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In Gilded Age NYC, the area between 5th and 7th Avenues and 24th and 42nd Streets in Manhattan was known as the Tenderloin. It was the heart of the city’s entertainment district and a thriving center of vice. The block of West 27th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues (just west along the cobbled street in the foreground of this photo) held a particularly dense concentration of houses of ill repute, which were written up in the notorious 19th-century “Gentleman’s Directory.” To learn more about the Tenderloin District and the history of the neighborhood of Chelsea, join us this Thursday, September 21st @ 1:00 PM **or** Saturday, September 30th @ 11:00 AM on our “Chelsea & High Line Walking Tour!” IMAGE: Percy Loomis Sperr, “Manhattan: 6th Avenue – 27th Street (West),” March 29, 1939, @nypl @nyplpicturecollection #bigoniontours #tenderloin #tenderloindistrict #vice #crime #19thcenturynyc #gildedagenewyork #west27thstreet #6thavenue #chelsea #manhattan #historicphoto #percyloomissperr #1939 #empirestatebuilding #nycviews #nycstreets #nycstreetscape #chelseahistory #nychistory #nyhistory #autumninnewyork #walkingtour