New York's New Edge : Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side /

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 th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Halle, David (Autor), Tiso, Elisabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
Historic districts > New York (State) > New York.
Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
contemporary art, high line, new york, city, urban, west side, architecture, revitalization, chelsea gallery district, galleries, collectors, tourism, historical preservation, renewal, planning, gansevoort market, hudson yards development, manhattan, megaprojects, javits convention center, fashion central, google headquarters, whitney museum, moynihan station, stadium, rezoning, zoning, affordable housing, infrastructure, subway, nonfiction, history, politics, government, sociology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Developing New York's Far West Side: Contemporary Art, the High Line, Megaprojects, and Urban Growth
  • Part I. Contemporary Art
  • 1 Chelsea as New York 's Dominant Contemporary Art Gallery Neighborhood: A Real Estate and Finance Story
  • 2 Contemporary Art and Life
  • Part II. "Preservation" Projects
  • 3 The High Line
  • 4 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 and Hurricane Sandy
  • 5 The Javits Expansion Fiasco
  • 6 The Debate over Urban Stadiums: The New York Sports and Convention Center Fight (2004-2005
  • 7 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
  • 8 Penn/Moynihan Station, 1992-? Fixing Infrastructure
  • Part IV. The Challenges to Chelsea's Art Gallery District from the Lower East Side
  • 9 The Lower East Side and the New Museum: The Next Chelsea, or Another "Wrong Turn"?
  • 10 Balancing Urban Growth and Protection/Preservation
  • Notes
  • Reference List
  • Index

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