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Chelsea is on the West Side of Manhattan, south of Hell's Kitchen and the Garment District. It's north of Greenwich Village, Meatpacking District, and 14th Street.
Before WWI, it was the center for the motion picture industry. Today Chelsea is primarily residential and is known for boutique shopping, art galleries, restaurants, and nightclubs. Residential areas have tenements, apartment blocks, rehabilitated warehousing, and brick and brownstone townhouses. Boutique shopping includes Barneys Co-op, Comme des Garcons, and Balenciaga. Chelsea is a multi-cultural area, and Eighth Avenue is a gay culture center. Nightlife is found on Club Row on 27th Street. Its clubs include Marquee, Cain, Bungalow 8, Home, Guesthouse, and Pink Elephant, all of which are popular places for celebrities spotting. Other notable Chelsea locations include Empire Diner, the site of several movies and subject of a Billy Joel song; Graffiti Research Lab; Chelsea Piers, the intended destination of the Titanic; Hotel Chelsea, where Dylan Thomas died and the subject of the 1966 film Chelsea Girls; Hudson River Park; High Line, an elevated rail line which is now an elevated park.
Subway stops: The A, C, E line to 34th or 23rd Streets; the 1, 2, 3, 9 line to 34th, 28th, or 23rd Streets; the B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, or W train to 34th Street; or the F or V train to 28th Street.
