The Original Chelsea Piers: New York’s Maritime Grand Central Terminal

Virtual
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Today the lonely iron arch of Pier 54 is an often ignored reminder of what was New York’s Grand Central Terminal of the Hudson River waterfront, the original Chelsea Piers complex that extended from Little 12th Street to 23rd Street. Great ocean liners carrying millions of immigrants and some of the wealthiest people in the world once docked along the Hudson.

This illustrated talk will explore this extraordinary period of New York’s waterfront, now nearly forgotten and unknown.