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Today AD joins architect Nick Potts in New York City for a walking tour of The Highline. Once an abandoned commercial railroad, the area is now a thriving public park lined with designer buildings courtesy of some of the world’s most famous architects. Explore with Nick and discover how The Highline has transformed NYC’s Meatpacking District.
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Director: Hiatt Woods; Skylar Economy
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Editor: Daniel Finn
Host: Nick Potts
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@icouldgoforaslice 3 месяца назад

How could you give an entire tour of the high line and never once mention the landscape architect James Corner who designed it??

@garhance 3 месяца назад

I read an article about him: Not at all pleased with how it panned out. He hoped for a revitalization of the neighborhood for ordinary NYers, but instead we have a tourist attraction, lovely, to be sure, in the midst of super deluxe development. That’s the only sort of development that happens in NYC.

@aercolino1 3 месяца назад

Was looking for this comment!! AD should call it what it is- this is landscape architecture

@bryancash9051 3 месяца назад

I use to walk the highline before it was a park, and then years later would sell my photos on it...its nice to be a part of its history

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher88 3 месяца назад

Did the same as well. It really was almost an otherworldly experience. Like just knowing this secret place in the middle of everything.

@PiratesOnlineFan100 3 месяца назад

The Highline is a marvel and a testament to urban adaptive re-use principles, instead of the usual wasteful demolition. However, the new banal glass buildings surrounding it dont really connect to the area's rich industrial past and leave much to be desired architecturally - Zaha Hadid's being the exception ofc.

@salustianoberrios405 3 месяца назад

Very thoughtful summation!

@erics3457 3 месяца назад

I actually thought the opposite. Look at the shot at 9:11 for example. For me these buildings have industrial themes, and I think altogether it looks cool and almost sci-fi-ish.

@davidruffin473 3 месяца назад

Speak English bro

@chrisarcher282 3 месяца назад

@@davidruffin473skill issue

@Shmancyfancy536 3 месяца назад

Insulated glass and greed ruined the world sadly.

@yippeehaha24-y1y 3 месяца назад

I visited the Highline when it first opened and it was nothing you'd experience in NYC. It's like an oasis above the city. However, these days, it's pretty crowded so better to visit during off seasons. It's actually lovely to visit during the winter.

@TheDumplingGecko 3 месяца назад

Yeah the tourist took over ☹️. No hate to the tourist at all but people tend to stand still and take a photo which stops the flow of the highline, and it’s a very narrow walking path.

@n900video 3 месяца назад

I remember first hearing about the story of the Highline (and what a monumental task it was to convert it into a park) on some podcast many years ago and it became one of my favorite places in NYC ever since.

@joshualebowitz 3 месяца назад

Agree. It was sensational before Hudson Yards opened.

@hanaskrovanek 3 месяца назад

@@TheDumplingGecko so you expect tourists to just not take photos of NYC? Especially when it's The highline, an oasis above the city, like the comment said. I'm sorry but your comment sounds dumb.

@Spud_E_Buddy 3 месяца назад

6:30 Do people often walk backwards in New York, or did they play that clip in reverse? 😂

@sinalyroy8051 3 месяца назад

Born and raised in NYC but haven’t been back in twenty plus. Had heard of all these changes, didn’t realize how amazing it is…remember when…thank you for the tour. Have to visit

@cherylkniffen 3 месяца назад

And don’t forget the subway platform at Ground Zero when you go to New York is beautiful

@josiahclagett7369 3 месяца назад

235 people died in NYC due to cars in 2023. If trains were too dangerous to mix with pedestrians, streets and cars should be re-evaluated too.

@nich2475 3 месяца назад

Agreed!

@2bitnpc 3 месяца назад

Wonder how many people were in the city in the 1800s compared to now

@watcherManu 3 месяца назад

Idk, maybe you know the channel already, But NotJustBikes hss great Videos how to make a city safer. I can highly recommend his channel ❤❤❤

@josiahclagett7369 3 месяца назад

@@watcherManu I love Not Just Bikes. That channel completely changed my thinking on infrastructure in the US ❤️

@beatapfizer3601 2 месяца назад

You have to take into account the amount of people that lives in NYC now compared to the 1800’s

@colettemoolman4410 3 месяца назад

Walking Tour is my favorite series on this channel.

