High Line Park (New York, NY) : "Urban theater" at 10th Avenue and 17th Street; a window over the avenue (under the bridge) provides unusual views

Creator:

Büro Happold, founded 1977

Published/Created:

New York, New York, United States
Manhattan, West side; runs 1 mile between Gansevoort St. up to 30th St. in Chelsea
2006-2011

Physical Description:

1.6 km (length)

Notes:

The High Line is a 1-mile (1.6 km) New York City linear park built on a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) section of the former elevated New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line (built 1929-1934), which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan; it has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway. The High Line Park currently runs from Gansevoort Street, three blocks below West 14th Street, in the Meatpacking District, up to 30th Street, through the neighborhood of Chelsea to the West Side Yard, near the Javits Convention Center. The recycling of the railway into an urban park has spurred real estate development in the neighborhoods which lie along the line. The park was designed by the New York-based landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations, and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, with planting design from Piet Oudolf of the Netherlands and engineering design by Buro Happold. The hardy, naturalized plantings are inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew on the disused tracks.

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Contemporary
Twenty-first century

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A2-US-NY-HP-B4

Coordinates:

40.748333, -74.005

Genre:

elevated railroads (AAT)
landscape architecture (AAT)
open spaces: parks (recreation areas) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

open spaces; gardens; xeriscapes; open spaces; walkways; promenades (walkways) architecture; botanical; cityscape; contemporary (1960 to present); Gardens; parks (recreation areas); urban renewal; xeriscaping; urban gardens; architectural reuse

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10473302

PID:

digcoll:1817056