On the High Line

On the High Line

The Definitive Guide

LaFarge, Annik; Darke, Rick

Fordham University Press

05/2024

224

Mole

Inglês

9781531506117

15 a 20 dias

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Introducing the High Line

New Preface to the Third Edition | xiii

Prologue: The Story of the High Line, from Elevated Railroad to Linear Park | xxii

Foreword by Rick Darke | xxxiv

Joel Sternfeld | xxxix

Designing the High Line | xli

Piet Oudolf and the Plants of the High Line | xlvi

Section One: Gansevoort-14th Street

The Slow Stairs, 5 * Friends of the High Line, 6 * Gansevoort Woodland, 9 * Mannahatta

Then and Now, 11 * The Manhattan Refrigerating Company, 12 * Washington Grasslands,

13 * Wildlife on the High Line, 14 * Whitney Museum , 15 * Gansevoort Pumping Station, 18

* Pier 52 and Day's End, 19 * Thirteenth Avenue and Gansevoort Peninsula, 20 * Pier 54 and

Little Island, 24 * The Meatpacking District, 27 * 14th Street Passage, 29 * P. F. Collier &

Son, 30 * The Louche Hotels, 31

Section Two: 14th-16th Streets

The Bog, 37 * Piers and Pile Fields, 38 * Pier 57, 39 * The Sundeck, 40 * Hoboken Terminal,

40 * Chelsea Market, 41 * The Northern and Southern Spurs, 44 * Merchants Refrigerating

Company Warehouse, 46 * Piet Oudolf's Favorites, 46 * The Spring Cutback, 48 * Other

High Lines, 50

Section Three: 16th-20th Streets

Death Avenue Amphitheater, 59 * The West Side Cowboy, 59 * Tenth Avenue Square, 62 *

Chelsea Grasslands, 63 * New Architecture along the High Line, Part One, 64 * Tenement

Houses, 68 * High Line Art, 70 * Astilbe, Allium 'Mt. Everest', Staghorn Sumac, 70 * The

Chelsea Piers, 71 * Grasses, 73 * Publishing and Printing, 75 * Breaking the Grid, 75 *

Clement Clarke Moore-a.k.a. Seal-Park , 76 * Guardian Angel Church, 77 * Holly on the

High Line, 78

Section Four: 20th-23rd Streets

West Chelsea, 81 * The Chelsea Thicket, 82 * General Theological Seminary, 82 * The Art Deco

Prison, 83 * The Life Savers Building, 84 * The Warehouse Law, 85 * Center of Amusements, 86

* The Spears Building and Seating Steps, 87 * The Prairie Lawn, 88 * The Chelsea Hotel, 90 *

The Empire Diner, 91 * The Gallery and Art Scene, 92 * London Terrace Apartments, 94 * The

Original People's Park, 95

Section Five: 23rd-26th Streets

The Slow Park, 99 * New Architecture along the High Line, Part Two, 99 * The Flyover, 102 *

Tree of Heaven: From Beloved to Bemoaned, 103 * From Global Grocer to World School, 104

* H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., 105 * Magnolias, 106 * The Modern Luxury Cruise, 107 *

The Great Spires, 108 * Water Towers, 110 * Heavy Metal in West Chelsea, 111 * Otis Elevator

Company, 112 * Pharmacy in the Sky, 114 * The Lighterage Era, 114

Section Six: 26th-30th Streets

The Wildflower Field, 121 * The High Line Zeitgeist, 121 * Peter Obletz, 123 * New York's

Lumberyard, 124 * The Radial Bench, 124 * "Make the Place Sittable", 125 * 30th Street Cut-

Out, 126 * The Central Stores Complex, 126 * The Morgan General Mail Facility and Abraham

Lincoln, 128

Section Seven: The Interim Walkway

The Crossroads, 135 * The Eastern Rail Yards and the Rail Track Walk, 135 * Keep It Wild: The

Interim Walkway, 137 * The Divine Wild Carrot, 139 * Hell's Kitchen, 140 * The Javits Center

Green Roof, 141 * 34th Street Entry Plaza and CSX Transportation Gate, 142

Section Eight: 30th-34th Streets

The Shed, 147 * Hudson Yards, 147 * Tenth Avenue Spur, 148 * Westyard Distribution Center,

150 * The Moynihan Connector, 151 * The Time Line, 154

Acknowledgments | 157

Notes | 161

Bibliography | 175

Index | 179
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