Background & Existing
Conditions:
• Planning Background
• Land Uses
• Varied Built Character
• Existing Zoning
• The High Line
Planning background
In 1999, in accord with the recommendations of
Community Board 4 in its adopted 197-A plan, a
large portion
of Chelsea, primarily east of Tenth Avenue, was
rezoned both to preserve its scale and to facilitate
residential development at appropriate locations.
As part of that rezoning, the West 23rd Street corridor extending
to Eleventh Avenue in West Chelsea was rezoned
to
a mixed manufacturing-residential district. At
that time, the Department of City Planning committed
to re-examining West Chelsea’s zoning at
a later date. The Special West Chelsea District
proposal
follows up on that commitment.
Map of Zoning Adopted in 1999
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