[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. Believe it or not, the High Line was once destined for demolition. At least 20 properties abutting the High Line have sold for at least $10 million since the park's opening in 2009, with an apartment in a building directly adjacent to the park selling for an average of $6 million. 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. The High Line takes you, voyeuristically, past the windows of high-rise offices and apartments and, increasingly, close to the swanky condos rising around it. [55] The elevated structure was dedicated on June 29, 1934, and was the first part of the West Side Improvement Project to be completed. These Highline College logos are appropriate for use in Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and on the web. With Section 2 of the High Line (20th to 30th streets) open to the public, the New York City Planning Commission approved a zoning text amendment, making possible the third segment, at the Rail Yards. The Tenth Avenue Square, an amphitheater on the viaduct, is at 17th Street where the High Line crosses over Tenth Avenue from southeast to northwest. [55] At this point, Conrail still owned the right of way and the tracks. [49] The 13-mile (21 km) project eliminated 105 street-level railroad crossings, added 32 acres (13 ha) to Riverside Park, and included construction of the West Side Elevated Highway. Its Crime Rate Is Anything But", "Cities See the Other Side of the Tracks", "After Elevated Park's Success, Other Cities Look Up", "Photos: The Differing Destinies of Elevated Urban Parks", "In Queens, Taking the High Line as a Model", "The High Line Effect: Why Cities Around The World (Including Toronto) Are Building Parks in the Sky", "The High Line Effect: Are Our New Parks Trojan Horses of Gentrification? Two Citizens Get It Started – The last train ran on the High Line in 1980. [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. [117] Co-founder Robert Hammond served as executive director until he stepped down in February 2013. 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. James Corner Field Operations was chosen to design a 13-acre park in the Golden Gate Bridge National Recreation Area. [45][47][62], During the mid-1980s, a group of property owners with land under the line lobbied for the demolition of the entire structure. [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. Repurposing the railway into an urban park began in 2006 and opened in phases during 2009, 2011, and 2014. Lauren Ross, former director of the alternative art space White Columns, was the High Line's first curator. James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofido and Renfro, This page was last edited on 7 December 2020, at 21:24. The High Line's success has inspired cities throughout the United States to redevelop obsolete infrastructure as public space. [10], The southernmost section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, opened as a city park on June 8, 2009. 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. [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. At the time, few people had heard of the High Line; the competition helped drive both awareness and excitement. [56] The High Line, which originally ran from 35th Street to St. John's Freight Terminal,[57] was designed to go through the center of blocks rather than over an avenue. 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. of high-quality evidence, an approach that combines ... selection, creation of scenarios, rating process, and analysisofresults. [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. The High Line, a new public park atop an abandoned, elevated rail line on Manhattan’s West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. [4][6], The park is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in winter, until 10 p.m. in spring and fall, and until 11 p.m. in summer (except for the Interim Walkway west of 11th Avenue, which is open until dusk). It has since become a global inspiration for cities to transform unused industrial zones into dynamic public spaces. The High Line at the Rail Yards (between 30th and 34th streets and 10th and 12th avenues) opened in 2014, including a temporary walkway. Enrich your vocabulary with the English Definition dictionary Train use dwindled due to the rise in trucking. The Dia Art Foundation considered (but rejected) a proposal to build a museum at the Gansevoort Street terminus. [137] Other cities around the world are planning elevated rails-to-trails parks in what a writer has called the "High Line effect". [134][135][136] In Queens, the Queensway (a proposed aerial rail trail) is being considered for reactivation along the right-of-way of the former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch. The High Line was always going to be a success. [40] In 2018 the High Line hosted the British sculptor Phyllida Barlow's first public commission "Prop" which has been described as a concrete colossus. [62] The demolished section began at Bank Street and ran down Washington Street to Spring Street (just north of Canal Street). For other uses, see. By September 2014, the park had nearly five million visitors annually, and by 2019, it had eight million visitors per year. [43][44] For safety the railroad hired "West Side cowboys", men who rode horses and waved flags in front of the trains. [6] The 34th Street entrance is at grade, with wheelchair access. 