Chelsea, 23rd Street Between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues

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Here at 23rd Street, just around the corner, is The Half King.  I am COLD and ready for an Irish coffee.  The bartender made a really delicious one and when I complimented him, he said, rather unnecessarily, they're good because they're hot.  And they have alcohol.

The Half King, is a literary bar, being half owned by Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, and they have readings on Monday nights. 

See the construction right next door?


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Here's a view from across the street.  Yet another fancy schmancy building going up in Chelsea; this one called HL23 (for High Line, 23rd Street), by so-called avant-garde architect Neil Denari.  Read all about it in Curbed.  I think it's pretty homely myself, but Curbed is very excited.  However, Denari's website is surprisingly ugly.  Doesn't that tell you something?

See map.