Joel Sternfeld: Walking the High Line: Revised Edition by Joel Sternfeld (Englis

Description: Joel Sternfeld: Walking the High Line by Joel Sternfeld, Adam Gopnik, John Stilgoe, Holger Feroudj /. Steidl Design All of the stars had to align for the High Line to be saved-and they did. This little book was one of those stars. - Joel SternfeldIn one of his last acts as mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani signed an order permitting the High Line, that beloved elevated railroad ruin which snaked down the west side of Manhattan, to be torn down. Everyone who had managed to climb up onto the High Line loved it: the wildflowers growing through disused tracks, the birds that followed the path north in spring, and south again in fall-that rural feeling magically flowing through the city like an unbidden river. Who didnt love the High Line? Those who owned the land beneath it and longed to erect high-rise buildings on the site, if only the High Line wasnt blocking their way. And so when Giuliani signed that order, the Friends of the High Line, the small community organization led by Robert Hammond and Joshua David, sprang into legal action, seeking an injunction.For over a year, Joel Sternfeld had already been photographing this hidden jewel in every season, so New Yorkers could visually climb up and see it too. In October 2001, while the rubble of the World Trade Center was still smoldering, Gerhard Steidl accepted Sternfelds urgent request to make a book and flew to New York: together they designed Walking the High Line and just seven weeks later it was delivered, a vision for the wildly successful park that today hosts over two million visitors a year. Now in a new edition with nine additional photos, a larger format and an updated timeline, this is the book that made walking the High Line possible. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography A major figure in the photography world, Joel Sternfeld was born in New York City in 1944. He has received numerous awards including two Guggenheim fellowships, a Prix de Rome and the Citibank Photography Award. Sternfeld holds the Nobel Foundation Chair in Art and Cultural History at Sarah Lawrence College. His books published by Steidl include American Prospects (2003), Sweet Earth (2006), Oxbow Archive (2008), First Pictures (2012), Landscape as Longing (2016) with Frank Gohlke, Rome after Rome (2019) and Our Loss (2019). Long Description A newly expanded edition of Sternfelds popular portrayal of the High Lines early days With nine additional photos, a larger format and an expanded, up-to-date timeline, this is the new and revised edition of Joel Sternfelds Walking the High Line , which documents the overgrown elevated freight rail line above New Yorks West Side before it was transformed into the cherished High Line public park in 2009. In the dark days following the September 11 attacks in New York in 2001, Joel Sternfeld came to Gerhard Steidl with the hope of quickly making a book. For the previous two years Sternfeld had been photographing the abandoned railroad and working with a group, the Friends of the High Line, that wanted to save it and turn it into a park. Powerful real estate and political interests seeking to tear it down and commercially develop the land beneath it were using the chaos of the period to rush forward their plans. Steidl agreed--six weeks later there were finished books in New York. It was a small volume but it played a crucial role in allowing New Yorkers to see for the first time the beauty of a secret railroad in all the seasons. Like the photographs made by William Henry Jackson in the 1870s of Yellowstone that led Congress to establish a national park, the pictures proved pivotal in the making of the High Lines reputation. Details ISBN3958297641 Short Title Joel Sternfeld: Walking the High Line Language English ISBN-10 3958297641 ISBN-13 9783958297647 Format Hardcover Subtitle Revised Edition Author Holger Feroudj /. Steidl Design Publisher Steidl Publishers Imprint Steidl Verlag Place of Publication Gottingen Country of Publication Germany Year 2023 UK Release Date 2023-12-28 DEWEY 779.47471 Audience General Pages 68 Illustrations Four-color process; 6 Illustrations, black and white; 58 Illustrations, color Publication Date 2023-10-19 AU Release Date 2024-03-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161414561;

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