Chelsea Piers – The Chelsea Piers were the city’s primary luxury cruise terminal from 1910 until 1935. The RMS Titanic was headed to Pier 60 as it departed from Southhampton, England. The northern piers are now part of an entertainment and sports complex, complete with a driving range, an ice skating rink and a rock climbing wall. It is operated by Roland W. Betts.

Chelsea Market – In formerly the home of the National Biscuit Company, where the oreo cookie was invented currently sits the Chelsea Market. This indoor marketplace hosts a variety of vendors, including bakeries, Italian grocery stores, a fish market, Manhattan Fruit Exchange, wine store, and many others.

Chelsea Studios – Numerous television shows like the Tyra Banks show and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego have been produced in these Studios.

Hotel Chelsea – Built in 1883-1885 and designed by Hubert, Pirsson & Co., it was New York’s first cooperative apartment complex and was the tallest building in the city until 1902. After the theater district migrated uptown and the neighborhood became commercialized, the residential building folded and in 1905 it was turned into a hotel. The Hotel has been the home of numerous writers, musicians, artists, and actors, including Bob Dylan, Virgil Thomson, Charles Bukowski, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams and Virgil Thomson, and the subject of books, films (Chelsea Girls, 1966) and music.

Hudson River Park – The entire Hudson River waterfront from 59th Street to the Battery including most of associated piers is being transformed into a joint city/state park with non-traditional uses.The park has Bicycle and pedestrian paths, tennis and soccer fields, batting cages, children’s playground, dog runs, recreational piers, and many other features.

Starett-Lehigh Building – This huge full-block freight terminal and warehouse on West 26th Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues was built in 1930-1931 as a joint venture of the Starett real estate firm and the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and was engineered so that trains could pull directly into the ground floor of the building. Designed by Cory & Cory, the industrial behemoth was so architecturally notable that it was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s 1932 “International Style” exhibition, one of only a few American buildings to be so honored. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1966.