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==West 23rd Street== |
==West 23rd Street== |
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[[File:Stern Bros 32 W23 Home Depot jeh.jpg|thumb|225px|Former Stern Brothers Department Store]] |
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West 23rd carves through the heart of [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]]. |
West 23rd carves through the heart of [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]]. |
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For much of the late 19th century and early 20th century its western end was site of the [[Pavonia Ferry]] at Pier 63, just north of the [[Chelsea Piers]]. [[London Terrace]] is slight farther inland. In the late 19th century, the western part of 23rd Street was to [[Theater in the United States|American theater]] what [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] is today, with the [[Opera House Palace]] and [[Pike's Opera House]] one block away and Proctor's Theater<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14769 RKO Proctor's Twenty-Third Street Theatre, 139 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011] Cinema Treasures</ref> ("continuous daily vaudeville") across the street from the [[Hotel Chelsea]]. 23rd Street remained New York's main theater strip until [[The Empire (theater)|The Empire]] opened on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] some twenty blocks uptown, ushering in a new era of theater. |
For much of the late 19th century and early 20th century its western end was site of the [[Pavonia Ferry]] at Pier 63, just north of the [[Chelsea Piers]]. [[London Terrace]] is slight farther inland. In the late 19th century, the western part of 23rd Street was to [[Theater in the United States|American theater]] what [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] is today, with the [[Opera House Palace]] and [[Pike's Opera House]] one block away and Proctor's Theater<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14769 RKO Proctor's Twenty-Third Street Theatre, 139 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011] Cinema Treasures</ref> ("continuous daily vaudeville") across the street from the [[Hotel Chelsea]]. 23rd Street remained New York's main theater strip until [[The Empire (theater)|The Empire]] opened on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] some twenty blocks uptown, ushering in a new era of theater. |
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The Hotel Chelsea, [[New York City|New York]]'s first [[housing cooperative|co-op]] [[apartment]] complex, was built here in 1883; it was New York's tallest building until 1902.<ref>{{cite news |title=Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts |first=Lisa |last=Chamberlain |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/nyregion/19chelsea.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 19, 2007 |accessdate=September 19, 2008}}</ref> [[Sid Vicious]] and [[Nancy Spungen]] lived in the Hotel Chelsea. |
The [[Hotel Chelsea]], [[New York City|New York]]'s first [[housing cooperative|co-op]] [[apartment]] complex, was built here in 1883; it was New York's tallest building until 1902.<ref>{{cite news |title=Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts |first=Lisa |last=Chamberlain |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/nyregion/19chelsea.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 19, 2007 |accessdate=September 19, 2008}}</ref> [[Sid Vicious]] and [[Nancy Spungen]] lived in the [[Hotel Chelsea]]. Nancy was stabbed to death in the Hotel Chelsea. |
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The easternmost block of West 23rd is part of the [[Ladies' Mile Historic District]]. |
The easternmost block of West 23rd is part of the [[Ladies' Mile Historic District]]. |
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[[Image:Flatiron crop 20040522 114306 1.jpg|thumb|225px|The famous [[Flatiron Building]] sits on the intersection of 23rd Street (front), Broadway (left), and 5th Avenue (right)]] |
[[Image:Flatiron crop 20040522 114306 1.jpg|thumb|225px|The famous [[Flatiron Building]] sits on the intersection of 23rd Street (front), Broadway (left), and 5th Avenue (right)]] |
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==East 23rd Street== |
==East 23rd Street== |
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East 23rd Street, which runs between [[Fifth Avenue]] and the [[East River]] ([[FDR Drive]]), is a main street of Manhattan's neighborhood of [[Gramercy Park]]. The [[Metropolitan Life Insurance Company]] (MetLife), headquartered at 1 [[Madison Avenue (Manhattan)|Madison Avenue]] at East 23rd Street, played a significant role in shaping the character of development along East 23rd Street in the early 20th century. |
'''East 23rd Street''', which runs between [[Fifth Avenue]] and the [[East River]] ([[FDR Drive]]), is a main street of Manhattan's neighborhood of [[Gramercy Park]]. The [[Metropolitan Life Insurance Company]] (MetLife), headquartered at 1 [[Madison Avenue (Manhattan)|Madison Avenue]] at East 23rd Street, played a significant role in shaping the character of development along East 23rd Street in the early 20th century. |
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Opposite [[Madison Square Park]] on East 23rd Street are two [[skyscraper]]s originally built by MetLife. [[1 Madison Avenue]], with its ornate clocktower face, was one of Manhattan's first skyscrapers.<ref>{{cite web |
Opposite [[Madison Square Park]] on East 23rd Street are two [[skyscraper]]s originally built by MetLife. [[1 Madison Avenue]], with its ornate clocktower face, was one of Manhattan's first skyscrapers.<ref>{{cite web |
