelop an abandoned urban rail line into a linear park than to demolish it. Owned by the City of New York, the High Line is a public park programmed, maintained, and operated by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Last month, developer Related Cos. commissioned Rem Koolhaas’s firm OMA to design its latest project along the High Line elevated park. James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf, Zaha Hadid Architects with Balmori Associates, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and studio MDA, Steven Holl Architects with Hargreaves Associates and HNTB, TerraGRAM: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates with D.I.R.T. [111], The line is maintained by Friends of the High Line, which was founded by Joshua David and Robert Hammond. [68] They advocated its preservation and reuse as public open space, an elevated park or greenway similar to the Promenade Plantée in Paris. Mayor Bloomberg and City Council speakers Gifford Miller and Christine C. Quinn were among the major supporters. The High Line's success has inspired cities throughout the United States to redevelop obsolete infrastructure as public space. "By opening the paving, we allow the plants to bleed through," said landscape architect James Corner, "almost as if the plants were colonizing the paved areas. The architecture of HL23 and its relationship to the West Chelsea arts district and the High Line will be the subjects of the upcoming exhibition Fast Forward: Neil Denari Builds On The Highline, opening in June 2008 at the Museum of the City of New York. [122] Apartments located near Phase 1 of the High Line are, on average, more than twice as costly as those between Seventh and Eighth Avenues (two blocks east). Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, Mid-Rise, New York, Pools, Residential, SCDA, Soori, Soori High Line, Soori Living ArchDaily. Four finalist teams proposed their design approach to the High Line—not intended to be final plans, but rather framework plans and strategies of the direction each team would take if selected. Thus it caused a land use change in the area.ReferencesDavid 2002, reclaiming the high line, design trust for public space, New YorkGopnik Adam, A walk on the highline, The New Yorker, 21 may 2001Jacobs Karrie, The new train of thought, New York magazine, 12 October 1988Lobbia .J.A, One track mind, Village Voice, 21 January 2001City zoning … The High Line Park in New York by architect Piet Oudolf was built in Manhattan, New York, United States in 2004-2009. [105] It opened on June 4, 2019, with the installation of a plinth as its initial artwork. [43], Public debate about the hazard began during the early 1900s. Repurposing the railway into an urban park began in 2006 and opened in phases during 2009, 2011, and 2014. Entrants were encouraged to be bold and forward-thinking—to create visions as unique and unexpected as the High Line itself. [80], On April 10, 2006, Mayor Bloomberg presided over a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. The High Line in New York © atelier GROENBLAUW, Daan Heijn In 2002 the project gained momentum and a design team was established consisting of (landscape) architects and professional gardeners to design a public landscape structure within the existing train line. [48], The first train on the High Line viaduct, part of New York Central's West Side Line, ran along the structure in 1933. [43][44] For safety the railroad hired "West Side cowboys", men who rode horses and waved flags in front of the trains. The eighteen-story building straddles the High Line, a seventy-five-year-old elevated railroad line recently developed into a new linear, public park. [72] Since the park's opening in 2009, Friends of the High Line has had an agreement with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to serve as its primary steward. Soori High Line. By 1988, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was negotiating with Conrail for the possibility for using the line's right of way to construct a light rail route. 1930s: style. Parks Enforcement Patrols have written summonses for infractions of park rules such as walking dogs or riding bicycles on the walkway at a lower rate than in Central Park. Prize for The High Line Park. [10], The southernmost section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, opened as a city park on June 8, 2009. Entries did not have to be practical or realistic. The temporary walkway will close for renovation when the Tenth Avenue Spur is completed. This section features a large-scale plaza for public programming and art, areas for seating and gathering, and two oversized “tilted” planters that will feature a lush, immersive woodland environment. In 2004, Friends of the High Line and the City of New York partnered to select the High Line’s design team through an invited design competition. 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