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A couple days after Section 2 of the High Line opened. Now the park extends from the Meatpacking District (south of 14th Street) to 30th Street, near the Hudson Yards.
Looking at HL23 by Neil Denari from the 22nd Street Seating Steps.
CBP in joint operations conducts visual inspections of vehicles at Seattle Port of Entry on September 14, 2010.
Photographer: Donna Burton
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
The project gained the City's support in 2002. The High Line south of 30th Street was donated to the City by CSX Transportation Inc. in 2005. The design team of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, created the High Line's public landscape with guidance from a diverse community of High Line supporters. Construction on the park began in 2006. The first section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is projected to open in June 2009.
James Corner Field Operations will oversee phase 2 of development (from 20th to 30th streets) which is scheduled to be completed Spring 2011:
More about High Line Park:
A couple days after Section 2 of the High Line opened. Now the park extends from the Meatpacking District (south of 14th Street) to 30th Street, near the Hudson Yards.
This section of the Woodland Flyover is squeezed between tall industrial buildings.
A couple days after Section 2 of the High Line opened. Now the park extends from the Meatpacking District (south of 14th Street) to 30th Street, near the Hudson Yards.
Looking down the ramp that ascends to the Woodland Flyover. HL23 is in the distance.
A couple days after Section 2 of the High Line opened. Now the park extends from the Meatpacking District (south of 14th Street) to 30th Street, near the Hudson Yards.
Neil Denari's HL23 and Lindy Roy's High Line 519 from the north.
A couple days after Section 2 of the High Line opened. Now the park extends from the Meatpacking District (south of 14th Street) to 30th Street, near the Hudson Yards.
This shot is looking at a section of the High Line not yet touched by the park, what would be Section 3. View is looking east along 30th Street.
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
The project gained the City's support in 2002. The High Line south of 30th Street was donated to the City by CSX Transportation Inc. in 2005. The design team of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, created the High Line's public landscape with guidance from a diverse community of High Line supporters. Construction on the park began in 2006. The first section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is projected to open in June 2009.
James Corner Field Operations will oversee phase 2 of development (from 20th to 30th streets) which is scheduled to be completed Spring 2011:
More about High Line Park:
Two plazas designed by Field Operations sit on the east and west sides of Frank Gehry's 8 Spruce Street. This is the western plaza, looking north.
Visit to the site of Freshkills Park, under construction atop a defunct landfill (July 16th, 2011)
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The High Line is probably the most famous landscape project of the last fifteen to twenty years; it's quite well regarded and much-published outside of design circles, and within the field it's assigned in seemingly every sophomore studio in the country. The fame, I think, is justified. Field Operations and DS+R have managed to preserve the fundamental coolness of the given condition - a weedy old elevated train track - and that by itself is a major accomplishment, given how easy it would have been to somehow screw it up.
But it goes beyond that. There are some really smart design ideas here, especially in terms of keeping the park interesting along what is currently a twenty-block length. Just when you're thinking "Okay, I've kind of seen this now," some new thing happens: the path widens, contracts, splits. The plantings change quietly from weeds growing around the tracks, to a manicured lawn, to a bushy jungle well above your head. This amplifies the inherent advantages of the existing tracks, which already did a fair share of interesting things with regard to their context - passing under buildings, joining up with other tracks, sending spurs off into brick walls, and so on. And of course, it's not so often that you get a view straight down these Manhattan streets from a full story up. The only disappointment is that the water features proposed in the competition scheme seem to have faded out somewhere along the line, unless they're due to come with Phase III. I do hope that the authorities stick by the current plans for a major public building terminating the northern stretch. Not only would this help the High Line maintain its sense of a sequence worth exploring to its end, it would probably do a lot for this fairly drab and dicey stretch of Manhattan.
The High Line itself has already done a lot, to be honest with you; walking around this part of town in 2012 versus 2008 is a completely different experience. The cafes and pubs that cling to the High Line's spine may be a bit too yuppified for my tastes, but it beats tumbleweeds and grim spooky silence.
At some point, I need to go shoot the High Line at night; I was over there the other evening to return my U-Haul truck and it turns out the place is jumping with casual strollers, artsy types on first dates, outdoor yoga classes, and all manner of urban activity. Honestly, how many designers in the last century could honestly say they've made a positive contribution to the pedestrian experience of New York?
Great stuff.
Grays Harbor County Sheriff, Washington Police. 2009. All police car photos are at the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department and are constantly being updated with new images.
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The High-Line by Field Operations is one of my favourite architectural projects ever. The attention to detail is superb and it's a stand-up example of how to reuse a redundant space in a city.
San Ysidro: CBP San Diego Operations - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with CBP canine conducts vehicle check inspections at the San Ysidro border port of entry.
