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An Apollonaut travel guide
A museum by the river.
An introduction to the Meatpacking District in Lower Manhattan, where the Whitney stands at the southern entrance to the High Line, close to the Hudson.
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Read the city from the terraces
The Whitney stands at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets, where the High Line begins. From its terraces you can look over the old streets of the neighbourhood towards the Hudson and the towers of Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
A city guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Notice how a building meets its street, an elevated park and a river.
Metal, glass and terraces
Renzo Piano’s building rises in stepped terraces linked by an outdoor staircase, with large column-free galleries inside.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was made and maintained. A photograph alone cannot tell you who fitted a panel or built a stair, or the conditions in which they worked.
A Whitney chapter
The Whitney shows how a museum can move with its city: from Greenwich Village to Midtown, to the Upper East Side and back downtown by the river.
Look at the meeting of old and new: low brick buildings in the streets below and the museum’s metal and glass above them.
Make room for context
Pair this city reading with the Whitney’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the people who made them.
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Sources & further reading
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