{"id":3912,"date":"2010-06-08T19:14:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T23:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/?p=604"},"modified":"2010-06-08T19:15:21","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T23:15:21","slug":"living-in-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/living-in-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"
The team at RentHop was recently walking around Chelsea<\/a>, and managed to snap some great shots of the area. We figured it would be a good segue into an article about living in Chelsea. After a brief introduction on the boundaries of the neighborhood, we’ll move into its history and what it has to offer to the inhabitants. Finally, we’ll talk about finding an apartment in Chelsea and what the costs are.<\/p>\n Chelsea is located south of Hell’s Kitchen<\/a> and the Garment District and north of the Meatpacking District. More accurately, the neighborhood is the area between 14th and 34th street that is west of the river. You can always check out the available apartments in Chelsea here.<\/a><\/p>\n British Major Thomas Clarke named his Manhattan<\/a> house Chelsea, after the manor of Chelsea, London. The original \u201cChelsea\u201d home resided on 23rd<\/sup> Street, between 9th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup> where it eventually grew from a large garden into a full-fledged residential neighborhood. During the mid 1800s, the newly built Hudson River Railroad industrialized the area. Towards the 1900s, the neighborhood was dominated by the Irish, and housed longshoremen who worked at the warehouses on the nearby piers. The neighborhood drastically changed moving into the 21st<\/sup> century, and has now become an alternative shopping destination to SoHo. In addition, \u00a0there has been an influx from the arts community<\/a> \u2013 and the area houses the Rubin Museum of Art, the Chelsea Art Museum, the Graffiti Research Lab, and the Dance Theatre Workshop.<\/p>\nWhere is Chelsea?<\/h2>\n
History<\/h2>\n