Main entry:

Halle, David, author.

Title & Author:

New York's new edge : contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side / David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
©2014

Description:

461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-439) and index.
Introduction: Developing New York's far West Side: contemporary art, the High Line, Megaprojects, and urban growth -- Part I: Contemporary art -- Chelsea as New York's dominant contemporary art gallery neighborhood: a real estate and finance story -- Contemporary art and life -- Part II: "Preservation" projects -- The High Line -- The Gansevoort Market: from meat smells and prostitution to historic district, fashion central, Google headquarters, and Whitney Museum -- Part III: Megaprojects: why they often don't happen or take so long if they do, from Javits expansion to Moynihan Station -- The Javits expansion fiasco -- The debate over urban stadiums: the New York Sports and Convention Center fight (2004-2005) -- The Hudson Yards: rezonings of 2004-2009 and beyond: the city's uniform land use review process, inclusionary zoning for affordable housing, tax increment financing and the Number 7 subway extension, and the Culture Shed -- Penn/Moynihan Station, 1992: fixing infrastructure -- Part IV: Challenges to Chelsea's art gallery district from the Lower East Side -- The Lower East Side and the new museum: the next Chelsea, or another "wrong turn"? -- Conclusion: Balancing urban growth and protection/preservation.

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.

ISBN:

9780226032405 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
022603240X (cloth ; alkaline paper)
(e-book)
9780226032542

Subject:

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (New York, N.Y.)
Moynihan Station (New York, N.Y.)
Hudson Yards Development Corporation.
Urban renewal New York (State) New York.
Historic districts New York (State) New York.
Rénovation urbaine New York (État) New York.
Historic districts
Urban renewal
Stadsförnyelse.
Historiska platser.
West Side (New York, N.Y.)
Chelsea (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)
Chelsea Historic District (New York, N.Y.)
High Line (New York, N.Y. : Park)
Gansevoort Market Historic District (New York, N.Y.)
High Line (New York, N.Y. : Parc)
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Chelsea Historic District
New York (State) New York Chelsea (Manhattan)
New York (State) New York Gansevoort Market Historic District
New York (State) New York High Line (Park)
New York (State) New York West Side
Förenta staterna New York.

Added entries:

Tiso, Elisabeth, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288447
Call No.: BIB 230127
Status: Available