High Line History, Narrated by Ethan Hawke
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Uploaded by friendsofthehighline on Jan 25, 2009
Narrated by Ethan Hawke. This video is a concise introduction to the history of the High Line, from the days of Death Avenue in the 1840s, to Friends of the High Line's preservation efforts. Features historical imagery. Produced by Matt Wolf. Made possible by the Trust for Architectural Easements.
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The HighLine is a beautiful park and piece of urban architecture, and also a wise redeployment of existing infrastructure instead of demolition.
However, there is a serious note of sadness and melancholy to the project. One recalls when the USA actually had a manufacturing base, and people in NYC actually made things. Also, this reminds one of a golden age of rail, replaced largely by dangerous, inelegant, and polluting trucks.
onthe1drop 9 months ago
The park is very nice but i would have prefered a tourist railroads. By the way what happened to the locos?
Conducter49 1 year ago
In every promotional piece about the High Line a great deal of fanfare is made about the seeds, trees, shrubs, birds, and soil which proliferated and thrived after the structure was abandoned on a couple decades ago. Now, it seems that the preservationists cannot strip the structure of this nature fast enough. The very natural things that saved the structure are being destroyed, only to be replaced by a manicured, over-designed park. It seems like the original point has been lost somehow.
sternedwards 3 years ago