Monday, December 14, 2009

Chelsea Market, NYC

the decorations in Chelsea Market were outstanding--definitely not your run of the mill holiday decor. This tree is totally covered with CD's--many cut & twisted into shapes. A closeup of the tree--sorry it's so dark...... Close up of a wreath made tthe same way--I don't think it would go in my house, but it was interesting!
A fountain. The building that Chelsea Market occupies used to be a Nabisco( National Biscuit Co.) bakery that made many products from Saltines to Oreos. They took the huge lobby and made it into Chelsea market & the rest of the building is office space--the Food Network is in this building.They did a great job of incorporating many of the features of the bakery into the new space. It now has quite a few restaurants and a few shops in it. It was bustling on Saturday.



More decorations.




Love these lights! All made with plastic cups--wonder how they're made so they don't burn?






























Gelato shop right next to the bokstore--I think there were at least 3 bakeries in there, too!








They left the giant fans from the bakery .....











And a cool light













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8 comments:

  1. Moongrl722December 14, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Those pics are great. I love the lights made from cups!!! Did you eat anything at the bakeries or gelato place?

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  2. AnnDecember 14, 2009 at 6:31 PM

    Jana--we didn't eat anything at Chelsea Market--most places were pretty pricey & neither of us was that hungry while we were there--we walked down the street a little ways & found a great wine bar--Jo has photos of our sandwiches on FB

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  3. Isla DebDecember 14, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    What a cool looking place! I'd have to agree about the CD decorations. Interesting, but I don't think I'd want them in my house.

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  4. Life's a Beach!December 14, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    Very cool photos Ann! Sounds like you two had a wonderful day!

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  5. BennieDecember 14, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    WOW! How COOL! I love the Christmas Tree. Now you make me want to go to NYC.

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  6. AnnDecember 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    Thanks to all of you!

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  7. Tree Huggin MommaDecember 15, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    Thanks for the picture of the CD wreath and tree, I couldn't tell from Farmer'sDaughter's picture how the tree was made, but your close up and particularly that of the wreath shed some light on that.

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  8. AnnDecember 17, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    Welcome. Tree Hugging Mama!

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