Um projecto de arquitectura curioso em NY

Hotelier André Balazs, standing on the High Line,
with the Standard towering above him.
Photographs by Todd Eberle

«Hop on the High Line

The latest creation from André Balazs is a New York branch of his modish Standard hotels. Rising from one of the city’s most sought-after sites, in the heart of the Meatpacking District, two glass-curtain slabs literally jump the tracks of the High Line, the old freight railroad that’s been transformed into a park on stilts. The design spans—and expands on—a century of modern architecture» in Vanity Fair -February 2009

Eu quero ir!

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

«David Bowie will curate the inaugural High Line Festival, to be held in May 2007 in neighborhoods underneath the High Line, a public park being created atop a long-abandoned elevated railway line on the west side of Manhattan.As part of the programming, Bowie will play a large outdoor concert, his first show in New York since 2003. He will also select musicians and artists to appear throughout the festival. "I've been particularly excited about seeking out emerging artists and giving them a place in a festival that will also feature some very well-known names," Bowie says. (...) » in Billboard, em 9.05.06

Uma espreitadela ao futuro da "High Line" em NY

Ver slid show in The New York Times

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

Courtesy of the City of New York.

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High Line - a 1.5 mile, elevated railway that runs along the West Side of Manhattan- in NY.

Já em Fevereiro...

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Iniciam-se as obras para reabilitação da High Line, em Nova Iorque!


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