In a city renowned as an international art hub, the West Village and Chelsea stand out as two of New York’s most architecturally and culturally vibrant communities. The lively area around Washington Square Park is home to the NYU campus and many of its remarkable buildings. Directly north of the West Village, the converted industrial warehouses and factories of Chelsea are now home to one of the world’s densest concentrations of galleries making this area a driving force in the art world. Specific examples that will be discussed include Washington Square Park, NYU buildings, the Whitney Museum, the Standard Hotel, the High Line, Hudson Yards, Javits Center, Penn Station, and more.
Famous buildings featured on this tour:
Washington Sq. Park 1827
Washington Sq. Arch, Stanford White, 1889
Washington Mews, Maynicke & Franke (converted), 1830’s (1916)
Jefferson Market Library, Frederick Clarke Withers, 1874-77
West Village Appartments, Richard Meyer,
High Line, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, James Corner, 2008-2015
Whitney Museum of American Art, Renzo Piano, 2015
Standard Hotel, Polshek Partnership Architects, 2009
One High Line, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, 2023
Diane Von Fustenberg HQ, Work AC,
Little Island, IAC building, Frank Gehry, 2007
100 11th Avenue, Jean Nouvel,
HL23, Niel Denari
Porter House, Shop Architects
520 West 28th Street, Zaha Hadid Architects,
Maritime Hotel, Albert C. Ledner, 1960s
Hudson Yards, Kohn Pederson Fox, 2018
The Vessel, Thomas Hetherwick, 15 Hudson Yards, Diller Scoffidio + Renfro,
35 Hudson Yards, SOM,
The Spiral, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group,
1 Manhattan West, SOM,
The Javits Center, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, 1986
Penn Station, McKim, Mead & White, FX Collaborative, ASTM, 2023
Washington Sq. Arch, Stanford White, 1889
Washington Mews, Maynicke & Franke (converted), 1830’s (1916)
Jefferson Market Library, Frederick Clarke Withers, 1874-77
West Village Appartments, Richard Meyer,
High Line, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, James Corner, 2008-2015
Whitney Museum of American Art, Renzo Piano, 2015
Standard Hotel, Polshek Partnership Architects, 2009
One High Line, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, 2023
Diane Von Fustenberg HQ, Work AC,
Little Island, IAC building, Frank Gehry, 2007
100 11th Avenue, Jean Nouvel,
HL23, Niel Denari
Porter House, Shop Architects
520 West 28th Street, Zaha Hadid Architects,
Maritime Hotel, Albert C. Ledner, 1960s
Hudson Yards, Kohn Pederson Fox, 2018
The Vessel, Thomas Hetherwick, 15 Hudson Yards, Diller Scoffidio + Renfro,
35 Hudson Yards, SOM,
The Spiral, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group,
1 Manhattan West, SOM,
The Javits Center, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, 1986
Penn Station, McKim, Mead & White, FX Collaborative, ASTM, 2023
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