| Chelsea New York
Art, sports, restaurants and river traffic - that’s Chelsea and a lot of people love it. Transportation and commerce, railroads, steamships and the "El" train - built this neighborhood, which has the Hudson River in its backyard. In 1944, the Fashion Institute of Technology opened and attracted artists and designers to the neighborhood. Today, the area vies with SoHo as the city’s most active art district, with dealers converting industrial spaces into galleries. The White Star Pier and three others between 17th and 23rd Streets have been transformed into an enormous indoor-outdoor sports complex called Chelsea more
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