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. [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). [102][103][104] The spur was scheduled to open by 2018,[17] but was then delayed to April 2019,[18] and later to June 2019. View Class Schedule. It can be reached through eleven entrances, five of which are accessible to people with disabilities. High Line History. This holiday season, adopt a High Line plant and you’ll receive a digital certificate of adoption to send to your loved one. 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Mayor Bloomberg and City Council speakers Gifford Miller and Christine C. Quinn were among the major supporters. [13], The route passes under the Chelsea Market, a food hall, at 15th Street. [30][31], A summer 2010 sound installation by Stephen Vitiello was composed from bells heard throughout New York. The park became a tourist attraction and spurred real estate development in adjacent neighborhoods, increasing real-estate values and prices along the route. 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. [146] Sternfeld's work was regularly discussed and exhibited during the 2000s as the rehabilitation project developed. [63], By 1978, the High Line viaduct was used to deliver just two carloads of cargo per week. [76] In anticipation of this handover, the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans for a High Line park that September. [43] In 1910, one organization estimated that there had been 548 deaths and 1,574 injuries over the years along Eleventh Avenue. According to Joshua David, "Empty parks are dangerous ... Busy parks are much less so. 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. ANN ARBOR— Three Ann Arbor-area high school football teams will be playing for hardware Friday night. [92] Construction on the final section was started in September 2012. [61] The West Village Apartments were then built on part of the former segment's right of way. The park is maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line in partnership with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. High Line Art was founded in 2009, and continues every year to commission and produce artworks on and around the High Line. Peter Obletz, a Chelsea resident, activist, and railroad enthusiast, challenged the demolition efforts in court and tried to re-establish rail service on the line. [111], The line is maintained by Friends of the High Line, which was founded by Joshua David and Robert Hammond. Chelsea, Milan and Saline will put their seasons on the line in … Consider what classes will help you achieve your desired goals and create an educational plan. [4][15] Between 25th and 26th Streets a ramp takes visitors above the viaduct, with a scenic overlook facing east at 26th Street. [109][110] The High Line reopened on July 16, 2020, with limited capacity: the section between Gansevoort and 23rd streets were only open to visitors with timed-entry passes, and were only able to walk northbound from Gansevoort Street, with the other access points being for egress only. 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. The first train ran on the High Line—which was then called the “West Side Elevated Line.” The line was fully operational by 1934, transporting millions of tons of meat, dairy, and produce. [116] It has 80 full-time, year-round employees and about 150 full-time summer employees. [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". When it opened in 1934, the elevated track was heralded as “one of the greatest … 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. Friends of the High Line raises nearly 100% of the High Line’s annual budget. Calls for total demolition of the structure soon followed. [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. [97][98][95] The third phase, costing $76 million, was divided into two parts. Highline College Logo. The High Line is both a nonprofit organization and a public park on the West Side of Manhattan. [80], On April 10, 2006, Mayor Bloomberg presided over a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. 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.' [69][70][71] The organization was initially a small community group advocating the High Line's preservation and transformation when the structure was threatened with demolition during Rudy Giuliani’s second term as mayor. [6][100][101] The second part, a spur above Tenth Avenue and 30th Street, has room to install artworks curated by the public art program. [72] Friends of the High Line played a role in the line's visual aesthetic, holding a competition in conjunction with the city of New York in 2004 to determine the design team which would lead the project. 