Meatpacking District
The Meatpacking District , with the official name Gansevoort Market , is a district (so-called Neighborhood ) in the southwest of Borough Manhattan in New York . It covers an area of approximately 18 hectares and extends south of West 14th Street to Gansevoort Street and from the Hudson River to Hudson Street.
Formerly known for a dodgy mix of meat factories, nightclubs and prostitution, the neighborhood is now undergoing a process of social restructuring .
history
In 1884 the Gansevoort Market named after Peter Gansevoort was founded in the Meatpacking District . The Gansevoort Meat Center opened in 1949 . Around 1900 there were around 250 slaughterhouses in the Meatpacking District, which gave the district its name. Mainly due to increased rents, only about 35 of them are left today.
development
The character of the district is still shaped by industrial buildings. Many designer labels have moved into vacant industrial buildings since the 1990s and continue to contribute to the change in the “scene neighborhood”. In 2004, New York Magazine accelerated the success story of the Meatpacking District with its “New York's most fashionable neighborhood” judgment. The Hotel Gansevoort, along with well-known restaurants and clubs, is one of the region's tourist magnets.
The High Line , an elevated railway line used in the district from 1932 to 1980, which became necessary due to industrial meat production and processing in particular , has been converted into a park since 2006 at great expense with public funds. A first part of the new green area was opened in 2009.
Projects like the redesign of the High Line also make the district attractive to the art scene. For example, the new Whitney Museum of American Art building , designed by Renzo Piano , opened in 2015 opposite the main entrance to the High Line on Gansevoort Street.
As a reaction to new, prestigious building projects, a citizens' initiative was founded that prevented the construction of a 128 m high luxury apartment building in 2004 and achieved that a twelve-block area of the Meatpacking District was listed as a historical monument.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://nymag.com/visitorsguide/neighborhoods/meatpacking.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- www.meatpackingdistrict.com
- www.meatpacking-district.com - Homepage of the Meatpacking District Initiative