@mistyreed4558 3 месяца назад

Same! The celebrity homes are just grotesque - if you want movie stars, just watch Bravo or something. Nick Potts is so smart and he is such a great teacher. Love it.

@irakozefleury8439 3 месяца назад

@cyserrano 3 месяца назад

Love the high line so much! Great video. Thanks for sharing this history!

@manm2003 3 месяца назад

MORE WALKING TOURS WITH Nick plz!!

@yepyepyepyep4602 3 месяца назад

mmm no mention of Piet Oudolf, the landscape architect of the Highline itself..

@09mtcamp Месяц назад

Yes thought that was crazy

@luukjoling1 3 месяца назад

There is no reason in making a video about the Highline without mentioning Piet Oudolf, the garden designer. 😊

@LouiseFisher-p8y 3 месяца назад

The testament is to Piet Oudolf who has a team working the highline, you know this so why not give him credit where credit is due.

@lordtherapeutics 3 месяца назад

I adore the Highline but not so much the modern architecture springing up around.

@CrazyPufferfish 3 месяца назад

The highline is beautiful! Was there 3 weeks ago!

@mjay4700 3 месяца назад

I see too much shiny metal, glass, modern straight square lines and overbearing monolithic concrete.

@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq 3 месяца назад

Famous architects designed those

@lyssasletters3232 3 месяца назад

@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qqunfortunately architecture is a rather insular career. Famous amongst themselves 🙃

@Shmancyfancy536 3 месяца назад

@@lyssasletters3232 They’re egotists

@ingmarvanderhoek6314 3 месяца назад

The look but do not touch or enter strutting peacock buildings surrounding the High Line give off a mixed signal: I am here to be admired and I would not be here without this walking way but I am rather not reminded of your pedestrian presence, stupid tourist. So these multi million dollar buildings become a shallow backround for countless selfies. Very NYC in 2024, very sad.

@yourmajesty3569 3 месяца назад

I would have liked to see more of the actual high line.

@Pilipo850 3 месяца назад

The Highline was the highlight of my visit to NYC last year… really loved it

@DanH-u3f 3 месяца назад

The Highline is so successful that more should be built. This is the future of urban design even though it was a repurposed train line.

@BrysonConroy Месяц назад

No. while i agree the high line was a great reformation and an amazing application, this is so popular because of its singularity. If there was more and more seperate "high lines" they would quickly loose that commodity, redevelopment wouldnt follow, or atleast not because of the high line. It causes a massive decrease in sunlight to the lower streets. I believe an extension of the highline would be beneficial, but the amount of buildings needed to destroy that would offset it. I dont think that putting pedestrians above the street grid so they cant interact with local shops and business should be normalized.

@wowJhil 2 месяца назад

I visited highline when Hudson yard was under development there, but I gotta say, it's really not interesting at all. Sure, you have an "oasis" on that line, but for me it just feels like normal greenery. And the environment around it is just not interesting, the modern buildings feel cold and uninterested at least for a normal guy not into modern architecture. And many sides of this line doesn't have anything else of interest to look at. Then the fact that it's not connected well with other things, you basically are just walking on it to watch skyscrapers etc.

@secpac58chichi 2 месяца назад

I HEAR THE CHINESE TOURISTS LIKE IT

@wowJhil 2 месяца назад

@@secpac58chichi I have a feeling that this is the same as so many other tourist spots, it's just another thing to mark of the check list. There Chinese are not alone, but they are surely often some of them liking to fill that check list.

@savannahcook7246 3 месяца назад

I LOVE THE HIGHLINE!!! It’s my fav thing to do in NYC! I love wandering through Chelsea market to see what the local vendors have, grabbing a gelato, snagging some Artichoke Basille’s pizza, and walking down the highline to Hudson yards and Little Island! They really did such a great job with this one!

@DanielGladstone 3 месяца назад

Weirdly bad video for such an interesting subject. Really below the AD standard.

@yourpalharvey 3 месяца назад

One failed office building after another. What’s the occupancy rate of those office buildings? The total absence of anything welcoming to anyone seems to be the goal of 21st century Manhattan

@nicktw8688 3 месяца назад

No one can afford to live there.

