Chelsea

Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It is located to the south of Hell's Kitchen and the Garment District 34th Street, and north of Greenwich Village, and the Meatpacking District that centers on West 14th Street. The neighborhood is part of Manhattan Community Board 4 and Manhattan Community Board 5. An area in the neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Chelsea Historic District.

Chelsea is sometimes referred to, along with Hell's Kitchen, as Manhattan West. A longstanding weekly newspaper is called the "Chelsea-Clinton News." The weekly newspaper, "Chelsea Now", also serves the neighborhood.

Education:

In Chelsea there are three Public schools: Public School 11, also known as the William T Harris school, or PS 11 to its students and Intermediate School 70, also known as O'Henry, IS 70, and the Liberty High School For Newcomers. Chelsea is home to the Fashion Institute of Technology, a specialized SUNY unit which serves as a talent wellspring for the city's fashion and design industries. The School of Visual Arts, The High School of Fashion Industries and Touro College also have a presence in the design fields. The neighborhood is also home to The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, a graduate institution for the training of Christian leaders and the oldest seminary in the Anglican Communion. The Center for Jewish History, a consortium of several national research organizations, is a unified library, exhibition, conference, lecture and performance venue, located on 17th st. between 6th and 5th ave.

Culture:

Since the mid-1990s, Chelsea has become a center of the New York art scene, as art galleries moved there from SoHo. From 16th Street to 27th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues, there are more than 350 art galleries that are home to modern art from upcoming artists and respected artists as well. Along with the art galleries, Chelsea is home to the Rubin Museum of Art - with a focus on Himalayan art, the Chelsea Art Museum, the Graffiti Research Lab and the Dance Theater Workshop - a performance space and support organization for dance companies. The community, in fact is home to many well regarded performance venues, among them the Joyce Theater - one of the city's premier modern dance emporiums and The Kitchen - a center for cutting edge theatrical and visual arts.

 Chelsea has experienced a new construction boom, including a nine-story, computer-designed, shaped glass office building on West Street designed by Frank Gehry, and has become New York's center for aesthetically inspired building by the worlds leading architects.

The district was first added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 (District #77000954), and later expanded to include contiguous blocks containing particularly significant examples of period architecture in 1982 (District #82001190). This, in addition to comprehensive rezoning completed in 2004, is designed to protect the West Chelsea Arts district and allow for the development of world class architecture on its periphery.