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The High Line? No, The High Bridge!

September 15, 2015 By Carol Berens 1 Comment

Photo: Carol Berens
View towards Manhattan. The tower was needed to equalize water pressure.

The oldest river crossing in New York City is now the newest. The 1848 High Bridge that spans the Harlem River and links upper Manhattan to The Bronx has recently emerged from a multi-year, $61.8 million renovation. It re-opened to the public on June 9th. Whether the initial enthusiasm of using this restored public space can reenergize a neighborhood will take years to find out, however, for the moment this project is bringing tourists and residents to an area that was previously known only to locals and intrepid urban explorers. Will it spur new economic activity to an ungentrified area? Is that indeed what is wanted or needed? Questions to be answered later. [Read more…] about The High Line? No, The High Bridge!

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Civic, Culture, Feature Posts, New York City, Parks Tagged With: East Harlem, High Bridge, The High Line

The Portes Ouvertes of Belleville

June 5, 2012 By Carol Berens Leave a Comment

Posters on doorsSometimes overnight sensations take a long time. As with chanteuses, so it is with city neighborhoods. Belleville, Paris, is the perfect example. Located in the 20th arrondissement, Belleville was once a sleepy working-class backwater dotted with Chinese, North African and Jewish enclaves. Artists have been gradually moving into the cheap housing and former factories on its steep-sloped streets that provide extraordinary Parisian panoramas.  Sharing the fate of other artist frontiers, this neighborhood has now been “discovered” and integrated into mainstream Paris. [Read more…] about The Portes Ouvertes of Belleville

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature Posts Tagged With: Architecture, art, art studios, artists, France, gentrification, graffiti art, Hollande, Paris, Sarkozy, street art

Exhibit Looks at Grid at the Center of Manhattan’s Master Plan

January 7, 2012 By Melanie Johnson

Manhattan - east on 42nd Street near 9th AvenueIn 1811, planners of a booming Manhattan were tasked with preparing New York City for the future by designing how it would grow. [Read more…] about Exhibit Looks at Grid at the Center of Manhattan’s Master Plan

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Planning Tagged With: city block, Grid, master plan of manhattan, Museum of the City of New York, traffic

The Cronocaos Exhibit at the New Museum: Rem Koolhaas Says Make No Little Plans.

August 10, 2011 By Carol Berens

Rem Koolhaas Biennale VeniceThe July 27th post by Jerri Holan was an impassioned plea for preservation advocates to become even more resolved in the face of adversity, an appeal which clearly struck a chord with the author panel. Tucked in her piece was mention of Rem Koolhaas’s allegation of “historical amnesia” for what historic preservationists have wrought. [Read more…] about The Cronocaos Exhibit at the New Museum: Rem Koolhaas Says Make No Little Plans.

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Design, Feature Posts, Historic, Review Tagged With: architecture biennale, Cronocaos, historic preservation, New Museum, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, OMA, Rem Koolhaas

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