James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Iwan Baan |
James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro change our perspective on parks with the High Line.
Like our own personalities, urban identities evolve over time but risk snapping if pushed too far. The High Line—an elevated rail that snakes through Manhattan’s Meatpacking District and Chelsea, sidling up to some old buildings and slicing through others—has stamped its ever-changing character on its environs for 75 years. Opened in 1934 as a freight line bringing sides of beef and cases of milk to warehouses on the city’s west side, it morphed from a symbol of progress to a white elephant to a noirish backdrop for late-night assignations with hookers and drug dealers.
