Joshua David and Robert Hammond talk about how they collaborated with their neighbors, elected officials, artists, local business owners, and leaders of burgeoning movements in horticulture and landscape architecture to create the High Line. The park is now celebrated worldwide as a model for creatively designed, socially vibrant, ecologically sound public space, and they tell the story of it’s creation in High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky.
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Comments [7]
The 1934 photo looks north from Washington and West 12th (not 17th). The train is going through Bell Telephone Labs, now WestBeth. Building in the distance was Manhattan Refrigeration, which became West Coast apartments at 95 Horatio Street in 1985.
Leonard,
ask these guys if they are providing any help, advice, etc. to the Low Line folks.
The NYT had article not too long ago about the older business are not doing well because of the High line.
My intro to the High Line came in 1999 when I was looking for an apartment in the West Village or Chelsea and one apartment looked out _exactly_ south along the High Line. I could have put a ladder across to the railing and gone for walks. I thought how beautiful it was then. Amazing to think how much has changed since then.
It would be great if you could ask your guests about their thoughts on all of the condo development that has spurred up along the High Line. I wonder if they feel these developments are counter to their vision for the Park and undermine the High Line by making the Park an amenity for primarily wealthy residents. A related question is whether your guests think the effort they undertook could be used to bring more parks to low-income areas in the city, where park space is often lacking. Thank you.
Please ask why the head of the non-profit deserves >$200,000 in salary.
Please ask about inspiration from the Promenade Plantee in Paris.
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