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The Original People’s Park

When the Chelsea Passage with a guerrilla art gallery. Photo: Rick Darke
Old subway turnstiles were a fixture in the Chelsea Passage after the trains stopped running. Photo: Rick Darke
Graffiti on the former RC Williams Co. warehouse, today's Avenues School. Photo: Rick Darke
Graffiti on the former RC Williams Co. warehouse, today’s Avenues School. Photo: Rick Darke
Tags in the Chelsea Passage after the High Line was abandoned. Photo: Rick Darke
Tags in the Chelsea Passage after the High Line was abandoned. Photo: Rick Darke
Looking south across the abandoned viaduct in today's Washington Grasslands: the former Merchant Refrigerating warehouse center. Photo: Mike Epstein
Looking south across the abandoned viaduct in today’s Washington Grasslands: the former Merchant Refrigerating warehouse center. Photo: Mike Epstein
A rusting meat hook in the abandoned Chelsea Passage. Photo: Mike Epstein
A rusting meat hook in the abandoned Chelsea Passage. Photo: Mike Epstein