TY - BOOK ID - 149846878 TI - New York's new edge : contemporary art, the High Line, and urban megaprojects on the far West Side AU - Halle, David AU - Tiso, Elisabeth PY - 2014 SN - 022637906X 022603254X PB - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Urban renewal KW - Historic districts KW - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (New York, N.Y.) KW - Moynihan Station (New York, N.Y.) KW - Hudson Yards Development Corporation. KW - West Side (New York, N.Y.) KW - Chelsea (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) KW - Chelsea Historic District (New York, N.Y.) KW - High Line (New York, N.Y. : Park) KW - Gansevoort Market Historic District (New York, N.Y.) KW - contemporary art, high line, new york, city, urban, west side, architecture, revitalization, chelsea gallery district, galleries, collectors, tourism, historical preservation, renewal, planning, gansevoort market, hudson yards development, manhattan, megaprojects, javits convention center, fashion central, google headquarters, whitney museum, moynihan station, stadium, rezoning, zoning, affordable housing, infrastructure, subway, nonfiction, history, politics, government, sociology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149846878 AB - The story of New York’s west side no longer stars the Sharks and the Jets. Instead it’s a story of urban transformation, cultural shifts, and an expanding contemporary art scene. The Chelsea Gallery District has become New York’s most dominant neighborhood for contemporary art, and the streets of the west side are filled with gallery owners, art collectors, and tourists. Developments like the High Line, historical preservation projects like the Gansevoort Market, the Chelsea galleries, and plans for megaprojects like the Hudson Yards Development have redefined what is now being called the “Far West Side” of Manhattan. David Halle and Elisabeth Tiso offer a deep analysis of the transforming district in New York’s New Edge, and the result is a new understanding of how we perceive and interpret culture and the city in New York’s gallery district. From individual interviews with gallery owners to the behind-the-scenes politics of preservation initiatives and megaprojects, the book provides an in-depth account of the developments, obstacles, successes, and failures of the area and the factors that have contributed to them. ER -