Creative Historic Building Reuse - New York City

[stjr]

This looks like a nice and creative example of reusing an historic building (an industrial one, no less), courtesy of the NY Times.  Local developers and public officials take note!  Could this be the riverfront Ford plant one day?

Local Stop | Chelsea Market
True to Its Savory Roots

By JENNIFER MASCIA
Published: February 17, 2010

Chelsea Market, on the ground floor of an 11-story building in the shadow of the High Line, is a smorgasbord of food and other shops that came by its tasty mission naturally. For decades, the structure was part of the Nabisco bakeries, churning out Fig Newtons, Animal Crackers, Oreos and Mallomars. The cookies are gone, but the indoor market, occupying the block from 9th to 10th Avenues and 15th to 16th Streets, has stayed true to its food-focused heritage, offering a sprawling set of restaurants and kitchenware stores as well as a refuge from the season’s cold snaps.

The Chelsea Market occupies the ground floor of a building once part of the Nabisco bakeries:










http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/nyregion/21stop.html?hp

[Miss Fixit]

THIS is the sort of destination we need downtown!

[thelakelander]

Nice.  When the farmer's market decided to relocate a few years ago, we suggested a similar thing with some of the old abandoned brick warehouses between Myrtle Avenue and I-95. 

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2006-oct-farmers-market-to-relocate-why-not-downtown

There were options that would have been a good way to make the market visible from I-95 and get closer to DT, while still serving as a central anchor for that warehouse district.  However, we could not convince JEDC to go along with the idea.

[Timkin]

Nice Example.   Perhaps we need different folks in JEDC, as well as the other facets of our Government, with a vision for for our Historic Landmarks.

[mtraininjax]

Comparing Jacksonville to New York City is like comparing the Sun to Pluto.

[Doctor_K]

Yes, but there's nothing wrong with aiming high and having a good role model to follow.

[mtraininjax]

Yes, but there's nothing wrong with aiming high and having a good role model to follow.

I can close my eyes and wish for a million bucks every day too. Our leaders, population, value systems are so radically different, I am more likely to get my million bucks than to see anyone with New York style vision emerge.

I may take that back though, because after the fire of 1901, Jax was rebuilt by people with vision from New York City. Do we need another fire to bring about new creativity? 110 years later, we may have to wait a bit longer.

[Timkin]

Yes, but there's nothing wrong with aiming high and having a good role model to follow.

I can close my eyes and wish for a million bucks every day too. Our leaders, population, value systems are so radically different, I am more likely to get my million bucks than to see anyone with New York style vision emerge.

I may take that back though, because after the fire of 1901, Jax was rebuilt by people with vision from New York City. Do we need another fire to bring about new creativity? 110 years later, we may have to wait a bit longer.

Mtrain.. on this I will have to totally agree...... However we can always hope that a positive change will come..   The ideas tossed around on this site are wonderful.. what is a shame is that it seems that the ones making the final decisions when it comes to putting a plan in place in this city do it anyway but right.. and it is long past discouraging.

[mtraininjax]

Timken - Wow, we agree too, 3 out of 4 is awesome so far today!

[Timkin]

Yup.