How an Abandoned Railroad Became One of NYC’s Most Popular Parks | Architectural Digest
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Today AD joins architect Nick Potts in New York City for a walking tour of The Highline. Once an abandoned commercial railroad, the area is now a thriving public park lined with designer buildings courtesy of some of the world’s most famous architects. Explore with Nick and discover how The Highline has transformed NYC’s Meatpacking District.
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Director: Hiatt Woods; Skylar Economy
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Daniel Finn
Host: Nick Potts
Producer: Skylar Economy
Director of Creative Development, Lifestyle: Morgan Crossley
Field Producer: Christie Garcia
Line Producer: Joe Buscemi
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Production Manager: Melissa Heber
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I use to walk the highline before it was a park, and then years later would sell my photos on it...its nice to be a part of its history
Did the same as well. It really was almost an otherworldly experience. Like just knowing this secret place in the middle of everything.
I visited the Highline when it first opened and it was nothing you'd experience in NYC. It's like an oasis above the city. However, these days, it's pretty crowded so better to visit during off seasons. It's actually lovely to visit during the winter.
Yeah the tourist took over ☹️. No hate to the tourist at all but people tend to stand still and take a photo which stops the flow of the highline, and it’s a very narrow walking path.
I remember first hearing about the story of the Highline (and what a monumental task it was to convert it into a park) on some podcast many years ago and it became one of my favorite places in NYC ever since.
Agree. It was sensational before Hudson Yards opened.
@@TheDumplingGecko so you expect tourists to just not take photos of NYC? Especially when it's The highline, an oasis above the city, like the comment said. I'm sorry but your comment sounds dumb.
The Highline is a marvel and a testament to urban adaptive re-use principles, instead of the usual wasteful demolition. However, the new banal glass buildings surrounding it dont really connect to the area's rich industrial past and leave much to be desired architecturally - Zaha Hadid's being the exception ofc.
Very thoughtful summation!
I actually thought the opposite. Look at the shot at 9:11 for example. For me these buildings have industrial themes, and I think altogether it looks cool and almost sci-fi-ish.
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@@davidruffin473skill issue
Insulated glass and greed ruined the world sadly.
Born and raised in NYC but haven’t been back in twenty plus. Had heard of all these changes, didn’t realize how amazing it is…remember when…thank you for the tour. Have to visit
And don’t forget the subway platform at Ground Zero when you go to New York is beautiful
MORE WALKING TOURS WITH Nick plz!!
6:30 Do people often walk backwards in New York, or did they play that clip in reverse? 😂
Walking Tour is my favorite series on this channel.
Same! The celebrity homes are just grotesque - if you want movie stars, just watch Bravo or something. Nick Potts is so smart and he is such a great teacher. Love it.
Love the high line so much! Great video. Thanks for sharing this history!
The Highline is so successful that more should be built. This is the future of urban design even though it was a repurposed train line.
How could you give an entire tour of the high line and never once mention the landscape architect James Corner who designed it??
I read an article about him: Not at all pleased with how it panned out. He hoped for a revitalization of the neighborhood for ordinary NYers, but instead we have a tourist attraction, lovely, to be sure, in the midst of super deluxe development. That’s the only sort of development that happens in NYC.
The Highline was the highlight of my visit to NYC last year… really loved it
I LOVE THE HIGHLINE!!! It’s my fav thing to do in NYC! I love wandering through Chelsea market to see what the local vendors have, grabbing a gelato, snagging some Artichoke Basille’s pizza, and walking down the highline to Hudson yards and Little Island! They really did such a great job with this one!
I always LOVE the walking tours!!!
The highline is beautiful! Was there 3 weeks ago!
This was just Fab! Thanks for sharing.
The testament is to Piet Oudolf who has a team working the highline, you know this so why not give him credit where credit is due.
The way I met the “Mayor of Meatpacking” yesterday at the Whitney Museum after I complemented his nice bright red hat and I had no idea he was one of the reasons for saving the district.
Then this YT video gets recommended to me… hpmh, lots of fun being in NYC. ☺️
Fascinating. Thanks for this.
My favorite series!
This was enjoyable. Thankyou
this was extremely insightul, thank you! i was at the whitney a few months ago and it stands as my favorite museum in NYC. would def reccomend going there and walking at least some of the highline! im hoping more abandoned rail corridors in this country will either be reestablished or transformed like the highline! the benefits are unparalleled
I LOVE seeing the historical pics and videos
There are just not enough walking tour eps. I love them
Definitely on my list of places to visit when in NYC!
