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A Day Around Chelsea
Morning
Wind your way through Chelsea, starting with the megastores now occupying former “Fashion Row,”
on
6th Avenue
between 18th and 23rd streets. Walk west on 16th Street to 9th Avenue and Chelsea
Market, a one-time Nabisco factory where the first Oreo cookies were made, now a block-long line of
stalls offering all manner of food. The Food Network tapes its TV shows in a street-level studio here.
Continueup9thAvenueto20thStreet,forthe
Chelsea Historic District
,
General Theological
Seminary
and
The High Line
.
Check out “Gallery Row,” from 21st to 27th streets, 10th to 11th av-
enues. A good lunch bet is
The Red Cat
, offering Mediterranean fare.
Afternoon
Walk east on 23rd Street to the
Chelsea Hotel
, and when you get to 6th Avenue, turn uptown for
the big antiques market and the colorful Flower District around 27th Street. A stroll for one. A stroll
for one block further west on 27th brings you to the
Fashion Institute of Technology
, where the
gallery usually has interesting displays.
Head for one of the great hidden treasures in this area,
•
St. John the Baptist Church
• 210 East
31st Street
, whose dingy facade belies a glowing Gothic interior. Continue to 34th Street for
Herald
Square
and
Macy's
.
