Chelsea, Eleventh Avenue Between 24th and 23rd Streets

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Chelsea, Eleventh Avenue Between 24th and 23rd Streets

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Last night we saw the block between 25th and 24th and we also saw a building from the next block. Here it is closer up.



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This is a big deal condo going up and you can read all about it in Curbed. Look for the entries under 200 Eleventh Avenue. The most exciting feature is the sky garage, a car elevator that takes each owner directly to their apartment. Wow. This is good protection for people plagued by those pesky paparazzi.

You notice all this netting on construction sites? I thought maybe it was a new thing, but it turns out it's been required by city law since 1987. On my way to discovering that fact, I also discovered I would die at age 100. You know how when you start typing something in Google, it will offer suggestions? When I typed "when", the first word of my question, google suggested "when will I die". That's kind of hard to ignore. 



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But now, look at this tiny little building next to the fabulous new skyscraper.  When I saw this, I had the same reaction that I have to kittens or puppies, or the occasional baby:  an intake of breath and a little moan. 




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In fact I was motivated to change my lens so I could get a close-up.

Chelsea, Eleventh Avenue at 25th Street

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This is looking back at 25th Street.  That's the Chelsea Arts Tower on the left, not looking quite so fabulous from this view.  And the building on the right is where the art gallery with the 4-legged birds is located.

Which reminds me, I did revisit that gallery today and now I have the information we need.  The gallery is Gana Art and the artist is Shigeru Uchida, a Japanese architect and designer.

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Chelsea, Eleventh Avenue at 25th Street

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25th Street ends here at Eleventh Avenue where two whole blocks are taken up with a post office facility.  The sign said Manhattan VMF.  Through diligent research, I learned that probably means Vehicle Maintenace Facility.




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It's quite a colorful, swoopy sort of place.  Playful, you might say.




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It's something to be happy about.

Chelsea, Eleventh Avenue Between 24th and 25th Streets

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This is the last photo from the walk I took almost two weeks ago. I like to have my photographs more current, but, damn, it has been cold. Windy. If I don't get out tomorrow, and I do plan to get out tomorrow, but if I don't, I'm going to have to start pulling out even older stuff.

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