@sandal_thong8631 2 месяца назад

It seems messed up that buildings don't connect to the Highline.

@MineshShah 3 месяца назад

Its effectively the early twentieth century version of the 1990's Bilbau Guggenheim... It the way it has regenerated an area with post industial decline and driven up tourism. Just like after Gehrys Guggenheim was bulit, every city wanted their version of it... and now every city wants their version of a Highline...Thats the damage of sucessful urban developments: they sporn inferior copies everywhere!

@Clarissey 3 месяца назад

The way I met the “Mayor of Meatpacking” yesterday at the Whitney Museum after I complemented his nice bright red hat and I had no idea he was one of the reasons for saving the district. Then this YT video gets recommended to me… hpmh, lots of fun being in NYC. ☺️

@rd̈ 3 месяца назад

@wendysolem2372 3 месяца назад

I live very close by and the Highline was truly wonderful until they covered it with all those condos. Now, it is simply an elevated sidewalk totally ruined. I live a block away and avoid it, such a shame that something unique was destroyed by architecture

@seaweeded 3 месяца назад

An entire video about the high line yet Diller Scofidio and Renfro was even mentioned once.

@jamescartier8728 3 месяца назад

Love the highline, but if you get hit by a massive, slow train, you've kind of earned your ticket to the pearly gates.

@jenl2530 3 месяца назад

Now they are called SUVs.

@jamescartier8728 3 месяца назад

@@jenl2530 You won't catch me arguing with that 😂

@ayysweetstea9339 3 месяца назад

Interesting walking Tour!!! 🎉

@travelchoice89 3 месяца назад

🚶‍♂🌳 Wow, what an incredible transformation! NYC's most dangerous street turned into a vibrant public park is truly inspiring! 🌆✨ Loved seeing the architectural and urban design elements come together to create a safe and welcoming space for everyone.

@matheusperelmutter 3 месяца назад

Although the high line is an aestheticaly beautiful project and very succesful marketing move, as a public space it is as dull as it can be. There's almost no space for spontaneity, many restricted uses and is almost only used as a catwalk for tourists to take pictures for social media. It is definitely not what public spaces should be for.

@garhance 3 месяца назад

Not the designer’s vision. But with the deluxe development and the marketing of NYC, it’s become a mega tourist attraction. He had hoped it would be a lovely neighborhood park!

@BradThePitts 3 месяца назад

Can we get a shout out to actor *Ed Norton* and his involvement with "Friends of the High Line"?

@drdrewood 3 месяца назад

How do you not mention Diller Scofidio and Renfro once?

@Hellanissan7 2 месяца назад

We visited last summer for July 4th. It was amazing. My wife and little one loved the park.

@kdm_entertainment 3 месяца назад

Do new yorkers use the highline or is it only a tourist thing?

@melissamorgenweck8226 3 месяца назад

Yes, we do use it.

@127cherryblossom 3 месяца назад

We do but it was something very different to us when it first opened vs what it is now

@stevenjlovelace 3 месяца назад

Who designed the "bubble window" building at 8:52? I've seen that in person and it's quite striking. I don't know if I like it or not, but it certainly stands out!

@Jason-vw1fv 3 месяца назад

Hadid

@claudiagorich2764 3 месяца назад

Lantern House by Heatherwick who also did the Vessel and Little Island Park

@joestrike8537 3 месяца назад

Wow, what a suck-up to the ultra-rich (be sure to buy some Van Cleef & Arpels luxury marbles!) and their (mostly ugly, show-off, "hey look at me!") buildings. Just like Soho, the former meat packing district is now a warren of ultra-expensive boutiques that 99% of the Highline visitors couldn't afford to walk through their door...and barely a syllable about the park itself either, or the Federal program that encouraged localities to repurpose unused rail lines into public parks.

@steini6771 3 месяца назад

This was just Fab! Thanks for sharing.

@alfa4pete 3 месяца назад

I wish you had given credit to the designers of the HighLine and the buildings around it. Except for the Zaha Hadid apartments, it was as if the buildings just spontaneously appeared along with the HighLine.

@FanDutch 3 месяца назад

Highline Park by Piet Oudolf!!

