Posted Apr 3, 2024, 9:25 PM
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https://www.amny.com/news/high-line-...-casino-plans/
How one section of the High Line could throw serious wrinkle into Hudson Yards casino plans
By Barbara Russo
April 3, 2024
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Friends of the High Line , a nonprofit that oversees many aspects of the popular park along with the NYC Parks Department, is asking the Department of City Planning to review proposed rezoning changes put forth by Related Companies, a mega developer that wants to build a full-service “Vegas-style” casino nearby.
….. At the core of the group’s concerns is a change in how the neighborhood will look. As per a negotiated plan from 2009, this part of the High Line, known as the Western Rail Yard, was to remain mostly residential to maximize light, air and views from open spaces.
Rezoning, however, would allow for new skyscrapers and towers to rise — taking away accessible open space, or as Friends of the High Line put it, the neighborhood’s “character.”
In fact, the Western Rail Yard section of the High Line is often fondly to as the “Rail Yard Preserve,” explained Alan van Capelle, executive director of the Friends of the High Line.
“This is not an insignificant piece of this public park. It’s 20% of it,” van Capelle said. “It’s a very important piece of telling the High Line story to see a self-seed landscape that from the east looks into Manhattan and from the west as breathtaking views of the river.”
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…..van Capelle said he is “less concerned about the actual casino,” which represents only about 200,000 square feet of the entire development. His concern is more about how the rezoning could destroy the charm of the area. Hudson Yards on the east was originally designed to be more dense, Alan explained, whereas the western side was to remain spacious and open, per a 2009 agreement with the city.
“Now, they are proposing the same square footage but packed into three mega towers with ginormous podiums that swallow that entire area and close it off from the rest of Manhattan,” he said.
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