VILLES. Chelsea_Market_IMG_9040.JPG (Image JPEG, 3648x2736 pixels) - Redimensionnée (32. 800px-Highline_NYC_3705376658_529a375621.jpg (Image JPEG, 800x600 pixels) Highline Ballroom. La High Line à New York City : balade urbaine sur une ancienne voie ferrée. La High Line à New York City, nous vous en avions déjà parlé il y a quelques mois de cela (voir article ici), mais depuis l’équipe du site s’est rendue sur place et vous a rapporté des photos. Actu du 19 mars 2012 : Présentation de la section 3 de la High Line Londres veut aussi créer sa propre High Line, directement inspirée du modèle new-yorkais : voir notre article ici Crédits photo : J.Zecconi La high line vue par Iwan Baan, 2011 La high line, pour faire court, est une ancienne voie ferrée aérienne désaffectée que la municipalité de New York a décidé de transformer en parc public au début des années 2000. Au niveau du parking silo: la jonction entre la section 1 et 2 (passerelle) Notre avis : cette balade insoupçonnable encore il y a quelques années est en passe de devenir un lieu touristique culte de New York City.
La suite en images Un plan détaillé de la section 1 à l’entrée L’historique de la construction de la High Line retracé.. La Hign Line passe même sous certains buildings. Maps. High Line (New York City) The recycling of the railway into an urban park has spurred real estate development in the neighborhoods which lie along the line.[4] In 1847, the City of New York authorized street-level railroad tracks down Manhattan’s West Side. For safety, the railroads hired men — the "West Side Cowboys" — to ride horses and wave flags in front of the trains.[5] Yet so many accidents occurred between freight trains and other traffic that 10th Avenue became known as "Death Avenue". The train also passed underneath the Western Electric complex at Washington Street. This section has survived until today and is not connected with the rest of the developed park.[7] Reconstructed tracks at 20th Street On June 13, 2005, the U.S.
Federal Surface Transportation Board issued a certificate of interim trail use, allowing the City to remove most of the line from the national railway system. The High Line has cultural attractions as well as its integrated architecture and plant life. New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today! An elevated park in the sky built on top of the skeleton of an old rail system? It may have sounded impossible only five years ago, but today, the eagerly awaited High Line elevated urban park officially opens for thousands of New Yorkers looking to escape the hubbub of the city below!
Here at Inhabitat, we have been following the journey of the High Line for the past several years and were super excited to get a sneak peek yesterday of the new park, which was renovated / designed by James Corner Field Operations, Lead Designer, with starchitects Diller Scofidio + Renfro. We were thrilled to get a chance to scope out the High Line yesterday as we’ve been waiting for this for ages!) , so check out our pics below! The High Line was originally constructed in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in the 1930s to lift dangerous freight trains off of city streets.
Design by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro Courtesy of the City of New York So what was our verdict?