Once an area dominated by the cotton/textile trade, the industrial buildings first were converted for artists looking for affordable studio space and then residents looking for the expansive spaces the neighborhood’s lofts provided. These days, high-rises have sprouted up next to historic older buildings and the mishmash of new and old make for a uniquely New York feel.

Trendy & upscale neighborhood

In the tumultuous business of cutting-in and attending to a whale, there is much running backwards and forwards among the crew. Now hands are wanted here, and then again hands are wanted there. There is no staying in any one place; for at one and the same time everything has to be done everywhere.
I have hinted that I would often jerk poor Queequeg from between the whale and the ship—where he would occasionally fall, from the incessant rolling and swaying of both. But this was not the only jamming jeopardy he was exposed to.

The location

Experience the city

I have hinted that I would often jerk poor Queequeg from between the whale and the ship—where he would occasionally fall, from the incessant rolling and swaying of both. But this was not the only jamming jeopardy he was exposed to. Unappalled by the massacre made upon them during the night, the sharks now freshly and more keenly allured.