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Project name: The High Line – Moynihan Connector
Expertise: Structural + Civil Engineering, Transportation
Region: North America
Location: United States
Architect: SOM and Field Operations’
Completion Year: 2023
Size: Site Area: 72,870 square feet
Building Height: 45 feet
Building Gross Area: 13,000 square feet
Collaborators: James Corner Field Operations,WSP,Buro Happold Consulting Engineers,Tillotson Design Associates,Thornton Tomasetti,DVS Security,Pentagram,Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineerstates
Photos: SOM, JCFO | Miysis, Andrew Frasz
The High Line - Moynihan Connector - תוכנן על ידי Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ו-James Corner Field Operations והובל על ידי Empire State Development, רשות הנמל של ניו יורק וניו ג'רזי, Brookfield Properties, הגשר הוא חלק מחזון רב שנים ליצור גישה בטוחה ומהנה יותר להולכי רגל, לחבר אנשים למעבר ולקשר בצורה חלקה בין שטחים פתוחים ציבוריים ונכסים קהילתיים אחרים בשכונה. כפרק האחרון באבולוציה של מידטאון מערב, המחבר מהווה קישור בין סדרה של מרחבים אזרחיים לאורך כל הדרך ממערב מידטאון ועד הווסט וילג'.
Photo Credit: SOM, JCFO | Miysis
Photo Credit: SOM, JCFO | Miysis
Photo Credit: Andrew Frasz
The Connector creates an extraordinary pedestrian experience, composed of two bridges running above Dyer Avenue and West 30th Street. The new bridges create an elevated, accessible, and episodic urban journey from the doorstep of Moynihan Train Hall to the contemporary public spaces of Brookfield's Manhattan West and the verdant gardens and historic structure of the High Line.
This 600-foot-long extension to the High Line, taking the form of two pedestrian bridges, creates one, continuous pathway between Moynihan Train Hall, Manhattan West, and the High Line.
Connecting Midtown West
The High Line – Moynihan Connector—led by Empire State Development, Brookfield Properties, and Friends of the High Line—is part of a long-standing vision to create safer, more enjoyable pedestrian access, connect people to transit, and seamlessly link public open spaces and other community assets in the neighborhood. As the latest chapter in the decade-long evolution of Midtown West in New York City, including the redevelopment of Penn Station, the adaptive reuse of the Farley Building into Moynihan Train Hall with offices above, and the creation of Manhattan West and Hudson Yards, the neighborhood has emerged as a new mixed-use destination knit together by a series of civic spaces that will now be connected to the High Line—one of the most important public spaces and pedestrian paths in New York City.
Photo Credit: SOM, JCFO | Miysis
Photo Credit: SOM, JCFO | Miysis
Photo Credit: SOM, JCFO | Miysis
Elevating the pathway
Designed by SOM and James Corner Field Operations, the Connector is composed of two bridges running above Dyer Avenue and West 30th Street. The Connector forms the final link in a chain of pedestrian pathways from Penn Station to Hudson Yards and the High Line to the West Village. The seamless, fully accessible Connector takes the form of an elevated, 600-foot linear park that creates an episodic urban journey from the contemporary spaces of Midtown West to the verdant gardens and historic structure of the High Line.
Upon exiting Moynihan Train Hall, visitors and commuters cross Ninth Avenue and enter Brookfield Properties’ Manhattan West and its 2.6-acre public plaza, which then leads to the Timber Bridge, a dramatic truss structure that runs the length of Dyer Avenue. They then turn 90 degrees to enter the tree-lined Woodland Bridge along 30th Street, which leads directly to the High Line Spur.
Creating the two bridges
The 260-foot-long Timber Bridge, a glulam Warren truss made from sustainably sourced wood, offers an inviting space protected from the traffic emerging from the Lincoln Tunnel. This structural solution requires minimal connections to the ground, allowing the existing roads to remain undisturbed and maximizing the use of renewable materials. The Woodland Bridge, a 340-foot-long diagonal path lined with trees, introduces the immersive landscape of the High Line. Deep and continuous soil beds built into the structure support large trees characteristic of an Eastern Deciduous Forest that will grow into a lush landscape for birds and native pollinators, provide shade, and shield pedestrians from the traffic below. This container is supported on architecturally exposed weathered columns and angled bracket arms that vary dynamically to reflect the different soil depths along the diagonal pathway.
Photo Credit: Andrew Frasz
Photo Credit: SOM, JCFO | Miysis
Photo Credit: Andrew Frasz
Bringing the bridges together
The two bridges are aesthetically united by Corten steel decking and bronze handrails, which guide pedestrians between the structures. The planting on the Woodland Bridge shifts from high to low to create a varied experience as visitors move from east to west and west to east. The dynamic landscape allows pedestrians to see the timber structure rise over the diagonal pathway and creates a visual link to the trees from Magnolia Court in Manhattan West Plaza. This solution establishes a distinctive sense of place and guides pedestrians to their destinations on both sides of the Connector.
The Connector is the fourth major SOM project in the neighborhood’s evolution. Between the design of Moynihan Train Hall and 35 Hudson Yards, and both the design and master plan for the 7-million-square-foot, mixed-use Manhattan West, SOM has played an essential role in reimagining a former industrial area into a vibrant destination.
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