Financial District . If City Hall is the nerve center of New York, then Financial District is the heart.  Dating all the way back to its beginnings as a Dutch trade post up to it present place as the world center of economic power, New York has been a city doggedly focused on accumulation of […]

This entry covers a very small but prestigious bit of real estate – an equilateral triangle from Broadway to Worth St./Foley Square to Park Row.  It is the nerve center of the city, hosting many various civic buildings and courthouses.  It features two buildings that were at one time the tallest in the world.  The […]

Chelsea . Chelsea’s borders run approximately from W. 14th to the Mid 20’s and from the Hudson River to 6th Av.  The land was originally owned by Cpt. Thomas Clarke, who named his estate after the Chelsea Royal Hospital, a center set up for aged and infirmed British soldiers.  The area was developed as a residential […]

This is a new, regular series of entries called “New York Cheat Sheet.”  Once a week I’ll highlight a different neighborhood in New York City, with history, architecture, points of interest and more.  We’ll start with Greenwich Village.  I hope you enjoy. Greenwich/West Village Settled by the Dutch as a tobacco farm and known as […]