Section Four

20th - 23rd Streets

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West Chelsea

Aerial shot of West Chelsea showing the former railroad warehouses; Chelsea-Elliott Houses; Chelsea Piers; London Terrace Apts.; and the High Line cutting through it all

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The Chelsea Thicket

Rooftop view of the Chelsea Thicket, looking north, May 2023

Winter: the Chelsea Thicket, March 2015

Spring: a couple of neighborhood service dogs in the Chelsea Thicket, May 2012

Summer: the Chelsea Thicket, August 2013

Fall: the Chelsea Thicket, November 2013

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General Theological Seminary

General Theological Seminary in a photo circa 1895 from Moses King’s Photographic Views of New York

The Close at General Theological Seminary, bet. 1900-1915. Photo: Photographer Unknown, Detroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress

General Theological Seminary, February 2014

Under a full moon: General Theological Seminary from the High Line July 2011, in a view today blocked by new buildings. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line — Under a full moon: General Theological Seminary from the High Line July 2011, in a view today blocked by new buildings

Inside the Tenth Avenue courtyard, February 2014

Inside the Tenth Avenue courtyard, February 2014

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The Art Deco Prison

Seamen's House on W. 20th Street; opposite it, the Life Savers building. Foreground: Empire Diner, at left, Miller Highway. 1939-1941. Photo: Municipal Archives, City of New York — Seamen’s House on W. 20th Street; opposite is Life Savers building. Foreground: Empire Diner. Left: Miller Highway. 1939-1941. Photo: Municipal Archives, City of New York

Bayview Correctional Facility, looking east across the Hudson River, May 2023, with Knox Martin’s mural partially in view

Art deco detail on Bayview Correctional Facility, with Knox Martin’s mural partially in view, between the prison and the Jean Nouvel apartments

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The Life Savers Building

Seamen's House on W. 20th Street; opposite it, the Life Savers building. Foreground: Empire Diner, 1939-1941. Photo: Municipal Archives, City of New York — Rear: Life Savers building. Foreground: Seamen’s House, later Bayview Correctional. Foreground: Empire Diner. At left: Miller Highway, 1939-1941. Photo: Municipal Archives, City of New York

Ad for Life Savers candy, 1921

Former headquarters of the Life Savers company on 20th St. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line — Former headquarters of the Life Savers company on 20th St.

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