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| Rancid: The De-Evolution Of The Meatpacking District
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April 30, 2008
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MPD timeline:
1884:
- Gansevoort Market opens on a paved open-air block between Gansevoort and Little West 12th Streets.
1949:
- Gansevoort Meat Center opens.
1985:
- Florent opens on Gansevoort Street.
1992:
- Hogs & Heifers opens.
1995:
- Village Idiot moves from the East Village to West 14th Street, bringing its collegiate Coyote Ugly-ness to the neighborhood.
- Hog Pit opens.
1999:
- Jeffrey Kalinski opens his stylish department store, Jeffrey, on 14th Street near 10th Avenue, and is the first retailer to move into the area.
- Keith McNally opens Pastis. His cliente dines on French food while the scent of rotting meat wafts through the neighborhood.
- Gavin Brown opens Passerby.
- Friends of the High Line form to preserve a dilapidated 1.5-mile abandoned elevated rail for public use.
2000:
- Lotus opens.
- Macelleria opens.
- APT opens.
2001:
- Diane Von Furstenberg opens her flagship boutique on West 12th Street.
- Paradou opens.
2002:
- Stella McCartney boutique opens.
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