The High Line: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in New York's Former Manufacturing Hub
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Joel Sternfeld, Friends of the High Line
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Research ObjectivesPublic space and gentrification have become important facets of urban life in the 21st century. Public space has the ability to act as a catalyst for gentrification, a phenomenon exemplified by The High Line in Chelsea, New York.
Gentrification as defined by Peter Marcuse means "the movement into a previously working-class area by upper-income households, generally professionals, managers, technicians, the new gentry, resulting in the displacement of the former lower-income residents" (Marcuse, 1999, pp. 790-791). The High Line is a valuable resource when investigated gentrification because not only is it a public space in an area of heavy gentrification, but the park underwent gentrification to become what it is today. Parks, such as the High Line, can be valuable assets for neighborhoods because they attract visitors and potential property owner to the area. Determining how a public space is used, who uses it, when it is used and what amenities are available can evaluate the importance of a public space to an area. By observing the High Line as a public space and its relationship to the surrounding area as well as observing the process of gentrification in those areas, a relationship between gentrification and public space could be assessed. |
Cover photo by Laurel Hanson