the high line 12.11.09

city form: public space

 
In a dense city with clearly defined limits of development (given it is an island) it is pretty remarkable that there is room in Manhattan to introduce yet another precedent for great public space. The High Line sits above the city on abandoned rail lines that were created in the 1930‘s to remedy street traffic congestion on the West Side. What started as a grass-roots community movement to save the rail lines from demolition became an impetus for new development and a starchitecture competition to determine who would design the unique space. The winners were Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. The second section is currently under construction, and a massive redevelopment of the West Side Rail Yards is being considered.http://www.thehighline.org/http://www.fieldoperations.net/http://www.fieldoperations.net/http://www.dillerscofidio.com/http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolfhttp://www.thehighline.org/design/constructionhttp://www.pieaia.org/pie/projects/104/shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6