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14th St: Colours of the Alphabet (Avenue C to 1st)

1 – Junction of Avenue C, southside: ConEd’s massive East River Generating Plant occupies the whole of the West end of 14th Street, blocking off access to the waterfront. The walk through the far...

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14th St: Border Politics (Avenue C to 1st)

7 – North of the border: Historic post-war apartment blocks, built to house middle-income families and veterans of the World War II. North of 14th Street sits one of the most iconic and architecturally...

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14th St: The Theater of the Everyday (1st to 3rd Aves)

19 – International House of Pancakes. The boundary between Alphabet City and the rest of Manhattan is strikingly obvious. Suddenly the streets and sidewalks become thronged with cars, cyclists and...

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14th St: Big Capital (3rd to 6th Aves)

26 – Metronome, by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel, the large public art installation on the façade of One Union Square South. The digits to the left show the time using a 24 hour clock (if read from...

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14th St: Our Lady of Chelsea (6th to 9th Aves)

42 – No. 344 / 346: Elegant tenements with Grecian Details (circa 1910). 14th Street between 6th and 9th Avenues sits squarely in Chelsea, one of the most eclectic, beguiling and bi-curious...

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14th St: D/F (9th to 11th Aves)

45 – The Altar of the High Priestess herself, in an 1887 building previously housing the Gachot & Gachot Meatpacking Company. 9th to 11th Avenue plays host to what is now only nominally known as...

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