The Highline is an elevated rail along a portion of 10th Avenue in NYC. It was built in the 1930s and closed in 1980. Now, thanks to Friends of the Highline, the remaining elevated tracks are being converted to a park. Four finalists have been chosen in the competition to design the park. The teams will be exhibiting their visions at Center for Architecture July …
2003.07.11 Manhattan User’s Guide reported that Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal at JFK, that glorious, swooping, curvilinear icon, which proves that a building doesn’t need great height in order to soar, is about to be destroyed by the Port Authority. 2003.11.06 Again via Manhattan User’s Guide, news on the JFK TWA Terminal. This time good: The Port Authority and JetBlue have done the right thing, thanks …
The design decision for the next World Trade Center is down to 2 possibilities. One is from THINK, the other from Libeskind. More information is on the Lower Manhattan Web Site
