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The Chelsea Piers

The best photographic illustration of the marriage of river and rail: train tracks snake by Pier 62, January 1933. Photo: NYC Municipal Archives
The best photographic illustration of the marriage of river and rail: train tracks snake by Pier 62, January 1933. Photo: NYC Municipal Archives
Pier 62 photographed from the river, 1951, showing the U.S. Lines pier shed and, in the distance, the Spears Co. furniture warehouse on 22nd Street. Photo: New York Public Library, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Pier 62 from the river, 1951, showing U.S. Lines pier shed and, in the distance, the Spears Co. furniture warehouse on 22nd Street. Photo: New York Public Library, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
New Chelsea Piers looking south, between 1900-1921. Photo: Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co.
Aerial view of Chelsea Piers looking south, October 2013
Rooftop view of Chelsea Piers looking northwest, with the Weehawken Dueling Grounds top left, July 2011
Pier 59, where RMS Titanic was scheduled to dock; today it’s the driving range at the Chelsea Piers health club, February 2014