New York Terminal Central Stores, Real Estate Board, and Cedar Lake Ballet testified against proposed designation. On May 13, 2008, Landmarks heard testimony on a proposal to designate a seven-block portion of West Chelsea as a historic district.

Located between West 25th and West 28th Streets, from the West Side Highway to Tenth Avenue, the proposed West Chelsea Historic District would protect brick industrial buildings dating as far back as 1885, some of which housed the operations of industrial giants such as the Otis Elevator Co. and Cornell Iron Works. The buildings represent some of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete construction and modern industrial design. (read more…)