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CHELSEA AND
THE GARMENT DISTRICT

Developed on former farmland, this area Square, garment and retail districts
really began to take shape in 1830. This was sprouted around it. Some of New
largely thanks to Clement Clarke Moore, who York’s best art galleries flourished in
wrote ’Twas the Night Before Christmas – his the early 1990s, and the transformation
estate comprised most of what is now Chelsea. of the High Line has triggered the
After a long period as a rather gritty development of major condo conversions,
area, a new and fashionable Chelsea affluent town houses, and shops of every
emerged. When Macy’s arrived at Herald variety here.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Museums and Galleries Parks and Squares
2 Empire State Building pp132–3 8 Rubin Museum of Art 3 Herald Square
7 James A. Farley Post Churches 9 High Line
Office Building Markets
q Chelsea Art Galleries 1 Marble Collegiate
Reformed Church
w General Theological Seminary r Chelsea Market
e Chelsea Historic District 5 St. John the Baptist Church Landmark Stores
t Hugh O’Neill Dry Goods Store Modern Architecture 4 Macy’s
6 Madison Square Garden
0 Chelsea Piers Complex
Restaurants see pp299–302
1 Bottino
Lincoln Tunnel
2 Buddakan
T W E L F T H A V E N U E W E S T 3 9 T H S T R E E T 5 The Red Cat
PIER 76 3 Hill Country
4 Morimoto
6 Tia Pol
T E N T H A V E N U E
WEST 38TH ST
PIER 72 E L E V E N T H AV E N U E WEST 37TH ST 7 Trestle on Tenth
WEST 36TH ST
WEST 35TH ST
34th St- WEST 34TH ST DYER AVENUE
Hudson Yards WEST 38TH STREET
WEST 33RD STREET
(7) N I N T H A V E N U E E I G H T H A V E N U E (FASHION AVENUE) 6 1.5km 34th St-
BROADWAY
WEST 30TH STREET
34th St-
WEST 37TH STREET
Penn Station
W E S T 3 9 T H S T R E E T
WEST 36TH STREET
A.C.E
WEST 35TH STREET
F I F T H A V E N U E
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Pennsylvania
WEST 34TH
WEST 28TH ST
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0 meters 500
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0 yards 500 See also Street Finder maps 7, 8
The Empire State Building, an enduring symbol of New York For keys to symbols see back flap
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