THE HIGH LINE James Corner Field Operations, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2009 • A mile-and-a-half-long elevated park • Runs through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen • Former freight railway built in the 1930s • Elevated 30 feet from ground level • Partnership between City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation and Friends of the High Line, a non-profit organization
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THE HIGH LINE
James Corner Field Operations, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2009
• A mile-and-a-half-long elevated park• Runs through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen• Former freight railway built in the 1930s• Elevated 30 feet from ground level• Partnership between City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation and Friends of the High Line, a non-profit organization
THE HIGH LINE
Design inspired by “agri-tecture”, seamlessly combining building and organic materials
• Meandering concrete paths combined with plantings • Access points located every 2 - 3 blocks• Program includes an entrance plaza, outdoor amphitheater, water park, and fixed and movable seating• Planting design inspired by species growing on former rail tracks
Ganesvoort Plaza, Ganesvoort and Washington Streets, southern terminus of the High Line
Before the High Line: abandoned, unkempt, railway track remnants
Top: access from street levelBottom: sundeck and water feature
THE HIGH LINE
10th Avenue square: vista point and outdoor amphitheater
After completion of Section 1, the High Line is highly successful Top: views of completed portions of Section 1
Top: railway remnants integrated into design plantingsMiddle: detail of seamless water fountainBottom: reclined seating along rail track