Another great video
So well done. Thank you.
i love NYC history so much. we live in such an amazing city.
Tourism is said to be one of the tops 3 industries in NYC*
This marvelous city park design is exactly what New York needs.
Interesting walking Tour!!! 🎉
🚶♂🌳 Wow, what an incredible transformation! NYC's most dangerous street turned into a vibrant public park is truly inspiring! 🌆✨ Loved seeing the architectural and urban design elements come together to create a safe and welcoming space for everyone.
What a great video! Love NYC!
Gorgeous! Perfection!!
Great video. Thank you.
I love the high line! The architecture is so beautiful and even though it’s crowded it’s always nicer than the street. I always recommend it to people when they’re visiting nyc. It was funny because 2 years ago my mom came to nyc for the first time since living there in the mid-90s/early 2000s and she was in shock at how developed the west side was, she kept saying i would’ve never come over here when i was living here 😂.
I’ve been surprised with this park. Amazing place
Wonderful tour! Speaking of the Whitney I will be touring Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s studio next Friday. As a former Breakers (Newport) guide I can’t wait! 😊☀️
Very interesting!
Love the high line!
mmm no mention of Piet Oudolf, the landscape architect of the Highline itself..
What a fascinating point - such unique private residences wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for such a public space. A rare circumstance where you have a public’s love of the rich and rare coincide with an architect’s need to be recognized and memorialized and the rich, I guess appreciated :)
Should have pointed out the Fitzroy. Amazing to see something like that built today.
okay awesome!
Also the bathrooms in Chelsea market are so nice and beautiful haha
I was there when it first opened. Ed Norton was talking about it on Charlie Rose and I was walking around the meat packing and then like oh the highline is open!
I ❤ NY. Too.
Accidentally stumbled upon this gem one time. Such a gem, had no idea it was here.
Love the highline, but if you get hit by a massive, slow train, you've kind of earned your ticket to the pearly gates.
Now they are called SUVs.
@@jenl2530 You won't catch me arguing with that 😂
Interesting 😊
Should have mentioned that the High Line was designed by the landscape architecture firm Field Operations, while naming all the architects and amazing developments along it.
235 people died in NYC due to cars in 2023. If trains were too dangerous to mix with pedestrians, streets and cars should be re-evaluated too.
Agreed!
Wonder how many people were in the city in the 1800s compared to now
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Great video
The highline is one of the places i felt the most calm in nyc
Lantern House has direct access to the high lines although I’m not sure how often it’s used.
Highline Park by Piet Oudolf!!
The high line was inspired by the coulée verte in Paris' 12th arrondissement. A lot more interations withe the buildings around and a lot less gentrification. Benefits of a smaller scale !
No, no it was not. That is quite a different space.
@@jenl2530 dude it's on wikipedia and in interviews of piet oudolf... So yes it is
I would love to see what it looks like inside beautiful
Can we get a shout out to actor *Ed Norton* and his involvement with "Friends of the High Line"?
They should build 'high lines' all over the city. They could connect all the parks and keep the streets for cars a d biking traffic.
And after you're done walking The Highline, you can head over to The Milk Bar or Chelsea Market for a nice snack.
I adore the Highline but not so much the modern architecture springing up around.
Who designed the "bubble window" building at 8:52? I've seen that in person and it's quite striking. I don't know if I like it or not, but it certainly stands out!
Hadid
Lantern House by Heatherwick who also did the Vessel and Little Island Park
An entire video about the high line yet Diller Scofidio and Renfro was even mentioned once.
There is no reason in making a video about the Highline without mentioning Piet Oudolf, the garden designer. 😊
How do you not mention Diller Scofidio and Renfro once?
Funny how the same people who hate plastic and demand recycling everything think leaving the iron train tracks there to rust is aesthetically pleasant. You’d think it would make them uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable.
One failed office building after another. What’s the occupancy rate of those office buildings? The total absence of anything welcoming to anyone seems to be the goal of 21st century Manhattan
No one can afford to live there.
