New York's new edge : contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Developing New York's Far West Side: Contemporary Art, the High Line, Megaprojects, and Urban Growth -- Part I. Contemporary Art -- 1. Chelsea as New York's Dominant Contemporary Art Gallery Neighborhood: A Real Estate and Finance Story...
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Developing New York's Far West Side: Contemporary Art, the High Line, Megaprojects, and Urban Growth -- Part I. Contemporary Art -- 1. Chelsea as New York's Dominant Contemporary Art Gallery Neighborhood: A Real Estate and Finance Story -- 2. Contemporary Art and Life -- Part II. "Preservation" Projects -- 3. The High Line -- 4. The Gansevoort Market: From Meat Smells and Prostitution to Historic District, Fashion Central, Google Headquarters, and Whitney Museum -- Part III. Megaprojects: Why They Often Don't Happen or Take So Long If They Do, from Javits Expansion to Moynihan Station and Hurricane Sandy -- 5. The Javits Expansion Fiasco -- 6. The Debate over Urban Stadiums: The New York Sports and Convention Center Fight (2004-2005) -- 7. The Hudson Yards: Rezonings of 2004-2009 and Beyond: The City's Uniform Land-Use Review Process, Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing, Tax Increment Financing and the Number 7 Subway Extension, and the Culture Shed -- 8. Penn/Moynihan Station, 1992-? Fixing Infrastructure -- Part IV. The Challenges to Chelsea's Art Gallery District from the Lower East Side -- 9. The Lower East Side and the New Museum: The Next Chelsea, or Another "Wrong Turn"? -- 10. Balancing Urban Growth and Protection/Preservation -- Notes -- Reference List -- Index. Ausführliche Beschreibung