New York's New Edge
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New York's New Edge

Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side

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New York's New Edge

Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side

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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 Chelsea galleries, and plans for megaprojects like the Hudson Yards Development 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.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780226032542
Topic
Ciencias sociales
Subtopic
Sociología

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION Developing New York’s Far West Side: Contemporary Art, the High Line, Megaprojects, and Urban Growth
  7. PART I Contemporary Art
  8. PART II “Preservation” Projects
  9. 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
  10. PART IV The Challenges to Chelsea’s Art Gallery District from the Lower East Side
  11. NOTES
  12. REFERENCE LIST
  13. INDEX