In its day, theĬenter of NYC shopping 'meet me at the fountain' was a catch Siegel-Cooper, 'The Big Store-a City in Itself' (1896-1914). Architecture is more restrained because Simpson-Crawford did not want the business of elevated train passengers.Ĭorner (616-632 6th Ave): Bed Bath Beyond, Filene's Basement TJ Maxx. Important gay bookstore driven out by soaring rents.Ĭorner (641 6th Ave): Building with Motherhood Maternity was Simpson-Crawford department store (1900 earlier building on site, 1879 bankrupt 1915). 3 (founded 1865 here 1967).ġ10: Metropolitan Pavilion exhibition spaceĬorner (621 6th Ave): Was the 'Palace of Trade' from 1876 to 1906. Has owned and run this great Old New York joint since 1936.Įdward Norton drinks here in Keeping the Faith.ġ46: Engine Co. Is one of the primary dance spaces in Manhattan. Women's clothing in the heart of boy-friendly Chelsea.Ģ51: Was New York Motion Picture, silent film studiosĬhoreographers. Built in 1962.Ģ57: Lingo snarky boutique, notable for selling The renovation helped spark a return of arts and restaurants to Eighth Avenue.Ĭorner (140 7th Ave): The doorman, when asked,ĭid not know who Chadwin was. James Joyce, but for the developer's daughter. While livingĬorner (169 9th Ave): La Bergamote, French cafe/bakeryīayard Ruskin High School for the HumanitiesĬorner (175 8th Ave): Built in 1942 as the Elgin cinema, converted to one of NYC's premier dance spaces. With her mother and two sisters (1919-20). It lost some of the World Without Us quality thatĬlassic Irish restaurant in an 1853 building.Ĥ49: Poet Edna St. Transforms its neighborhood and hence the city, though Opened to the public as New York City's newest park it truly Weeds and even trees, accessible only to those who risked In its abandonment, the High Lineīecame something of a natural wonder, overgrown with To 34th-mostly running mid-block, so built to avoidĮlevated platform. John's Park Terminal,ġ960 and abandoned in 1980, it now stretches from Gansevoort almost

(more than $2 billion in today's dollars), it originally Philip Glass and Laurie Andersonīridging the street here is a disused elevated railroad that was used to transportįreight along the Westside waterfront, replacing the street-level tracks at 10th and 11th avenues that earned those roads the nickname 'Death Avenue.' Built in 1929 at a cost of $150 million Straight disco where Bruce Willis worked as aīartender. Gehry's first major building serves as the headquarters Also the Pier 60 event space.Ĭorner (555 W 18th): Star architect Frank Now houses the Sports Center at Chelsea Piers, featuring swimming, running, cycling, rock climbing, basketball, sand volleyball, boxing, weight lifting, yoga, pilates and more. Manhattan to take part in the Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens sailed from this pier in 1936 aboard the S.S. When that fell through, the piers were turned over to a private entity, Chelsea Piers Management, for development into a sports complex-which opened in stages starting in 1995. Troops departed from here to the European front in both world wars.Īs passengers took to the air and freight traffic shifted to New Jersey, the Chelsea Piers declined, until by the 1980s they were almost demolished for the West Side Highway project. A waterfront complex designed by Warren & Wetmore and opened in 1910, these piers were a major hub for both freight and passenger liners many immigrants actually docked here first before being taken by ferry to Ellis Island.

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