The block of Ninth Avenue between 17th and 18th Streets has been targeted for a MePa-style spiffying up for a while now, and when word came in the spring that the low-budget storefronts would be getting the boot, a protest was held. Vanishing New York has an update on glamification of the southern reaches of Chelsea, and the first Retail for Lease sign has been unfurled. What's to come? [VNY]
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