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WEST CHELSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT Designation Report WEST CHELSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT Designation Report New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission July 15, 2008 Cover: Terminal Warehouse Company Central Stores (601 West 27th Street) (foreground), Starrett-Lehigh Building (601 West 26th Street) (background), by Christopher D. Brazee (2008). West Chelsea Historic District Designation Report Essay researched and written by Christopher D. Brazee & Jennifer L. Most Building Profiles & Architects’ Appendix by Christopher D. Brazee & Jennifer L. Most Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Jennifer L. Most Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo Vengoechea, Vice-Chair Stephen F. Byrns Christopher Moore Diana Chapin Margery Perlmutter Joan Gerner Elizabeth Ryan Roberta Brandes Gratz Roberta Washington Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS WEST CHELSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP........................................................................... 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 2 WEST CHELSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ......................................................... 2 SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................... 4 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST CHELSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT ................................................................................................................... 6 Early History and Development ................................................................................................. 6 Manufacturing in Manhattan....................................................................................................... 9 Manufacturing in West Chelsea................................................................................................ 11 Warehousing in Manhattan....................................................................................................... 14 Warehousing in West Chelsea .................................................................................................. 17 Industrial Architecture in West Chelsea ................................................................................... 18 Post-Industrial West Chelsea .................................................................................................... 23 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 26 BUILDING PROFILES................................................................................................................ 28 West 25th Street, Nos. 501-555 (North Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Avenues)................ 28 West 25th Street, Nos. 564-568 (South Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Avenues)................ 40 West 26th Street, Nos. 513-559 (North Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Avenues)................ 40 West 26th Street, Nos. 500-534 (South Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Avenues)............... 49 West 26th Street, Nos. 601-649 (North Side, between Eleventh & Twelfth Avenues)............. 54 West 26th Street, Nos. 600-626 (South Side, between Eleventh & Twelfth Avenues)............. 57 West 27th Street, Nos. 547-559 (North Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Avenues)................ 57 West 27th Street, Nos. 510-514 & 536-556 (South Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Aves) ... 57 West 27th Street, Nos. 601-651 (North Side, between Eleventh & Twelfth Avenues)............. 62 West 27th Street, Nos. 600-650 (South Side, between Eleventh & Twelfth Avenues)............. 62 West 28th Street, Nos. 548-560 (South Side, between Tenth & Eleventh Avenues)................ 62 West 28th Street, Nos. 600-654 (South Side, between Eleventh & Twelfth Avenues)............. 66 Tenth Avenue, Nos. 259-273 (West Side, between West 25th & West 26th Streets) ................ 66 Eleventh Avenue, Nos. 210-218 (East Side, between West 24th & West 25th Streets)............. 70 Eleventh Avenue, Nos. 239-243 (West Side, between West 25th & West 26th Streets) ........... 73 Eleventh Avenue, Nos. 244-260 (East Side, between West 26th & West 27th Streets)............. 76 Eleventh Avenue, Nos. 245-259 (West Side, between West 26th & West 27th Streets) ........... 80 Eleventh Avenue, Nos. 262-280 (East Side, between West 27th & West 28th Streets)............. 80 Eleventh Avenue, Nos. 261-273 (West Side, between West 27th & West 28th Streets) ........... 83 ARCHITECTS’ APPENDIX........................................................................................................ 90 ILLUSTRATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 106 West Chelsea Historic District West Chelsea Historic District Borough of Manhattan, NY Landmarks Preservation Commission W 29th St Calendaring: March 18, 2008 Public Hearing: May 13, 2008 Continued Public Hearing: June 3, 2008 Designated: July 15, 2008 W 28th St Boundary of Historic District 654 2 548 2 9 8 3 7 0 8 2 Tax Map Lots in Historic District 651 547 W 27th St 536 514 510 W 650 e s e t v e S A v i d h A t e n h t H e n v i g e e l h T 2 E w 4 2 4 a 0 y 0 513 / 649 J W 26th St o 626 600 500 e 534 3 7 D 9 2 i 3 m 2 a g g i o H i g 9 h 5 w 2 Existing Historic Districts a 501 y 555 West Chelsea Historic District 2 W 25th St / 1 568 564 T 8 w e l f t 2 h 1 0 Manhattan A v e n u e Queens W 24th St 0.05 Miles Brooklyn Graphic Source: New York City Department of City Planning, MapPLUTO, Edition 06C, December 2006. Author: JM. July 15, 2008. Landmarks Preservation Commission July 15, 2008, Designation List 404 LP-2302 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On May 13, 2008, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the West Chelsea Historic District (Item No. 1). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Ten witnesses spoke in favor of the designation as proposed, including representatives for Council Speaker and Councilmember for District 3 Christine Quinn, Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Thomas Duane, Manhattan Community Board 4, Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, the Historic Districts Council, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Council of Chelsea Block Associations, and Save Chelsea. One of these speakers expressed interest in expanding the boundaries to include additional properties not within the proposed district. The owners and/or representatives of two properties (a total of ten speakers) were opposed to including their properties or portions of their properties in the proposed district. Representatives of two properties (a total of five speakers) took no position on the proposed district. One witness, representing an owner, asked for zoning changes in order to support the proposed district. One owner asked that the hearing be continued. On June 3, 2008, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a continued public hearing on the West Chelsea Historic District (Item No. 1). The continued hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Four witnesses spoke in favor of the designation as proposed, including representatives for the Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology and the Chelsea Waterside Park Association. The owners and/or representatives of two properties (a total of eight speakers) were opposed to including their properties or portions of their properties in the proposed district. Representatives of one of these properties testified against inclusion at the previous public hearing; the continued public hearing was requested by the owner of the second property. Two letters were also presented to the Commission in support of the proposed designation. WEST CHELSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES The West Chelsea Historic District consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the northern curbline of West 28th Street and the eastern curbline of the West Side Highway (aka Joe DiMaggio Highway, Twelfth Avenue), extending easterly along the northern curbline of West 28th Street to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 548-552 West 28th Street (aka 547-553 West 27th Street), continuing southerly across the roadbed, along said property line, and across the roadbed to the southern curbline of West 27th Street, easterly along said curbline to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 536-542 West 27th Street, southerly along said property line to the southern property line of 534 West 27th Street, easterly along said property line and the southern property lines of 532 through 516 West 27th Street, to the western property line of 510-514 West 27th Street, 2 northerly along said property line to the southern curbline of West 27th Street, easterly along said curbline to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 510-514 West 27th Street, southerly along said property line to the southern property line of 510-514 West 27th Street, westerly along a portion of said property line to the eastern property line of 513 West 26th Street, southerly along said property line and across the roadbed to the northern curbline of West 26th Street, easterly along said curbline to the western
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