New York's new edge : contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side

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Label

New York's new edge : contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side

Title remainder

contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side

Statement of responsibility

David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso

Creator

• Halle, David

Contributor

• Tiso, Elisabeth
• ProQuest (Firm)

Author

• Tiso, Elisabeth
• Halle, David

Subject

• High Line (New York, N.Y. : Park)
• Historic districts -- New York (State) | New York
• Hudson Yards Development Corporation
• Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (New York, N.Y.)
• Chelsea (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)
• Urban renewal -- New York (State) | New York
• West Side (New York, N.Y.)
• Moynihan Station (New York, N.Y.)
• Chelsea Historic District (New York, N.Y.)
• Gansevoort Market Historic District (New York, N.Y.)

Language

eng

Summary

"The story of New York's West Side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it's a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expanding contemporary art scene. The Chelsea gallery district has become New York's most dominant neighborhood for Contemporary Art, and the streets of the West Side are filled with gallery owners, art collectors, and tourists. Developments like the High Line, historical preservation projects like the Gansevoort Market, the growth of Chelsea galleries, and plans for megaprojects like the Hudson Yards have redefined what is now being called the "Far West Side" of Manhattan. David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso offer a deep analysis of the transforming district in New York's New Edge, and the result is a new understanding of how we perceive and interpret culture and the city in New York's gallery district. From individual interviews with gallery owners to the behind-the-scenes politics of preservation initiatives and megaprojects, the book provides an in-depth account of the developments, obstacles, successes, and failures of the area and the factors that have contributed to them"--Jacket

Cataloging source

NhCcYBP

Dewey number

307.3/416097471

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HT177.N5

LC item number

H35 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography