Gothamist: New High Line Renderings Unveiled!

kotori

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:15:09 -0500

It's sort of sad that a real opportunity was missed: part of the brief for the development of the West Side Yards was to integrate the Highline, which wraps around the site. Another part of the West Side Yards development is the extension of the Seven Line from Times Square to the Yards, taking a swing to the South. If only someone had foreseen (before the Highline was given over to Parks), they could have reused it for its original purpose, and brought the Seven down into the West Village. Preservation is nice; adaptive reuse is nicer; serving the original intent is better still.

JenChungsBra

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:07:33 -0500

I feel like I've been hearing about this forever. I'll believe it when I see it.

west side Michael

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:37:30 -0500

Looks like a back alley in (the) Bronx.

Mr Mel

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:54:38 -0500

Let's get that Arlene woman from Gramercy Park to handle the gates at the Highline. She'll keep the riff-raff out.

slappy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:43:14 -0500

Waste of money. Its just a perk-trick to justify the real estate rape in the area.

Snoopy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:26:09 -0500

The whole concept of this elevated park through Chelsea is bullshit. How many people are really going to go up there and stroll? Unless you are of the ... persuasion. I'm not going to say it because others will say I'm anti-fag or lesbian. But really, who's going to use that esplanade?

sonyactivision

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:01:40 -0500

It's just too intimate and precious for a wasted out industrial site. It offers too much of the same CPW terrace crap that says "private enclave". I like the ruins as they are. Sorry, Design Fucks.

Snoopy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:13:12 -0500

Hopefully the Highline will be as gracious and inviting as the renderings appear. And hopefully the park will be patrolled by others other than the New York Parks Department A-A and other immigrants. They have a chip on their shoulder bigger than any KKK person I know. Thank god they don't arm those pieces of crap.

g0thamg1rl

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:25:12 -0500

Snoopy, it's funny you say that. I noticed that today while sitting at Pier 1 Cafe. What's up with their attitudes! I'm psyched for this though. Great use of space. I hope when it comes to fruition that it actually looks like that.

Snoopy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:15:59 -0500

I heard they will have a recorded speaker system reminding all visitors to, "Stay to the right please. All walkers are reminded to not touch or pick the flowers. DO NOT LEAVE THE PATHWAY!" Is the Highline going to have the same set of assholes that patrol the HRP? AKA known as the Parks Department patrol dumb fucks? Talk about a bunch of racist shit heads.

glennQNYC

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:05:39 -0500

The High Line is designed as a 'slow' space to escape the fast pace below. No bikes, scooters, skates, etc. will be allowed. I can't wait.

Bouncing Soul

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:45:16 -0500

It is a lovely design, shame it will only be used for the new Sims game.

Spiritof76

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:44:37 -0500

It looks very cluttered. When I was up there years ago, it felt a lot roomier. You could walk anywhere, not just on some central walkway. Unless they put up surveillance cameras, the same spots that became plastered with graffiti will revert to their previous state.

fleshtone

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:21:10 -0500

it's like the best photoshopdisasters gallery ever.

Snoopy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:02:41 -0500

Oops I forgot to mention that I really liked the lead in rendering showing the dude on the right nodding out after taking his medication. Is there a follow up story about what it was, a methadone OD or a HIV cocktail gone awry?

Snoopy

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:58:16 -0500

I like the look. Unfortunately the rails, if preserved, will not be shiny, they rust and become brown. It all looks so gay and celebratory. Will it be open late at night? Hopefully bikers, skaters, skateboarders, strollers etc. wont be allowed on the highline to spoil the effect. Also no balloons please.

sinisterteashop

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:57:17 -0500

Is that the same digital presentation program that they use for the gay porn images? Expecting huge marines with bulging pecs to be hiding among the weeds. I wish... but it's not going to happen even if the designers are references the boardwalk cruising area of the Pines because the entrances are going to be locked up at night. Sorry, but knock the thing down. Just knock it down. Or leave it intact. It was about the transformation of industrial era into a paradise through neglect. It was about secrecy and hidden space. It was about God and nature. Now it's about how much happier our bosses are in Fire Island but here's a soupcon, a petite crumb of what night enjoy in the real estate jihadist paradise.

Rach

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:53:17 -0500

I'm excited!