The more than 250 slaughterhouses that gaves its name to the Meatpacking district have all but disappeared in less than 10 years. New construction in the district include the High Line, a stretch of abandonned elevated railroad transformed into parkland, and the IAC, the first Frank Gehry building in NYC.
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