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8 Rubin Museum
of Art
150 W. 17th St. Map 8 E5. Tel (212) 620-
5000. q 14th St, 18th St. Open 11am–
5pm Mon & Thu, 11am–9pm Wed,
11am–10pm Fri, 11am–6pm Sat &
Sun. ∑ rubinmuseum.org
This museum is a lesser-known
treasure, with a collection of 2,000
paintings, sculptures, and textiles
from the Himalayas, Tibet, India,
and the neighboring regions. The
Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
recreates an authentic shrine
with flickering lamps, and an The High Line links Chelsea, Midtown, and the Meatpacking District
exhibit that rotates every two
years to display the four Tibetan the organization Friends of the into a center with a vast range
religious traditions. High Line to save the structure of sports and leisure activities.
The museum also hosts from demolition. The facilities include skating
captivating travel exhibitions Extending from Gansevoort rinks, running tracks, a rock-
and programs, with concerts, Street to 34th Street, the park has climbing wall, a golf driving
debates, and films. Café Serai, played an important role in the range, a marina, and TV and film
on the ground floor, serves gentri fication of the neighbor- production sound stages.
Himalayan food. hood. The sensational elevated
promenade-cum-public-park
stands 30-ft (9-m) high, with views q Chelsea Art
9 High Line and gardens en route. At intervals, Galleries
there are art installations and food
Access at Gansevoort St, 14th St, Between W 19th St and W 27th St,
16th St, 18th St, and every two or vendors. Highlights include a around 10th and 11th Aves. Map 7 C4.
three blocks to 34th St. Map 3 B1. Tel subtle water feature between q 23rd St. Open usually 10am–6pm
(212) 500-6035. q 23rd St; 14th St (on 14th and 15th streets, and an Tue–Sat. ∑ nygallerytours.com
lines A, C, E); 8th Ave L; Christopher St/ amphitheater that offers an
Sheridan Sq. Open 7am–11pm daily incredible view of 10th Avenue. Attracted by cheap rents,
(to 7pm in winter). ∑ thehighline.org the many galleries that set up
shop in Chelsea during the 1990s
An ambitious urban renewal 0 Chelsea Piers were a driving force in this
project that links Midtown, Complex area’s resurgence. Between
Chelsea, and the Meatpacking 150 and 200 venues are here,
District, the High Line is a 11th Ave (17th to 23rd Sts) Map 7 B5. exhibiting work from up-and-
fantastic transformation of a Tel (212) 336-6666. q14th St, 18th St, coming artists in all manner of
disused, elevated railway. While 23rd St. @ M14, M23. Open daily. & media. Check out P.P.O.W. or
the line was originally built ∑ chelseapiers.com David Zwirner, which have a
between 1929 and 1934, it lay reputation for intriguing or
abandoned for years. In 1999, For this mammoth complex, four provocative work. Try to avoid
two local residents created neglected piers were converted Saturdays, when art-crawler
traffic is at its heaviest.

w General
Theological
Seminary
440 W 21st St. Map 7 C4. Tel (212)
243-5150. q 23rd St. Open 10am–
3pm Mon–Fri. 5 11:45am Mon &
Wed–Fri, 6pm Tue & Sun. ^ 7
∑ gts.edu
Founded in 1817, this block-
square campus accepts 150
students at a time to train for the
Episcopal priesthood. Clement
Aerial view of the Chelsea Piers Complex Clarke Moore, a professor of

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