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Hudson Yards: Manhattan

• Axonometric: Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Illustration courtesy of Jason Lee, Real Estate Agent. [1]

"Hudson Yards is a 28-acre real estate development in the Hudson Yards neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, between the Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods. It is located on the waterfront of the Hudson River." Wikipedia

[edit] INTRODUCTION

This article is a pictorial survey of Hudson Yards in Manhattan.

It uses a film by Miles Zhang to illustrate the growth of Manhattan and a selection of photographs to illustrate the new buildings.

It ends with a plea from Elizabeth Diller for public space.

[edit] • Pre-history Mannahatta

"If Mannahatta existed today as it did then, it would be a national park — it would be the crowning glory of American national parks."
(Eric Sanderson)

• Animated gif contrasting the landscape of Manhattan with Mannahatta [2]

[edit] • 1609-2019 From Mannahatta to Manhattan

On October 25, 2018, Miles Zheig released a film entitled 'Here Grows New York' which illustrates the growth of Manhattan from 1609 to 2019. [3]

• Table 1: Thumbnails of selected frames from Miles Zhang's film outlining the chronological development of Manhattan, New York City - click to enlarge.

[edit] • Hudson Yards

Table 2 below illustrates the buildings enumerated on the axonometric at the top of this article - see Key.

[edit] • (1) The Mall

Height:

Accommodation: Located on 7 floors

Construction period: 2015-2019

Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox

NOTE:. The Mall contains shops and restaurants - see also (2).

[edit] • (2) The Food

[edit] • (3) The Vessel

Height: 46m

Accommodation: 16 stories

Construction period: 2016-2019

Architect: Thomas Heatherwick

[edit] • (4) The Shed

Height:

Accommodation: variable

Construction period: 2015-2019

Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro

NOTE: As part of the Hudson Yards rezoning plan, the city preserved a parcel of city-owned land on West 30th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, adjacent to The High Line, for future cultural use.

[edit] • (5) The Observatory

Height: 340m

Accommodation: Located on the 100th and 101st floors

Construction period: 2014-2019

Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox

NOTE: 30 Hudson Yards features an 1,100-foot-tall (340 m) outdoor observation deck known as "The Edge", located on the 100th and 101st floors - see (7).

[edit] • (6) 10 Hudson Yards

Height: 268m

Accommodation: 52 floors

Construction period: 2013-2016

Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox

[edit] • (7) 30 Hudson Yards

Height: 395m

Accommodation: 73 floors

Construction period: 2014-2019

Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox

[edit] • (8) Tapestry Inc. (formerly Coach)

Height:

Accommodation: variable

Construction Architect:

NOTE: Headquarters, 10 Hudson Yards - see (6).

[edit] • (9) 15 Hudson Yards

Height: 280m

Accommodation: 88 floors

Construction period: 2014-2019

Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox

[edit] • (10) 35 Hudson Yards

Height: 300m

Accommodation: 72 floors

Construction period: 2015-2019

Architects: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (master planner)

[edit] • (11) 55 Hudson Yards

Height: 240m

Accommodation: 51 floors

Construction period: 2015-2019

Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox and Roche-Dinkeloo

[edit] • (12) 50 Hudson Yards

Height: 299m

Accommodation: 58 floors

Construction period: 2018-2019

Architect: Foster + Partners

[edit] • (13) The High Line

Length: 2.33km

Accommodation: variable

Construction period: 2009

Architects: James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf.

[edit] • (14) The West Yards

Height:

Accommodation: variable

Construction period: c.2012+

Architect:

NOTE: The West Side Yard, between Penn Station and the Hudson River, as it appeared before the Hudson Yards real estate development project broke ground in 2012.

[edit] • (15) The Tunnel Box

Height: 11m Length: 240m

Accommodation: variable

Construction period: 2014-2017

Architect:

[edit] • (16) 441 9th Ave

Height:

Accommodation: 17-story office building on top of renovated eight-story warehouse

Construction period: 2019

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox

NOTE: (16) is hidden behind (12) on the axonometric

• Table 3: Images 1 to 15 relate to buildings enumerated on the axonometric at the top of this article - see Key

"New York is a real-estate town - so it's constantly getting territorialised and privatized. My dream is to preserve public space - preserve unprogrammed space for the public. Park space is part of that. If I could have it my way I would take the whole ground floor of Manhattan and make it public so all of these lobbies, the extended streets and everything."