@MrMountainchris 3 месяца назад

They should build 'high lines' all over the city. They could connect all the parks and keep the streets for cars a d biking traffic.

@LaValeriana_ 2 месяца назад

Missing these episodes! The walking tours are some of the best as well as the blue prints and hidden gems. The tours are super fun because it’s such a delight to see each architect talk with such passion about what we’re seeing. Too many open door episodes lately to be honest.

@Vmgs94 3 месяца назад

Definitely on my list of places to visit when in NYC!

@MikeHarris1984 3 месяца назад

Just kept saying the same thing over and over here. This exists because of this walkway. It wouldnt be here without it.

@nunyabidness3075 3 месяца назад

Funny how the same people who hate plastic and demand recycling everything think leaving the iron train tracks there to rust is aesthetically pleasant. You’d think it would make them uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable.

@Sourpusscandy 3 месяца назад

lots of those “no homeless comfort here” benches. The weeds n such are not really attractive.

@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq 3 месяца назад

It’s flowers and there is a buckle berry tree

@alexanderwolf5134 3 месяца назад

There are just not enough walking tour eps. I love them

@sydneygerman4151 3 месяца назад

this was extremely insightul, thank you! i was at the whitney a few months ago and it stands as my favorite museum in NYC. would def reccomend going there and walking at least some of the highline! im hoping more abandoned rail corridors in this country will either be reestablished or transformed like the highline! the benefits are unparalleled

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher88 3 месяца назад

Some here describe the High Line as a beautiful oasis in the city, and while it's certainly a charming park built on a derelict industrial rail line. It unfortunately has lost a lot of the charm of what it once was. Even the early version of the High Line before it was fully finished to Hudson Yards was a much more enjoyable space to what it is now, as it's flanked by the soulless luxury condos and residences that have invaded every square inch of the city. No words can describe just how amazing the High Line was before it was "discovered" back when it was just an abandoned elevated track full of unmanicured vegetation. To describe it, it was like just floating above the city in your own private forest, with no one being able to see you. Of course, that was nearly 20yrs ago. Unfortunately much of the spirit of the city has been lost since that time. It really just feels like a playground for the rich these days.

@2_thumbs_up_baby 3 месяца назад

This was enjoyable. Thankyou

@MichaelYoutube85 3 месяца назад

The Simpsons did an episode based on this.

@MITHYKA 3 месяца назад

Death Avenue?😬 Yikes, really sucks The Vessel inadvertently continued that tradition

@JUANIGNAC10 Месяц назад

The highline itself was nice, with Piet Oudolf as the garden designer, but the buildings surrounding and the rest... SO TACKY.

@WuBadger-s9s 3 месяца назад

Should have mentioned that the High Line was designed by the landscape architecture firm Field Operations, while naming all the architects and amazing developments along it.

@adeleg4759 3 месяца назад

The high line was inspired by the coulée verte in Paris' 12th arrondissement. A lot more interations withe the buildings around and a lot less gentrification. Benefits of a smaller scale !

@jenl2530 3 месяца назад

No, no it was not. That is quite a different space.

@adeleg4759 3 месяца назад

@@jenl2530 dude it's on wikipedia and in interviews of piet oudolf... So yes it is

@pizzajona 3 месяца назад

This video highly overexaggerates the importance of the High Line. Did the High Line make the place more desirable to live? Yes. But it was not even close to the only factor. The Hudson Yards area development and other zoning changes concentrated developments in this area. These have been much more impactful than the park.

@FouadAlkisswani 3 месяца назад

What a fascinating point - such unique private residences wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for such a public space. A rare circumstance where you have a public’s love of the rich and rare coincide with an architect’s need to be recognized and memorialized and the rich, I guess appreciated :)

@natalieeis9284 Месяц назад

The idea to convert industrial halls into Chelsea market was inspired by the industrial Ruhr region in western Germany and East London

@EcceHomo1088 3 месяца назад

You can paint a Pig... but its still a Dirty Little Piggy...

@joãoAlberto-k9x 3 месяца назад

I ❤ NY. Too.

@CrimsonAlchemist 3 месяца назад

USA making a big deal about this while it's been done in Asia for a while.

@VictorRochaGaming 3 месяца назад

And after you're done walking The Highline, you can head over to The Milk Bar or Chelsea Market for a nice snack.

