Meatpacking District Luxury Condos and Apartments

Meatpacking District Luxury Condos and Apartments Attractive to Creative Professionals

Meatpacking District luxury condos and apartments are located in lower Manhattan.  The district roughly runs north to south from West 14^th St. to Gansevoort St.  From east to west, it goes from the Hudson River to Hudson St.  Some designations have it running north to West 16^th St and east beyond Hudson St.

Development here dates back to the mid 19^th Century.  Prior to that, it was the location of Fort Gansevort and part of Greenwich Village.  The expansion of New York City northward from the southern tip of Manhattan eventually overwhelmed the area.  The district retains an irregular pattern of streets which resulted from the merging of the Greenwich Village street layout with that imposed by the city of New York under the Commisioners’ Plan of 1811.  This strove to impose an orderly grid on the undeveloped portions of Manhattan.

Meatpacking district luxury condos and apartments occupy some of the original rowhouses that began being constructed here in the 1840’s.  Townhouses were also built, and many were later subdivided into tenements.  Some of these units have been renovated to include their original Greek Revival Style elements that were popular at the time.

Freight yards of the Hudson River Railroad replaced Fort Gansevoort in the mid 19^th Century.  The district continued to develop as a mix of heavy industry and residential which had become unusual by that point with most areas of the city tending towards one or the other.

Places to See and Their Websites

• Hotels
• The Maritime Hotel
  Hotel Gansevoort
  The Standard New York
  GEM Hotel – Chelsea, an Ascend Collection Hotel
  Washington Square Hotel
  The Desmond Tutu Center
  Hampton Inn New York Chelsea
  W New York – Union Square
• Attractions’
• Chelsea Piers
  Hudson River Park at Pier 54
  The Joyce Theater
  Paula Cooper Gallery
  Rubin Museum of Art
• Restaurants
• Del Posto
  Ruby Foo’s Times Square
  Peter Luger Steak House
  WD-50
  Smith & Wollensky
  Rosa Mexicano – East Side
  Gilt
  Morimoto
  Virgil’s Barbecue
  Momofuku Ssam Bar
  Radegast Hall & Biergarten
• Shopping
• James Perse – Women
  Apple Store – SoHo
  3.1 Phillip Lim
  H & M – SoHo
  Barneys Co-Op – SoHo
  Bloomingdale’s – SoHo

District Experiences Renewal

The meatpacking district became steadily more densely packed with both industry and residences throughout the 19^th and into the 20^th century.  Elevated rail lines and subways meant higher volumes of freight and people could be readily shuttled in and out of this dense section of city.  The freight yards of the Hudson River Railway became an open air space for the buying and selling of regional produce starting in 1879.  Brick buildings on the river side of West St. were employed for the sale of meat, poultry, and dairy beginning in 1884.  250 slaughterhouses and packing plants were in operation here by 1900.  Since there removal the area has become increasingly popular for residential use as it has such a convenient location in lower Manhattan.

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