Highline Park Walking Tour - Observations And Significance

In this assignment  need to do the assignment on the basis of highline. To know about the highline I have the link for the video:

Great Museums: Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City: https://youtu.be/7CgTlg_L_Sw

The Highline Park Walking Tour will feature many important aspects about gentrification and the Highline as a factor in NYC’s application of the growth machine process.  There are several important factors that you want to observe.  These are key points for our subsequent discussion of the Highline and its significance as an essential New York City attraction.

First, you want to observe the correspondence between space and place as exhibited by the Highline.  Look around and observe the proximity of the Highline to the city below.  What are your reactions to the Highline?  How are other visitors reacting to the overall setting of the park and its basic layout?  How are they using the surrounding special area through taking photos, sitting, or reacting in other ways?

Second, observe the pattern of urban development along the route of the Highline Park.  How are the old and new building structures situated between 34^th Street and 14^th Street?  What does the structure of the new buildings tell you about contemporary architecture in New York City?  

Third, observe the created inauthenticity of the recreated railroad tracks reflecting the original purpose of the Highline as a rail system transporting slaughtered animals to the Meatpacking District within the 14^th Street area.  Notice how the recreated tracks are offset by benches and observation platforms overlooking the city.  

Four, you want to notice the proximity of the Highline to the Javits Center and the Hudson Rail Yards.  The rail yards will eventually be covered and a complex of commercial and residential buildings will be constructed on the site.  What will be the significance of this development to the growth machine approach undertaken by New York City government?

Fifth, observe the gardens and the various types of flowers and plants placed throughout the length of the Highline.  What aesthetics do they add to the overall visitor experience utilizing the Highline? Why are the plantings significant to the overall success of the Highline?

Sixth, observe the differences in the various neighborhoods as we go from Chelsea to the Meatpacking District.  What are the key differences in the commercial buildings and residential areas surrounding the Highline?

Seventh, observe the view of the Hudson River as we start uptown and walk towards the 14^th Street origin point of the Highline.  Think about the factories and meat processing centers in the original section of the Highline.  

Eighth, observe Chelsea Market and the experience provided the shops located on the first floor of the building.  Think about the gentrified surrounding area with its restaurants and art galleries.

Ninth, observe and think about the newly opened Whitney Museum and proximity to the Highline.  How does the new museum transect the surrounding Highline and the nearby Hudson River?

Observations during the Highline Park Walking Tour

High Line is an excellent world having woodlands, fairies and meadows. The High line Park runs from Hudson Yards to Chelsea. The Highline is floating 30 feet above the ground level. High Line has a mile long lane which allows the viewer to visit galleries and museums and experience the New York City (Wolch et al.). The experience of High Line is park is truly magical. High Line is slightly elevated but it is not too high from the city. It also has elevated railways. The lane goes parallel to the river which adds on some extra magic to High Line Park. The High Line Park has layout of geometric patterns for all the bridges and street it has.

High Line Park has various meandering paths and turns. It has variant overlooks from which people are able to visit the whole beauty of the city. At 14^th street, the High Line is split into two sides on which the 1^st elevator goes to a water feature which is at the lower side and upper elevator has a sundeck. The 15^th street has a food hall known as the Chelsea Market. There is also a National Biscuit Company which is I the 16^th street of High Line Park. On the 17^th street, there is an amphitheater where the High Line Park crosses over the Tenth Avenue southwest to the northwest of the city (Wonil et al.). There is a lawn in the 23^rd street and there is a ramp between 25^th street and 26^th street that takes the visitors above viaduct, with a scenic beauty that faces the 26^th street (James et al.). The High Line Park merges to Tenth Avenue Spur which is stretched over the 30^th street. There is also a play area which consists of seesaws, three trackways where the visitors can walk over the railways, benches and many more. At the 34^th street the High Line Park bends east which ends at street level midway. The buildings that is visible from High Line Park are The Whitney Museum at Gansevoort Street, The Former Manhattan Refrigerating Co. Warehouse at Gansevoort Street, The Standard Hotel at 848 Washington Street, DVF Headquarters, The Liberty Inn, The Hoboken Terminal, Merchant Refrigerating Building, The Kitchen at 512 W. 19th Street, The Maritime Hotel, The IAC Building, The Chelsea Nouvel, The Metal Shutter Houses, The Metal Shutter Houses, Baker & Williams Warehouse, The Spears Building, London Terrace Apartments, R.C. Williams Warehouse, Former Tinfoil Factory, The Starrett-Lehigh Building.

The railway track of High Line Park reaches all the industries of New York City carrying goods to them. The railway that passes over the High Line Park also carries meat for the Meatpacking Industry from which the meats are transferred to all over the city. The track lines of railways in High Line Park have elevated benches all around the park which gives an elegant look in around the whole area.

There are many commercials and residential buildings that are viewed from the path of High Line Park. There are factories, art galleries, museums and other residential buildings that are along the path of the High Line. These are an excellent piece of architecture enhancing the beauty of the city.

Proximity of the Highline to the city and river

There are over thousand and thousand of plants that are built by the plant developers in High Line Park. The number of plans, shrubs, vines, grasses, perennials are endless and countless. There are different types of flower in High Line Park that are of different colors. In the summer, the High Line Park is full of greeneries and different colors enhance the beauty of the park. In winter, the park shows different shades of brown as all plants die in that season. But at that time too, the High Line Park has no less colors. The whole area is covered with brown shades. The planting is done to provide a greenery to all its viewers in the heart of the city.

The High Line Park mainly lies in West Chelsea district of New York City which had enhanced the development of the city regarding the buildings nearby. New commercials buildings and residential buildings are being developed along the High Line. Total of about 1374 new buildings are built along the High Line area in Chelsea district (Millington and Nate). Out of all the new housing units, 132 units are commercial units of about 500,000 square feet and other 33 housings were gallery projects and art galleries which provided new economic development for High Line Park.

There are a number of factories in the line of High Line Park and a meat manufacturing factories. The scenic beauty of the High Line Park lies in walking all the way along the path of the High Line Park. There are number factories starting from food items and bakeries. In meat manufacturing industry, loads of meat are bought in the manufacturing units and are then cut and send to all the cities of New York.

The Chelsea market is the famous market along the High Line Park. There are many shops, art galleries, restaurants and many other shops in the Chelsea market. There are restaurants as Zadig & Voltaire in the Chelsea market. Cookshop, Izakaya Ten, Trestle on Tenth, Sleep No More and many other are shops in the Chelsea Market. There are near about 300 art galleries along the High Line Park. Whitney Museum of American Art is one of the art galleries in High Line Park.

The Whitney building is one of the famous architecture of New York City. It is that architecture that all of them are famous of and is considered as one of the best piece of architecture in this world (Lang, Steven and Julia Rothenberg). The architect of Whitney museum is Renzo Piano which has 50,000 square feet of indoor galleries in the museum. The museum has 13,000 square feet outdoor exhibition terraces and space that faces the High Line Park. This architecture gives an elegance look to the city of New York.

References

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