These days, art and fashion seem to go together like hand and glove, so it makes perfect sense that New York’s gallery
district neighbors fashion-design central. Chelsea, a neighborhood defined for many years by its all inclusive attitude and
its landmark hotel (the Chelsea Hotel has housed a number of rock stars and writers to include Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas,
O. Henry and most infamously, Sid Viscous and Nancy Spungeon), is now one of the city’s hottest zip codes, thanks to the
many art galleries, restaurants and bars that have moved into former warehouses located west of Ninth Avenue. During
seasonal art openings, the area buzzes with cocktail-wielding gallery-hoppers who are as interesting to look at as the art
itself. East of Ninth Avenue, the crowds get thicker, the merchants are more abundant and the warehouses give way to
stunning landmark townhouses, prewar co-ops and new luxury rental buildings. Some of the latest to crop up along Sixth
Avenue are the Tate, the Westminster and the Sierra. Though eye-pleasing in their own right, traditionalists may prefer
the look of Historic Chelsea’s Cushman Row, located between Ninth and Tenth Avenues on 20th Street. The best deals,
however, are found further uptown in the west 30’s, where dining options and clothing stores are less prevalent, but
price-per-square-foot offers more bang for your buck.
As you continue northbound on Seventh Avenue, the
buildings grow taller and the streets more hectic: Welcome to Fashion Avenue and Fashion Center! Everywhere you look, r
acks of beautiful garments are being loaded, unloaded, pushed up the sidewalk, delivered to retailers—this is where F.I.T.
grooms its bright-eyed hopefuls into the next Donna Karans and Calvin Kleins of the world (the former even has offices in
the neighborhood). It’s also where millions of shoppers flock to snap up the bargains at Macy’s, an equal number take in
events at Madison Square Garden and more yet travel daily through Penn Station. In terms of housing, there is a lot going
on within the boundaries of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, between 34th and 42nd Streets.
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