West 24th Street and Chelsea Cottages

The West 24th Street and the old Chelsea Cottages in Manhattan, looking east from Tenth Avenue. These houses were modeled on similar structures popular in London at the time. Photograph taken by Price Studios, Inc. about 1927. Source: New York Public Library.

The old London Terrace and the Chelsea Cottages were constructed in the 1840s. They were demolished from May, 1929 to about July 1930, to make way for the current London Terrace. It occupies the entire block between Ninth Avenue, 10th Avenue, 23rd and 24th streets.