Chelsea and the West Village, New York City

breakingnews · 05-09-2005, 08:06 PM

I've had an urge to go on a walking tour of my neighborhood and get some photos of the area. So that's what I did on Sunday when the clouds broke and the sun appeared. Except I had to be somewhere soon, so these are kind of rushed. I promise some more creative shots later in the series.

Anyway, I live in this place called Manhattan. My street works well for most people since it borders on three neighborhoods: if you're straight, you live in the West Village; if you're gay, you live in Chelsea; if you're not sure, you live in the Meatpacking district.

Today's entry is walking west into the Meatpacking district. Yes, somebody thought it would be really cool to open velvet-rope clubs and trendy restaurants next door to B&S Wholesale Meats.

This is my street.

Here are some pigeons being fed at Jackson Square park.

Here's the woman feeding them.

This is 13th Street (left), where Greenwich Avenue begins (right).

This is Corner Bistro, home of probably New York's best bacon cheeseburger ($6). I go there often (beers are $2).

This is the meapacking district. Cobblestone streets, fancy shops, unnecessarily over-priced restaurants and droves of beautiful women (men too).

The Gransevoort Hotel

Those stores must smell horrible when the actual packing of the meat is going on during the day.

To the upper right is the end of High Line, which was this elevated train discontinued some years ago. There's a movement to restore the area and turn it into pedestrian walkway. Think of it like an urban boardwalk.

breakingnews · 05-09-2005, 08:08 PM

Yes, meatpacking.

All your favorite brands.

This is Hogs & Heifers, a nationally renown biker bar - a block from where 40% of Sex and the City took place/was filmed.

As you can see, they like their hogs.

About 150 feet away is 14th St and Washington St., where all the hip clubs and extravagant no-name clothing designers are.

Even the rich do not have shame here.

Hudson St., facing south (the opposite end of the first Meatpacking photo).

richlevy · 05-09-2005, 08:11 PM

Nice shots. What kind of camera did you use?

wolf · 05-09-2005, 11:21 PM

Great pics! I love the one of the pigeons in motion with the obviously (to me) crazy person walking through the throng.

breakingnews · 05-10-2005, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Nice shots. What kind of camera did you use?

Just a Sony DSC-P8 (3.2 mp). I'd like to upgrade - that thread started by ... um ... someone last week really got me thinking about it. But I spend so much money on other crap as it is ... I guess a new camera would be a better investment than, say, a few nights of drinking?

Wait, what am I possibly thinking??

Trilby · 05-10-2005, 07:37 AM

Thanks for sharing! I love it! That building at 13th where Greenwich Ave. begins was on a Peter, Paul and Mary album! Cool! I have dreams about living in NYC...it seems like the ultimate place.

breakingnews · 05-10-2005, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I have dreams about living in NYC...it seems like the ultimate place.

Why don't you move? It's a fun place ... and contrary to popular belief, anyone can live here. Not at all hard to find a job, and if you put in a little extra effort you can find housing that is do-able on any salary.

Truthfully I am more of a suburban type, but for now, at 24 years of age, New York is very accommodating to my affection for sex, drugs and alcohol.

Next installment: Chelsea and lower Hell's Kitchen

Trilby · 05-10-2005, 09:09 AM

I take it you didn't grow up in NYC? Were you suburban born and bred? And if so, where? NYC seems intimidating for a MidWestern Suburbanite like myself...tho I vacationed there once and LOVED it! I would move, too, but I've two sons...kinda roots you until they are up and out of the homestead...maybe later, though!!

breakingnews · 05-10-2005, 09:44 AM

I grew up in a faraway place called New Jersey. I was nurtured in the lush suburban landscape and intellectual hub known as Princeton, where I played little league baseball and learned to blow apart model rockets 150 feet in the air. In high school, we were too pretentious to hang out at the mall, so instead we popularized the trend of spending every excess moment chatting in one of the town's dozen coffee shops over $3 cups of iced mocha and hot chocolate. I have never been arrested, but I did have a run-in with police when I threw a party my senior year of high school and three assholes thought it would be a good idea to have a beer fight in the middle of the street at 2 am. Really, the average resident has more intelligence than that, but our adoption of recreational drug use made us fit in nicely with national trends, meaning our above-average town really was no different than the norm.

richlevy · 05-10-2005, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breakingnews

Just a Sony DSC-P8 (3.2 mp). I'd like to upgrade - that thread started by ... um ... someone last week really got me thinking about it. But I spend so much money on other crap as it is ... I guess a new camera would be a better investment than, say, a few nights of drinking?

Wait, what am I possibly thinking??

That would be me. The best site I have found is http://www.dpreview.com/, which give you side by side reviews, searches by feature, and a direct link to CNET shopper to compare prices.

Sun_Sparkz · 05-10-2005, 11:54 PM

I loved the picture of the pidgeons in flight too. And the contrating DONT FEED THE PIDGEONS one too.

Your home looks busy - so many people and building after building - how do you breathe??!!

wolf · 05-11-2005, 12:26 AM

I don't think that they do.

