An old engraving showing a plan for the Hudson River east bank frontage along West Street, New York City, USA It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. New York City needed more capacity for shipping. A series of piers were eventually designed by the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore. The complex was a row of grand buildings embellished with pink granite facades with piers behind forming the docking points for ocean liners of Cunard Line and White Star Line from the early 1900s. The piers are now used by the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex.
An old engraving showing a plan put forward for the Hudson River east bank frontage along West Street, New York City, USA It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. New York City solved the problem of more capacity required by shipping by a series of piers. These were eventually designed by the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore, which also designed Grand Central Terminal. The waterfront structures consisted of a row of grand buildings embellished with pink granite facades and the piers behind formed the docking points for ocean liners of Cunard Line and White Star Line from the early 1900s. Located to the west of the West Side Highway (Eleventh Avenue) and Hudson River Park, the piers are now used by the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex.
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Location: West Side Highway (Eleventh Avenue), New York City, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
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