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On October 17, 1966, this street was also witness to New York's deadliest fire in terms of firefighters killed until the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. The "[[23rd Street Fire]]", as it came to be called, began in a cellar at 7 East 22nd Street and soon spread to the basement of 6 East 23rd Street, a five-story commercial building that housed a drugstore at street level. Twelve [[firefighters]] were killed; two chiefs, two lieutenants, and six firefighters plunged into the flaming cellar, while two more firefighters were killed by the blast of flame and heat on the first floor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oct. 17, 1966, When 12 Firemen Died |first=Michelle |last=O'Donnell |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E3D91E30F934A25753C1A9609C8B63 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 17, 2006 |accessdate=August 7, 2008}}</ref> |
On October 17, 1966, this street was also witness to New York's deadliest fire in terms of firefighters killed until the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. The "[[23rd Street Fire]]", as it came to be called, began in a cellar at 7 East 22nd Street and soon spread to the basement of 6 East 23rd Street, a five-story commercial building that housed a drugstore at street level. Twelve [[firefighters]] were killed; two chiefs, two lieutenants, and six firefighters plunged into the flaming cellar, while two more firefighters were killed by the blast of flame and heat on the first floor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oct. 17, 1966, When 12 Firemen Died |first=Michelle |last=O'Donnell |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E3D91E30F934A25753C1A9609C8B63 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 17, 2006 |accessdate=August 7, 2008}}</ref> |
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[[File:Crooked bldg W23 jeh.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[High Line (New York City)|High Line]] is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) New York City linear park built on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line.]] |
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[[File:Crooked bldg W23 jeh.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[High Line (New York City)|High Line]]]] |
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The [[Flatiron Building]] is on the south side of the street at Broadway. The origin of the |
The [[Flatiron Building]] is on the south side of the street at Broadway. The origin of the term "[[23 skidoo (phrase)|23 skidoo]]" is said to be from wind gusts caused by the building's triangular shape or hot air from a shaft through which immense volumes of air escaped, producing gusts that supposedly lifted women's skirts.<ref group=note>{{cite web |url=http://ci.columbia.edu/0240s/0242_2/0242_2_s5_text.html |title=The Architecture and Development of New York City: The Birth of the Skyscraper - Romantic Symbols |first=Andrew S. |last=Dolkart |work=[[Columbia University]] |accessdate=May 15, 2007 |quote=In the early twentieth century, men would hang out on the corner here on Twenty-third Street and watch the wind blowing women's dresses up so that they could catch a little bit of ankle. This entered into popular culture and there are hundreds of postcards and illustrations of women with their dresses blowing up in front of the Flatiron Building. And it supposedly is where the slang expression "23 skidoo" comes from because the police would come and give the voyeurs the 23 skidoo to tell them to get out of the area.}}</ref>{{clear left}} |
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==Public transit== |
==Public transit== |
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[[File:23 St 8 Av SB entrance.JPG|thumb|Street staircase to the [[23rd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|23rd Street IND Eighth Avenue Line]]]] |
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Every [[New York City Subway]] line that crosses 23rd Street has a local station there: |
Every [[New York City Subway]] line that crosses 23rd Street has a local station there: |
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*[[23rd Street (BMT Broadway Line)|23rd Street]] on the [[BMT Broadway Line]] serving the {{NYCS Broadway local}} trains |
*[[23rd Street (BMT Broadway Line)|23rd Street]] on the [[BMT Broadway Line]] serving the {{NYCS Broadway local}} trains |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[List of numbered streets in Manhattan]] |
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* [http://www.nyfd.com/history/23rd_street/23rd_street.html The 23rd Street Fire] |
* [http://www.nyfd.com/history/23rd_street/23rd_street.html The 23rd Street Fire] |
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23rd Street is a broad thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan, one of the major two-way, east-west streets in the borough's grid. As with Manhattan's other "crosstown" streets, it is divided at Fifth Avenue, in this case at Madison Square Park, into its east and west sections. Since 1999 the area north of 23rd Street around the park has been referred to as Nomad.[1][2][3] The street formerly ran from the East River to the Hudson River, but now terminates at 11th Avenue.
West 23rd Street
West 23rd carves through the heart of Chelsea. For much of the late 19th century and early 20th century its western end was site of the Pavonia Ferry at Pier 63, just north of the Chelsea Piers. London Terrace is slight farther inland. In the late 19th century, the western part of 23rd Street was to American theater what Broadway is today, with the Opera House Palace and Pike's Opera House one block away and Proctor's Theater[4] ("continuous daily vaudeville") across the street from the Hotel Chelsea. 23rd Street remained New York's main theater strip until The Empire opened on Broadway some twenty blocks uptown, ushering in a new era of theater.
