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
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
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