Highline; Part II

Library: All Done

Entrance View

Interior View - Upper Levels

Ground Floor Plan

High Line Level Plan

Process

To see the beginning, click here.

More Library Progress

This is all a work in progress.

Library Facade

Just some sketches, ideas, and inspiration.

Library Site Sun Study

A study of the position of the sun on the corner of 23rd St and 10th Ave in Manhattan, the site for the library I'm designing in school. The smaller pauses are on every hour from 9am to 5pm. Where you see a more drastic change in the lighting is where it is switching seasons. First is winter, then Spring, Summer, and last is Autumn. Made using Google SketchUp.


(See that floating cylinder and odd looking swirling ramps? Yeah, um that's the beginning of the library. Well, you'll just have to check back in 5 weeks to see how it turns out. I still have no idea myself.)

Big Map!

Damn! That's a big map you've got there.

Oh, thanks. Its for my site model.




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High Line Update: 30th Street Cut-out

I just got my latest email from the High Line folks, and there were some photos of what's happening in Section 2. It looks very exciting. Above is a photo of a construction worker cutting through the concrete for the 30th Street Cut-out. Below is a rendering of what its going to look like. Here's what the High Line folks have to say about it:

Construction on the second section of the park, from 20th Street to 30th Street, is progressing on schedule, with planting set to begin this summer...The removal of the concrete [in the 30th Street Cut-out] will expose the High Line's steel framework, while an elevated viewing platform will bring visitors in close contact with the steel beams. Design by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

The High Line

Yes, at long last, The High Line has opened! Well, just part of it for now.

For the time being, you must enter at the first entrance on Gansevoort Street and Washington Street, but can exit at any of the exits located every few blocks up to 20th Street. There is an elevator entrance on 16th street as well.

Leora and I spent the afternoon walking along the path of the new park. It was pretty crowded of course, because this park is one of a kind and absolutely amazing. (We even had a butterfly visitor.) The old elevated train tracks, that sat rusting away for years, are now the home to a free public park. The plants grow alongside and in between the old rusty train tracks, and from this elevated vantage point you get a new, unique view of the city and river. Some parts of the track go through existing buildings, some parts veer off into dead ends, and there is also a giant glass window overlooking the street where it turns slightly west.

Park in the Air!

Ever since I saw the model of this at the MOMA New York over a year (or two?) ago, I have been waiting and waiting and reading updates and emails and waiting some more for the opening of The High Line. In case you don't already know, The High Line is a park that is being built on top of the already existing unused elevated train tracks along the west side of mid-Manhattan, and part of it is scheduled to open this summer. The Sundance Channel's website is now featuring a series of digital shorts about this park in the air, featuring everyone from architects, to journalists, to celebrities that have been involved over the last few years. Above is one of them, click here to see the rest.