Highline Project Update 2

Photos courtesy of Joel Sternfeld
Rendered images courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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The first Section of the New York Highline project in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan is set to open in a weeks time. I have kept you up to date on this project in previous posts and with the great photos by artist Joel Sternfeld. Check out the new photos out in conjunction with the launch of a documentary about the project which will air this week in America. This project never ceases to make me smile and I look forward to checking it out in person as soon as I can (the project was in very early stages last time I visited).

Joel Sternfeld - Photographs of the High Line

Joel Sternfeld, Looking South on an Afternoon in June, 2000, Negative: 2000, Print: 2009
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches, Printed in editions of 7 with 3 APs. Luhrig Augustine Gallery.

Luhrig Augustine Gallery is presenting photographer Joel Sternfeld's images of the High Line in New York before it is redeveloped. The works will be presented at the Art Dealer's Association of America's, Art Show in New York whom with the gallery has a long relationship with, this month. The work represents the preservation done in an attempt to save it by The Friends of the High Line who engaged Sternfeld to document it. As I mentioned in a previous post the project is currently in its second stage and as you can the photographs are a nostalgic look at why the magical location was saved in the first place.

Highline Project Update

The Highline Project in New York has always been one of those magical architectural projects - I was always wondering will it really happen? However the 2nd phase is set for completion this year and is definitely worth keeping an eye on! This video explains a little about what the Highline is and what it will become from Friends of the Highline.

Early plans for this caught my eye back in 2004 and it is great to see the project moving forward. With architects diller+scofidio involved it is sure to be an amazing and innovative success and their website is one of the coolest looking portfolios I have ever seen.