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The Players (often inaccurately called The Players Club) is a private social club founded in New York City by the 19th-century Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth. The club is located in a mansion at 16 Gramercy Park, built in 1847. Booth bought the house in 1888, reserved an upper floor for his residence, and turned the rest into a clubhouse.
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.The area's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west, and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northern boundary variously described as near the upper 20s [4] [5] or 34th Street, the next major crosstown street to the north.
The park is one of nine New York City parks with monuments to local heroes of World War I (1914–18). The Chelsea Park Memorial, also known as the Doughboy Statue, is a granite stele 14 feet (4.3 m) tall fronted by a plinth supporting a bronze statue of an American soldier. [14] ("
City of New York: Maintained by: NYCDOT: Length: 3.7 mi (6.0 km) [1] Location: Manhattan, New York City: South end: Church / Franklin Streets in Tribeca: Major junctions: Herald Square in Midtown: North end: Central Park South / Center Drive in Midtown: East: Fifth Avenue (north of Waverly Pl) West: Varick Street (south of Houston Street)
0–9. One Manhattan West; 7 Subway Extension; The 8th Floor; 10 Hudson Yards; 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station; 14th Street (Manhattan) 14th Street station (PATH)
Dominick Critelli, a 103-year-old World War II veteran takes a picture with revellers as people gather at Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve in New York City, U.S., December 31 ...
The inland portion of Chelsea Waterside Park was opened on October 12, 2000, at the cost of $8.5 million. Upon opening, the park was proclaimed as "Chelsea's grand portal to its waterfront" by New York State officials. [7] The park's features at its opening were the sports field, dog run, and the splash pad portion of the playground. [11]
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.