Some here describe the High Line as a beautiful oasis in the city, and while it's certainly a charming park built on a derelict industrial rail line. It unfortunately has lost a lot of the charm of what it once was. Even the early version of the High Line before it was fully finished to Hudson Yards was a much more enjoyable space to what it is now, as it's flanked by the soulless luxury condos and residences that have invaded every square inch of the city. No words can describe just how amazing the High Line was before it was "discovered" back when it was just an abandoned elevated track full of unmanicured vegetation. To describe it, it was like just floating above the city in your own private forest, with no one being able to see you. Of course, that was nearly 20yrs ago. Unfortunately much of the spirit of the city has been lost since that time. It really just feels like a playground for the rich these days.
Fond memories of the District before it got cleaned up ;o)
I live very close by and the Highline was truly wonderful until they covered it with all those condos. Now, it is simply an elevated sidewalk totally ruined. I live a block away and avoid it, such a shame that something unique was destroyed by architecture
Whenever I go to New York, the only places I will stay are those closest to the High Line. Best part of NYC, IMO.
The high line is one of the designer’s biggest regrets because of the gentrification it has caused
Everything will cause gentrification eventually we have to get over that
A lot of character was lost. Definitely regretful.
Yes, it did not pan out as he had hoped!
Just kept saying the same thing over and over here. This exists because of this walkway. It wouldnt be here without it.
Seattle had the chance to do the same, saw the High line and said naw let's demo ours and pretend to connect the Market to the Sound but not really.😢
to be fair they found problems with the structure and it would collapse in an earthquake
Although the high line is an aestheticaly beautiful project and very succesful marketing move, as a public space it is as dull as it can be. There's almost no space for spontaneity, many restricted uses and is almost only used as a catwalk for tourists to take pictures for social media. It is definitely not what public spaces should be for.
Not the designer’s vision. But with the deluxe development and the marketing of NYC, it’s become a mega tourist attraction. He had hoped it would be a lovely neighborhood park!
USA making a big deal about this while it's been done in Asia for a while.
Why film this in late winter?
Wow, what a suck-up to the ultra-rich (be sure to buy some Van Cleef & Arpels luxury marbles!) and their (mostly ugly, show-off, "hey look at me!") buildings. Just like Soho, the former meat packing district is now a warren of ultra-expensive boutiques that 99% of the Highline visitors couldn't afford to walk through their door...and barely a syllable about the park itself either, or the Federal program that encouraged localities to repurpose unused rail lines into public parks.
Architecture will save the world
A better built enviorment will make people want to leave the house more thats for sure.
Do new yorkers use the highline or is it only a tourist thing?
Yes, we do use it.
We do but it was something very different to us when it first opened vs what it is now
Its effectively the early twentieth century version of the 1990's Bilbau Guggenheim... It the way it has regenerated an area with post industial decline and driven up tourism. Just like after Gehrys Guggenheim was bulit, every city wanted their version of it... and now every city wants their version of a Highline...Thats the damage of sucessful urban developments: they sporn inferior copies everywhere!
I wish cities did stuff like this on purpose, something similar in London would be cool, or Vancouver, it’s super bland downtown
I wish you had given credit to the designers of the HighLine and the buildings around it. Except for the Zaha Hadid apartments, it was as if the buildings just spontaneously appeared along with the HighLine.
I see too much shiny metal, glass, modern straight square lines and overbearing monolithic concrete.
Famous architects designed those
@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qqunfortunately architecture is a rather insular career. Famous amongst themselves 🙃
@@lyssasletters3232 They’re egotists
The Simpsons did an episode based on this.
Today it is a dangerous Street again...
15 BILLION not million for Hudson yards
@AGreenerApple3: At 7:19 - 7:24 the host, & known architect Nick Potts said, "over my shoulder is Hudson Yards. It is a 15 million square foot development at the northern end of the Highline". He did not say 15 million dollars for the Hudson Yards' development. 😂🤣
What’s below the highline, homeless people encampments?
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Death Avenue?😬 Yikes, really sucks The Vessel inadvertently continued that tradition
A park for the millionaires and tourists. The park is designed to be as uncomfortable as possible, there's no where to hangout in the park at all. We need more trains, this was a scam.
10th ave is not the park.
I hate cities and especially NYC. This neighborhood would be a nice place to live.
Gentrification?😂
🤍
oof
lots of those “no homeless comfort here” benches. The weeds n such are not really attractive.
It’s flowers and there is a buckle berry tree
Weirdly bad video for such an interesting subject. Really below the AD standard.
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