@bigcomputerhuehue-qw9th Месяц назад

If they closed streets for cars due do traffic accidents ... a dream.

@tjnholmes 2 месяца назад

Cool video. Whitney criticism was weird and didn't seem to fit within the vid.

@slothsarecool 3 месяца назад

I wish cities did stuff like this on purpose, something similar in London would be cool, or Vancouver, it’s super bland downtown

@savannahcook7246 3 месяца назад

Also the bathrooms in Chelsea market are so nice and beautiful haha

@d.wall98 3 месяца назад

My favorite series!

@Searchingtheworld7183 3 месяца назад

This marvelous city park design is exactly what New York needs.

@stingraytor 3 месяца назад

The high line is one of the designer’s biggest regrets because of the gentrification it has caused

@Shmancyfancy536 3 месяца назад

Everything will cause gentrification eventually we have to get over that

@jenl2530 3 месяца назад

A lot of character was lost. Definitely regretful.

@garhance 3 месяца назад

Yes, it did not pan out as he had hoped!

@rechelieu Месяц назад

Every time I am in NY, I go there. Every time. I sell this place like nothing else in NYC. It's amazing. Central Park, what? Nah, go and see the Highline Park.

@magicknight13 Месяц назад

Brilliant example of adaptive reuse! And the video rocks too 😄 love the walking tour, handled seamlessly! Great job

@Shmancyfancy536 3 месяца назад

Should have pointed out the Fitzroy. Amazing to see something like that built today.

@IAmBlothhundr 2 месяца назад

This yells Solarpunk and Frutiger Aero 🍃🌎💧🌱

@gerardwebb1945 3 месяца назад

10th ave is not the park.

@sophia_c626 3 месяца назад

I love the high line! The architecture is so beautiful and even though it’s crowded it’s always nicer than the street. I always recommend it to people when they’re visiting nyc. It was funny because 2 years ago my mom came to nyc for the first time since living there in the mid-90s/early 2000s and she was in shock at how developed the west side was, she kept saying i would’ve never come over here when i was living here 😂.

@Jaybushy98 3 месяца назад

i love NYC history so much. we live in such an amazing city. Tourism is said to be one of the tops 3 industries in NYC*

@theshypersistence 3 месяца назад

I get progress is inevitable - and I appreciate clever design - but for me NYC lost its soul after 9/11. The skyline is unrecognizable with a hodge-podge of modern buildings competing for attention. It just doesn't feel the same anymore 😕

@peter1234930 3 месяца назад

Another great video

@henessy.-.45 3 месяца назад

I LOVE seeing the historical pics and videos

@edwardduarte7393 3 месяца назад

I was there when it first opened. Ed Norton was talking about it on Charlie Rose and I was walking around the meat packing and then like oh the highline is open!

@Acehitman369 Месяц назад

I went to New York City last year. Seeing the highline was pretty cool

@AGreenerApple3 3 месяца назад

15 BILLION not million for Hudson yards

@curtisCclarke 3 месяца назад

@AGreenerApple3: At 7:19 - 7:24 the host, & known architect Nick Potts said, "over my shoulder is Hudson Yards. It is a 15 million square foot development at the northern end of the Highline". He did not say 15 million dollars for the Hudson Yards' development. 😂🤣

@LSTEdD1 3 месяца назад

Wonderful tour! Speaking of the Whitney I will be touring Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s studio next Friday. As a former Breakers (Newport) guide I can’t wait! 😊☀️

@ryanjohnson8960 2 месяца назад

One of my favorite parks in the city while visiting

@mountainair 3 месяца назад

Why film this in late winter?

@sababylon 2 месяца назад

The Whitney looks like a factory. I like it!

@donaldharlan3981 3 месяца назад

Real estate frauds 🔥

@AndrewCrazyhero 3 месяца назад

I’ve been surprised with this park. Amazing place

@angelaortiz3406 3 месяца назад

I would love to see what it looks like inside beautiful

@magicknight13 Месяц назад

I love the Vessel!

@tecschooldropout 3 месяца назад

A park for the millionaires and tourists. The park is designed to be as uncomfortable as possible, there's no where to hangout in the park at all. We need more trains, this was a scam.