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Let It Be
The place has been taken over by native wildflowers, and the Friends' admirable goal has always been to preserve that unlikely wilderness snaking through and above the galleries and gas stations of West Chelsea... But with one notable exception, the four architect-heavy teams chosen as finalists sought answers to the subtle problem through the blunt tool of architecture.
Philip Nobel reviews the four finalists for the High Line Competition, and ruminates on architects' often heavy-handed approach toward design.
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While I disagree with Nobel's assessment of the DS+R scheme, I think he has many valid points, especially regarding the nature of this project. My favorite quote:
everyone...professes to love the High Line just the way it is: untamed, raw, and alluringly forbidden. So what was Zaha Hadid thinking, fresh from her surprising Pritzker Prize win, when she submitted a proposal to layer on a train of spoogie default-mode Zaha Hadid buildings?
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