Photographer: Donna Burton
From a preview walk of the third phase of the High Line (around the Hudson Yards, between 30th and 34th Streets), just before its completion in September 2014. A comparison to my previous visit, in October 2012, reveals the scope of the transformations by James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, et al. As well, one can see the interesting and occasionally quite successful steps taken along this stretch to exploit the greater width of the right-of-way, incorporating more of the original tracks and pseudo-original plantings and artifacts as a parallel course of look-but-don't-touch landscape. Along the way we also get some views of miscellaneous construction around the Hudson Yards. My quick-and-dirty remarks on the High Line project in general can be found here.
Thanks to the Friends of the High Line for the opportunity to take this tour.
San Ysidro: CBP San Diego Operations - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with CBP canine conducts vehicle check inspections at the San Ysidro border port of entry.
Photographer: Donna Burton
Workers finishing up a recessed special feature, which in my mind is a sunken play pit for children, though I can't actually recall if that's what it ended up being.
From a preview walk of the third phase of the High Line (around the Hudson Yards, between 30th and 34th Streets), just before its completion in September 2014. A comparison to my previous visit, in October 2012, reveals the scope of the transformations by James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, et al. As well, one can see the interesting and occasionally quite successful steps taken along this stretch to exploit the greater width of the right-of-way, incorporating more of the original tracks and pseudo-original plantings and artifacts as a parallel course of look-but-don't-touch landscape. Along the way we also get some views of miscellaneous construction around the Hudson Yards. My quick-and-dirty remarks on the High Line project in general can be found here.
Thanks to the Friends of the High Line for the opportunity to take this tour.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Anacortes, Washington. Check out the homepage for the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department! Visit the Northwest Law Enforcement Association. Visit the Northwest Law Enforcement Association Homepage. 2012.
On September 15, the City of Seattle invited the public to a free event sponsored by the Seattle Parks Foundation to hear from and ask questions of the four finalists for the role of lead designer for Seattle’s Central Waterfront. The four finalists teams who presented were led by:
* Wallace Roberts and Todd (www.wrtdesign.com)
* james corner field operations (www.fieldoperations.net)
* Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates (www.mvvainc.com)
* Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (www.ggnltd.com)
Two plazas designed by Field Operations sit on the east and west sides of Frank Gehry's 8 Spruce Street. This is the western plaza, looking south.
The High Line is a New York City park, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Manhattan, New York, USA
The High Line is a New York City park, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Manhattan, New York, USA
Two plazas designed by Field Operations sit on the east and west sides of Frank Gehry's 8 Spruce Street. This is the western plaza, looking south.
See slideshow of High Line images:
www.flickr.com/photos/reston2020/sets/72157624421660811/s...
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
DESIGN TEAM:
James Corner Field Operations will oversee phase 2 of development (from 20th to 30th streets) which is scheduled to be completed Spring 2011:
Piet Oudolf: Planting Designer
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Robert Silman Associates: Structural Engineering/Historic Preservation
Buro Happold: Structural / MEP Engineering
www.burohappold.com/bh/home.aspx
More about High Line Park:
www.thehighline.org/about/high-line-history
BALTIC SEA (June 6, 2016) Aerographer’s Mate 3rd Class Petty Officer Bryce Fluker attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group TWO and Commander, Task Group 68’s Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM) Company, secures the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) after recovery from its mine searching mission in the Baltic Sea during BALTOPS 2016, June 6, 2016. BALTOPS is an annual recurring multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability, enhance flexibility, and demonstrate the resolve of allied and partner nations to defend the Baltic region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class America A. Henry/ Released)
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
The project gained the City's support in 2002. The High Line south of 30th Street was donated to the City by CSX Transportation Inc. in 2005. The design team of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, created the High Line's public landscape with guidance from a diverse community of High Line supporters. Construction on the park began in 2006. The first section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is projected to open in June 2009.
James Corner Field Operations will oversee phase 2 of development (from 20th to 30th streets) which is scheduled to be completed Spring 2011:
More about High Line Park:
www.thehighline.org/about/high-line-history
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Alger, Washington. Check out the homepage for the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department! Visit the Northwest Law Enforcement Association. Visit the Northwest Law Enforcement Association Homepage. 2012.
See slideshow of High Line images:
www.flickr.com/photos/reston2020/sets/72157624421660811/s...
The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
The project gained the City's support in 2002. The High Line south of 30th Street was donated to the City by CSX Transportation Inc. in 2005. The design team of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, created the High Line's public landscape with guidance from a diverse community of High Line supporters. Construction on the park began in 2006. The first section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is projected to open in June 2009.
DESIGN TEAM:
James Corner Field Operations will oversee phase 2 of development (from 20th to 30th streets) which is scheduled to be completed Spring 2011:
Piet Oudolf: Planting Designer
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Robert Silman Associates: Structural Engineering/Historic Preservation
Buro Happold: Structural / MEP Engineering
www.burohappold.com/bh/home.aspx
More about High Line Park: