Friends of the High Line Spring Magazine

A few of my construction photographs appear in Friends of the High Line's Spring 2013 Magazine.  The top photo is from the High Line at the Railyards, the bottom is from High Line HQ.

High Line at the Rail Yards in Print

One of my construction shots of the High Line at the Rail Yards was just used in Crain's New York article about the work going on at the park.  Check it out online here.

High Line Time Machine

The High Line at the Railyards, 30th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, 1933 and 2013.

Read all about it over at the High Line Blog.

Triennale di Milano: The Architecture of the World - Infrastructure, Mobility, New Landscapes

Four of my High Line photographs (including the one shown on the website) are currently on view in an exhibition at the Triennale di Milano in Milan Italy.  The architectural and photography exhibition focusing on urban architecture and mobility, part of the much larger design triennial, runs through February 10, 2013.  In English, the statement on the website reads (roughly translated by google translate):

The architecture of the World
Infrastructure, mobility, new landscapes

The show's title refers explicitly to those works that, like roads, railways, airports, contributes most to shape the world and allow it to function, and their relationship with functions and routines that change and an increasingly endangered.

The exhibition consists of four sections of which, the historical one, will be an element of continuity of the path and the other three, in turn, will exhibit works and projects related to what is produced outside of our country, in what was implemented or is in the course of work in Italy and, finally, what begins to appear as a geographical global scale at which the new major infrastructure relate.

The historical section, which will cover the twentieth century, will present works known as the designs of Le Corbusier for Algiers or Chandigarh, those of Saarinen for the station of Helsinki or Poelzig Klingerberg for the dam, but also cases that, even today, can be an example for the ability to create public space and environmental value, such as the Moscow metro, the arrangement of the river in Ljubljana Plecnik or the architectural design of Rino Tami for the environmental integration of the motorway to the south. A special section will, then, the great Italian engineering as it has become known in Italy and abroad, in the 50s and 70s.

The section devoted to recent works produced outside of our country's objective is to present an updated catalog of works, divided into themes, some of which may serve as a model for those who like Italy must recover a delay in in recent years.

The section on the national scene will give an account of how, even with discontinuities and contradictions, it is work in progress or has just been made, highlighting, in particular, some situations in which the relationship between infrastructure, architecture, art, landscape, city, took on a special role in developing interesting and unusual results as evidenced by the cases of Reggio Emilia, Naples, Perugia, Venice and the works undertaken by the Group Italian State Railways.

Drastically changes the scale of the scenario in the last section of the exhibition in which the object of attention are colossal works in defense of sand or wind energy for water supply or to a movement "global." Operations already well under way in Africa, China or South America, Bering or Panama and that their earlier in the twentieth century, in historical operations such as those foreshadowed by 'Atlantropa Herman Sorgel, which involved the lowering of the Mediterranean for agriculture and energy, or operations undertaken in Stalin's Russia or in America the New Deal.

Within the path will also be possible to meet specific insights as the video presentation of 45 reports about different cities of the world, by young architects and researchers who live and work or have lived and studied outside of our country while being Italian training and tell, from their point of view, the main operations in progress. in infrastructure in major cities of the world. Or as the space dedicated to the permeability of the infrastructure or the new map showing their spread to a global scale.

Finally, if the general theme addressed in this exhibition is infrastructure, the real question that you want to bring to the attention of the visitors as careful planning, based on architectural quality, the multi-functionality, environmental compatibility, can be attributed these increasingly important players in the global scenario, an added value that no longer has only to do with the features that led to its origin, but with improved aesthetic, environmental, social territories or cities with which they come in contact.

So, if you're in Milan, go check it out...and if you do, send me some installation photos!

Fall on the High Line

Fall is a magical time up on the High Line, especially mid-October through mid-November, when you can see the leaves and colors change little by little, day by day.  

High Line at the Rail Yards Groundbreaking

Here are some shots from last week's High Line at the Rail Yards (Section 3) groundbreaking.  Shots from the Nikon coming soon...

High Line Art Fall 2012

Check out the latest issue of Art Forum magazine for High Line Art's Fall lineup with a cool aerial photo I shot on a cold and windy November day a few years back (and originally featured on my blog here).  Kudos to Friends of the High Line for the layout--their design is always top notch!

High Line

Where does the time go? Sorry for the dearth of posts lately, but I've been busy on a few assignments and haven't had time to update the blog! I wish I could show you some photos from those new assignments, but I can't just yet...

Until then, here's a few from the High Line.

High Line Viewing Spur

Just a couple of shots of one of my favorite features of the High Line's Section II--the Viewing Spur.

As featured over on the High Line Blog.

High Line Eagle Eye

Some shots from high above the High Line from this time last year...

High Line Architecturals

Some High Line architectural shots from this past summer and fall...

High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky

Here's a tip. Go out and buy the new book about the High Line--High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky. Written by Friends of the High Line founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond, it features anecdotes, photographs, sketches, and artwork all of which tell the rich story of the High Line. My photographs also feature prominently! Get your copy here.

High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky

A brand new High Line book is coming out in a few short weeks! High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky features first-hand accounts from Friends of the High Line founders Robert Hammond and Joshua David and quite a few of my photographs.

From Amazon:

How two New Yorkers led the transformation of a derelict elevated railway into a grand—and beloved—open space

The High Line, a new park atop an ele-vated rail structure on Manhattan’s West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. The story of how it came to be is a remarkable one: two young citizens with no prior experience in planning and development collaborated with their neighbors, elected officials, artists, local business owners, and leaders of burgeoning movements in horticulture and landscape architecture to create a park celebrated worldwide as a model for creatively designed, socially vibrant, ecologically sound public space.

Joshua David and Robert Hammond met in 1999 at a community board meeting to consider the fate of the High Line. Built in the 1930s, it carried freight trains to the West Side when the area was defined by factories and warehouses. But when trains were replaced by truck transport, the High Line became obsolete. By century’s end it was a rusty, forbidding ruin. Plants grew between the tracks, giving it a wild and striking beauty.

David and Hammond loved the ruin and saw in it an opportunity to create a new way to experience their city. Over ten years, they did so. In this candid and inspiring book— lavishly illustrated—they tell how they relied on skill, luck, and good timing: a crucial court ruling, an inspiring design contest, the enthusiasm of Mayor Bloomberg, the concern for urban planning issues following 9/11. Now the High Line—a half-mile expanse of plants, paths, staircases, and framed vistas—runs through a transformed West Side and reminds us that extraordinary things are possible when creative people work together for the common good.

High Line Section 2 Construction Aerials

Here's what Section 2 of the High Line looked like back in early March! Warm weather, some rain, and a few months of construction and planting make a big difference, right?