High Line

When nonprofit organization Friends of the High Line saved the massive West Side elevated railroad from threatened demolition, it chose Diller Scofidio + Renfro to transform the track into a one-of-a-kind elevated park. Adding structural steel to the existing framework became integral to the firm’s design vision as it sought to play up the greenway’s colossal steel underpinnings as much as possible, revealing steel girders and creating a balance between between the High Line’s newest and oldest elements.

New York, NY

When nonprofit organization Friends of the High Line saved the massive West Side elevated railroad from threatened demolition, it chose Diller Scofidio + Renfro to transform the track into a one-of-a-kind elevated park. Adding structural steel to the existing framework became integral to the firm’s design vision as it sought to play up the greenway’s colossal steel underpinnings as much as possible, revealing steel girders and creating a balance between between the High Line’s newest and oldest elements.

Location: Gansevoort Street to 30th Street New York, NY
Owner: City of New York New York, NY
Developer: Friends of the High Line New York, NY
Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold New York, NY;
Robert Silman Associates New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Buro Happold New York, NY
General Contractor: KÍSKA Construction Corp. New York, NY
Structural Steel Erector: KÍSKA Construction Corp. New York, NY
Miscellaneous Iron Erector: KÍSKA Construction Corp. New York, NY
Architectural Metal Erector: KÍSKA Construction Corp. New York, NY
Metal Deck Erector: KÍSKA Construction Corp. New York, NY


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