Top architects, including Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry,
Annabelle Selldorf and Shigeru Ban, are working on structures next to the new $170
million public park in a part of the city where there were previously
only elevated rail tracks. These architects have recently designed
residential and commercial buildings along the High Line, a
one-and-a-half-mile stretch of elevated rail
tracks along 10th and 11th avenues between 34th and Gansevoort streets
in Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. Brokers say more of these kinds of buildings won’t be built in the city for many years because developers will be cutting costs and choosing designs that are the least expensive to build.