On The High Line: The Photo Site

An online companion to the book by Annik LaFarge

Section Three

16th - 20th Streets

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Death Avenue Amphitheater 
Watching — and filming — traffic in the Death Avenue Amphitheater
Kids performing in the Death Avenue Amphitheater, July 2011

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The West Side Cowboy

Photos of the”West Side Cowboy” through the decades. Click here to watch rare video footage of “the original urban cowboy” and here to read about George Hayde’s final ride.

George Hayde & Cyclone, March 29, 1941: the last “West Side Cowboy” to ride up the avenue, passing 25th Street. Photo: Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Photo: West Side Improvement Brochure
Cowboy riding north on Tenth Avenue past the Guardian Angel Church, 1931. Photo: Percy Loomis Sperr @ Milstein Division, The New York Public Library
Cowboy waving red flag, just south of the 15th Street Uneeda Biscuit, or Nabisco, factory. Photo: George Grantham Bain
Cowboy in formal uniform riding past Swift & Co. at 13th Street Market. Photo: George Grantham Bain
Cowboy in a formal uniform preceding a locomotive. Photo: George Grantham Bain

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Tenth Avenue Square
The Tenth Avenue Square on a busy summer day, August 2016
Reading in the Tenth Avenue Square
Trifoliate maple, Acer triflorum, with bark the color of tarnished brass, in the Tenth Avenue Square
Horticulturists working in the Tenth Avenue Square, March 2017

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Chelsea Grasslands
Aerial view of the Chelsea Grasslands, looking north, July 2012
Aerial view of the Chelsea Grasslands, looking south and showing new architecture, May 2023
A couple walking through the Chelsea Grasslands with their service dog, December 2015
Chelsea Grasslands, August 2018. At left, the IAC building; at right, The Kitchen
Chelsea Grasslands during a nor’easter, June 29, 2011
Everything in bloom in the Chelsea Grasslands in June 2013

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New Architecture along the High Line, Part One 
Aerial view of High Line architecture, December 2011. Left to right: IAC, Nouvel, Metal Shutter Houses, 520 W. 19, The Kitchen. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
Aerial view of High Line architecture, December 2011. Left to right: IAC, Nouvel, Metal Shutter Houses, 520 W. 19, The Kitchen
From right to left, looking east: The XI, IAC HQ, Jean Nouvel apartments. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
From right to left, looking east: The XI, IAC HQ, Jean Nouvel apartments
High Line Architecture: From left to right: Lantern Houses, The Kitchen, 520 W. 19, Metal Shutter Houses, IAC HQ. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
From left to right: Lantern Houses, The Kitchen, 520 W. 19, Metal Shutter Houses, IAC HQ
Dusk mirrored on the facade of the IAC building. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
Dusk mirrored on the IAC facade
The facades of the Jean Nouvel apartments (left) and IAC HQ. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
Facades of Nouvel apartments (left) + IAC
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The “sail building,” AKA the IAC HQ, photographed from the Hudson River
The Solar Carve, looking south. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
The Solar Carve, looking south
The Solar Carve, looking west. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
The Solar Carve, looking west
Before the Solar Carve: this loading dock with its once-revolving meat hooks was a vivid reminder of the neighborhood’s past
Rooftop view of the Maritime Hotel. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line
Rooftop view of the Maritime Hotel

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