Chelsea Cottages on 24th Street

Part of the old Chelsea Cottages on the south side of West 24th Street. Photo taken by Price Studios, Inc. about 1927. Source: New York Public Library.

The old London Terrace and the Chelsea Cottages were constructed in 1845 and succeeding years. They were demolished in phases 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 Street and 24th St.