The Hotel Chelsea, New York's first co-op apartment complex, was built here in 1883; it was New York's tallest building until 1902.[5] Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen lived in the Hotel Chelsea. Nancy was stabbed to death in the Hotel Chelsea.
The easternmost block of West 23rd is part of the Ladies' Mile Historic District.
East 23rd Street
East 23rd Street, which runs between Fifth Avenue and the East River (FDR Drive), is a main street of Manhattan's neighborhood of Gramercy Park. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), headquartered at 1 Madison Avenue at East 23rd Street, played a significant role in shaping the character of development along East 23rd Street in the early 20th century.
Opposite Madison Square Park on East 23rd Street are two skyscrapers originally built by MetLife. 1 Madison Avenue, with its ornate clocktower face, was one of Manhattan's first skyscrapers.[6] 11 Madison Avenue was intended to be the base of a much taller skyscraper, but the onset of the Depression forced MetLife to scale back its plans. Even so, the building stands today as an Art Deco masterpiece.
Peter Cooper Village, one of MetLife's experiments in middle-income community building (until bought by Tishman Speyer). Peter Cooper Village was a sister project to MetLife's Stuyvesant Town, which was built across 20th Street to the south.[7]
On the far east end of East 23rd are Stuyvesant Cove Park, the Asser Levy Public Baths,[8] and a parking garage now used as a gas station.
On October 17, 1966, this street was also witness to New York's deadliest fire in terms of firefighters killed until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The "23rd Street Fire", as it came to be called, began in a cellar at 7 East 22nd Street and soon spread to the basement of 6 East 23rd Street, a five-story commercial building that housed a drugstore at street level. Twelve firefighters were killed; two chiefs, two lieutenants, and six firefighters plunged into the flaming cellar, while two more firefighters were killed by the blast of flame and heat on the first floor.[9]
The Flatiron Building is on the south side of the street at Broadway. The origin of the term "23 skidoo" is said to be from wind gusts caused by the building's triangular shape or hot air from a shaft through which immense volumes of air escaped, producing gusts that supposedly lifted women's skirts.[note 1]
Public transit
Every New York City Subway line that crosses 23rd Street has a local station there:
- 23rd Street on the BMT Broadway Line serving the N, Q, R, and W trains
- 23rd Street on the IND Eighth Avenue Line serving the A, C, and E trains
- 23rd Street on the IND Sixth Avenue Line serving the F, <F>, and M trains
- 23rd Street on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line serving the 1 and 2 trains
- 23rd Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line serving the 4, 6, and <6> trains
Port Authority Trans-Hudson has a station at 23rd Street as well.
In the past, every former IRT elevated line had a station at 23rd Street, most of which were local stations:
- 23rd Street on the IRT Second Avenue Line
- 23rd Street on the IRT Third Avenue Line which served local and express trains
- 23rd Street on the IRT Sixth Avenue Line
- 23rd Street on the IRT Ninth Avenue Line
Additionally, MTA New York City Transit's M23 bus runs the length of 23rd Street. This replaced the horse-drawn and later electric-powered Twenty-Third Street Railway. In 2003, the Straphangers Campaign listed the M23 as one of the slowest in the city, winning its "Pokey Award."
See also
References
Explanatory notes
- ^ Dolkart, Andrew S. "The Architecture and Development of New York City: The Birth of the Skyscraper - Romantic Symbols". Columbia University. Retrieved May 15, 2007.
In the early twentieth century, men would hang out on the corner here on Twenty-third Street and watch the wind blowing women's dresses up so that they could catch a little bit of ankle. This entered into popular culture and there are hundreds of postcards and illustrations of women with their dresses blowing up in front of the Flatiron Building. And it supposedly is where the slang expression "23 skidoo" comes from because the police would come and give the voyeurs the 23 skidoo to tell them to get out of the area.
Citations
- ^ Louie, Elaine (August 5, 1999). "The Trendy Discover NoMad Land, And Move In". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Feirstein, Sanna (2002). Naming New York: Manhattan Places and How They Got Their Names. New York: New York University Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-8147-2712-3.
- ^ Sternbergh, Adam (April 11, 2010). "Soho. Nolita. Dumbo. NoMad? Branding the last unnamed neighborhood in Manhattan". New York. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ^ RKO Proctor's Twenty-Third Street Theatre, 139 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011 Cinema Treasures
- ^ Chamberlain, Lisa (June 19, 2007). "Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts". The New York Times. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
- ^ Matlins, Melissa. "Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower". Skyscraper Museum. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ^ "Urban Apartment Dwelling Builds Momentum, 1930-1950". On-Line Residential. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ^ "Asser Levy Recreation Center". Reed Construction Data. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ^ O'Donnell, Michelle (October 17, 2006). "Oct. 17, 1966, When 12 Firemen Died". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
External links
- New York Songlines: 23rd Street – a virtual walking tour
- History of the Hotel Chelsea
- The 23rd Street Fire
