New York's new edge : contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side /
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| Author / Creator: | Halle, David, author. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014. ©2014 |
| Description: | 461 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's UCPress copy has original dust-jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10114621 |
Table of 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
