It's been a while since I did a longform video, so I decided to take a journey up the High Line, to highlight the amazing new architecture springing up around it. On a walk up this linear park, you can see buildings by Bjarke Ingels, Zaha Hadid, Thomas Heatherwick, Neil Denari, and others.
Join me on this architectural walk!
Below are some photos of recent tours I’ve done helping groups discover New York City’s newest neighborhood, the Hudson Yards. This $25 billion, 28-acre rebirth of the West Side is the largest private real estate development in the city’s history, and it’s been a blast helping people learn the site’s history, along with its neighbor, the High Line.
And a walk up the Vessel certainly makes for an interesting perspective.
The project, like almost anything in NYC, is not without its debates and controversies, along of which we discuss on the tours. But the long story of New York is a story of constant change, and Hudson Yards is just the newest chapter in its never-ending tale.
We have public tours several afternoons each month, and are always available for private tours.
One tour I've been getting a lot of bookings for lately is a 2+ hour walking tour of Greenwich Village, and the High Line. It's a great tour (contact me for info!). Sandwiched in the middle of this tour is a visit to the historic Meatpacking District.
During the early half of the 20th century, this industrial neighborhood was the hub of New York City's food industry... over 250 slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants were operating there around the turn of the century. The current, popular Chelsea Market was at that time the home of the National Biscuit Company (NaBisCo) and the birthplace of the Oreo cookie. After WWII, the industry, and the neighborhood, fell into sharp decline. This article below from today has some great shots of the area at its most desolate... it's quite a fascinating look back:
'Vintage photos uncover the industrial origins of Meatpacking District locales'
What does this area-- which has experienced one of NYC's most dramatic renaissances-- look like today? I would love to help you discover it.
