Event Title
Keep it Wild: Ecogentrification and New York City's High Line
Location
Diamond 221
Start Date
1-5-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Project Type
Presentation- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
The High Line has quickly risen to global fame as a must-see destination in New York City. Initially, the elevated railroad tracks were used to deliver goods to the industrial warehouses of West Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. After the 1950s, use of the High Line declined until it was abandoned in 1980. After many legal battles, a private organization, The Friends of the High Line, took control over the reinvention of the public space as a an urban park. This paper will explore the ways in which the High exemplifies the increasing privatization of public spaces and the creation privileged leisure space. Additionally, this paper will focus on the way that the High Line exemplifies ecogentrification by masking the goal of gentrification with a discourse of sustainability.
Faculty Sponsor
Ben Lisle
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. American Studies Program
CLAS Field of Study
Interdisciplinary Studies
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
822
Keep it Wild: Ecogentrification and New York City's High Line
Diamond 221
The High Line has quickly risen to global fame as a must-see destination in New York City. Initially, the elevated railroad tracks were used to deliver goods to the industrial warehouses of West Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. After the 1950s, use of the High Line declined until it was abandoned in 1980. After many legal battles, a private organization, The Friends of the High Line, took control over the reinvention of the public space as a an urban park. This paper will explore the ways in which the High exemplifies the increasing privatization of public spaces and the creation privileged leisure space. Additionally, this paper will focus on the way that the High Line exemplifies ecogentrification by masking the goal of gentrification with a discourse of sustainability.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/307