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. The High Line NYC is one of the most unique parks and popular attractions for its curation of events and activities. [68], A nonprofit organization called Friends of the High Line[45] was formed in October 1999 by Joshua David and Robert Hammond. [129], Crime has been low in the park. [47][67] The Interstate Commerce Commission approved plans to demolish the structure in 1992, but demolition was delayed due to disputes between various city government agencies and the railroad companies. [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. [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. Hi-Line has you covered, whatever your electrical needs. [48], The first train on the High Line viaduct, part of New York Central's West Side Line, ran along the structure in 1933. [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. [55] The curve to the viaduct from 35th Street was demolished during the construction of Javits Center and was replaced by the current curve at 34th Street. The structure was saved from demolition by Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit organization that advocated for the preservation and reuse of the structure as a pedestrian promenade. Through our work with communities on and off the High Line, we’re devoted to reimagining the role public spaces have in creating connected, healthy neighborhoods and cities. At 34th Street it curves east and descends, ending at street level midway between 12th and 11th Avenues. In response to the mounting deaths, the railroad hired men on horses to protect pedestrians: Until their final ride in 1941, the “West Side Cowboys” patrolled 10th Avenue, waving red flags to warn of oncoming trains. Milk, meat, produce, and raw and manufactured goods could be transported and unloaded without disturbing street traffic. The West Side Improvement project first began when the city’s Transit Commission ordered the removal of street-level crossings; this later led to a plan to remove tracks from the streets and create an elevated rail line. Creative Time worked with Finch to realize his site-specific concept after he saw the rusted, disused mullions of the old factory, with metal-and-glass specialists Jaroff Design helping to prepare and reinstall. Street-level access is available at 34th Street via the Interim Walkway, which runs from 30th Street and 11th Avenue to 34th Street west of 11th Avenue. The building, designed by Renzo Piano, opened on May 1, 2015. 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. [37][38] In 2016 Tony Matelli's controversial sculpture "Sleepwalker" was exhibited upon the High Line. [39] In 2017 Max Hooper Schneider's aquarium was displayed on the passageway. Help keep the park you love thriving and cross another name off of your list. In 1991, the five blocks of the structure from Bank to Gansevoort streets were demolished when a warehouse was converted into an apartment building. [141][142][143], The line has been depicted in a variety of media before its redevelopment. 2012 – 2014 With Section 2 of the High Line (20th to 30th streets) open to the public, the New York City Planning Commission approved a zoning text amendment, making possible the third segment, at the Rail Yards. Park advocates attributed this to the visibility of the High Line from surrounding buildings, a feature of urban life espoused by author Jane Jacobs nearly fifty years before. [84][85] Major supporters included Philip Falcone,[86] Diane von Fürstenberg, Barry Diller, and von Fürstenberg's children Alexander and Tatiana. The park was designed by James Corner's New York-based landscape architecture firm Field Operations and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, with garden design by Piet Oudolf of the Netherlands, lighting design from L'Observatoire International,[81] and engineering design by Buro Happold[82] and Robert Silman Associates. Highline Beta is a venture studio and seed stage venture fund that discovers growth opportunities for large companies, and helps them realize those opportunities through internal and external innovation. Available in flat pack or fully built. Three 20-by-12-foot (6.1 by 3.7 m) sculptures, resembling the armature of empty billboards and constructed like theater backdrops, looks three-dimensional from a distance. [8][9] The route then passes under The Standard, High Line hotel[10][11] and through a passage at 14th Street. In the decades of disuse, many people were calling the High Line an ugly eyesore (Mayor Giuliani signed a demolition order, one of his last acts in office). [116] Friends of the High Line has been run by president and co-founder Josh David after executive director Jenny Gersten stepped down in 2014. [88] The section includes five stairways and elevators at 14th Street and 16th Street. [53] The West Side Improvement cost more than $150 million,[50] worth about $2.23 billion in 2019 dollars. 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. [95] The organization raises over 90 percent of the High Line's annual operating budget from private donations. The park extends for 1.45 miles (2.33 km) from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. [5] When the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project's Western Rail Yard is finished in 2018 it will be elevated above the High Line Park, so an exit along the viaduct over the West Side Yard will lead to the Western Rail Yard. The Whitney Museum is located at the southern tip of the High Line. Robert Hammond, Co-Founder of Friends of the High Line, will share the story of its creation. 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. Renovating an old freight line and transforming it into a public park probably wouldn’t succeed everywhere, but let’s be honest we are talking about New York City here and everything in this city goes against the norm! 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