I don't like the sensation of having to look directly up to see the sky. And the population density. I don't dig that at all.

breakingnews · 05-11-2005, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

Your home looks busy - so many people and building after building - how do you breathe??!!

You don't. New York is like a vaccuum chamber full of dull, lifeless and uninspiring people. That's just the way it is. But it's fun!

Rich, I'm looking seriously at the Sony V3. I would go for the F828, but that's about twice as much ... and knowing myself, I should probably start at a lesser level and work my way up.

warch · 05-11-2005, 01:36 PM

I'm a sucker for those skinny flat ironesqey buildings. Gets me every time. thanks for a sunny spring day, its rainy here.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-11-2005, 06:40 PM

Thanks news, I've never done much walking in NYC but I have enjoyed a lot of early Sunday morning driving with only the cabs to fight with. You probably see the nuances that make each block unique on foot. Driving, the blocks tend to look alike for long stretches between architectural style changes.

05-09-2005, 08:06 PM	#1
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	Chelsea and the West Village, New York City I've had an urge to go on a walking tour of my neighborhood and get some photos of the area. So that's what I did on Sunday when the clouds broke and the sun appeared. Except I had to be somewhere soon, so these are kind of rushed. I promise some more creative shots later in the series. Anyway, I live in this place called Manhattan. My street works well for most people since it borders on three neighborhoods: if you're straight, you live in the West Village; if you're gay, you live in Chelsea; if you're not sure, you live in the Meatpacking district. Today's entry is walking west into the Meatpacking district. Yes, somebody thought it would be really cool to open velvet-rope clubs and trendy restaurants next door to B&S Wholesale Meats. This is my street. Here are some pigeons being fed at Jackson Square park. Here's the woman feeding them. This is 13th Street (left), where Greenwich Avenue begins (right). This is Corner Bistro, home of probably New York's best bacon cheeseburger ($6). I go there often (beers are $2). This is the meapacking district. Cobblestone streets, fancy shops, unnecessarily over-priced restaurants and droves of beautiful women (men too). The Gransevoort Hotel Those stores must smell horrible when the actual packing of the meat is going on during the day. To the upper right is the end of High Line, which was this elevated train discontinued some years ago. There's a movement to restore the area and turn it into pedestrian walkway. Think of it like an urban boardwalk. __________________ Gone crazy, be back never. Last edited by breakingnews; 05-10-2005 at 08:25 AM.

05-09-2005, 08:08 PM	#2
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	Yes, meatpacking. All your favorite brands. This is Hogs & Heifers, a nationally renown biker bar - a block from where 40% of Sex and the City took place/was filmed. As you can see, they like their hogs. About 150 feet away is 14th St and Washington St., where all the hip clubs and extravagant no-name clothing designers are. Even the rich do not have shame here. Hudson St., facing south (the opposite end of the first Meatpacking photo). __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.

05-09-2005, 08:11 PM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Nice shots. What kind of camera did you use? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-09-2005, 11:21 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Great pics! I love the one of the pigeons in motion with the obviously (to me) crazy person walking through the throng. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-10-2005, 07:37 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Thanks for sharing! I love it! That building at 13th where Greenwich Ave. begins was on a Peter, Paul and Mary album! Cool! I have dreams about living in NYC...it seems like the ultimate place. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-10-2005, 09:09 AM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I take it you didn't grow up in NYC? Were you suburban born and bred? And if so, where? NYC seems intimidating for a MidWestern Suburbanite like myself...tho I vacationed there once and LOVED it! I would move, too, but I've two sons...kinda roots you until they are up and out of the homestead...maybe later, though!! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-10-2005, 09:44 AM	#9
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	I grew up in a faraway place called New Jersey. I was nurtured in the lush suburban landscape and intellectual hub known as Princeton, where I played little league baseball and learned to blow apart model rockets 150 feet in the air. In high school, we were too pretentious to hang out at the mall, so instead we popularized the trend of spending every excess moment chatting in one of the town's dozen coffee shops over $3 cups of iced mocha and hot chocolate. I have never been arrested, but I did have a run-in with police when I threw a party my senior year of high school and three assholes thought it would be a good idea to have a beer fight in the middle of the street at 2 am. Really, the average resident has more intelligence than that, but our adoption of recreational drug use made us fit in nicely with national trends, meaning our above-average town really was no different than the norm. __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.

05-10-2005, 11:54 PM	#11
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	I loved the picture of the pidgeons in flight too. And the contrating DONT FEED THE PIDGEONS one too. Your home looks busy - so many people and building after building - how do you breathe??!! __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

05-11-2005, 12:26 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't think that they do. I don't like the sensation of having to look directly up to see the sky. And the population density. I don't dig that at all. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-11-2005, 01:36 PM	#14
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	I'm a sucker for those skinny flat ironesqey buildings. Gets me every time. thanks for a sunny spring day, its rainy here.

05-11-2005, 06:40 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks news, I've never done much walking in NYC but I have enjoyed a lot of early Sunday morning driving with only the cabs to fight with. You probably see the nuances that make each block unique on foot. Driving, the blocks tend to look alike for long stretches between architectural style changes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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