High Line Phase 3 / James Corner Field Operations & Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Earlier this week, the design for the final phase of The High Line Park was released. Phase 3 wraps around the rail yards situated between 33rd and 30th Street on Manhattan’s Westside. Also, check out the Google Maps Street View virtual tour of Phase 1 and Phase 2 posted a few months ago HERE. –@ybaynes ‘high line […]
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City Shrinker / Ben Thomas
These photos by photographer Ben Thomas use the popular tilt-shift technique or as some might call it, miniature faking. Here, we explore New York, with lots of great cityscape shots including landmarks such as Yankee stadium and The High Line. You must check out his other collections. Thomas miniaturizes other big cities. Included along with NYC, […]
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The High Line Park / Google Maps Street View
You are now able to take a virtual tour of one of my favorite architectural projects of this decade, The High Line in New York City, via Google Maps Street View. Also, did you realize that you can view Google Maps in 3D? Just put on your anaglyph glasses, right click, hit ‘3D mode on’, […]
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HL23: Iconical Birth
In 2006, at the MOCA Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture show, I was immediately drawn to a six foot section model of a futuristic tower by Neil Denari. At the time, The HL23 was simply something nice to fantasize about, a luxury condominium overlooking an elevated park in the middle of bustling Manhattan. The design and program was […]
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