Editing Chelsea, Manhattan (section)

===Cultural===
[[Pike's Opera House]] was built in 1868, and bought the next year by [[James Fisk (financier)|James Fisk]] and [[Jay Gould]], who renamed it the '''Grand Opera House'''. Located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street, it survived until 1960 as an [[RKO]] movie theater.<ref name=fednyc />

The [[Irish Repertory Theatre]] is an [[Off-Broadway theatre|Off-Broadway]] theatrical company on West 22nd Street producing plays by Irish and Irish-American writers.

The [[Joyce Theater]], located in the former [[Elgin Theater]] at 175 Eighth Avenue, near 19th Street, is in a 1941 movie house that closed in 1978. The Elgin was completely renovated to create in the Joyce a venue suitable for dance, and was reopened in 1982.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |title=Creating A Theater Just for Dance |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 26, 1981 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03EFD9163BF935A15754C0A967948260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |access-date=May 4, 2008 |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307035838/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/creating-a-theater-just-for-dance.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[The Kitchen (art institution)|The Kitchen]] is a performance space at 512 West 19th Street. It was founded in [[Greenwich Village]] in 1971 by [[Steina and Woody Vasulka]], taking its name from the original location, the kitchen of the [[Mercer Arts Center]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Rachel Lee Harris |date=March 29, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/arts/design/artists-in-dialogue-at-the-kitchen.html |title=Artists in Dialogue at the Kitchen |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 28, 2014 |archive-date=June 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623123647/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/arts/design/artists-in-dialogue-at-the-kitchen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The warehouse building at 530 West 27th Street, which was the site of The Sound Factory & [[Twilo]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rip-richard-grantfounder-of-nyc-after-hours-institution-sound-factory/ |title=RIP Richard Grant – Founder of NYC After-Hours Institution Sound Factory – VICE<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=January 22, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116201029/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/jpn3gx/rip-richard-grantfounder-of-nyc-after-hours-institution-sound-factory |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as several other megaclubs in the 1980s and 1990s, was acquired in 2011 by the British theater company [[Punchdrunk]], who converted it into "[[McKittrick Hotel|The McKittrick Hotel]]", a five-story, {{cvt|100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} performance space housing their immersive site-specific theatrical production, [[Sleep No More (2011 play)|''Sleep No More'']]. The building, along with those at 532 and 542 West 27th Street, was also the location of several restaurants and event venues, and featured other shows such as 'Speakeasy Magick', featuring Todd Robbins, Jason Suran, and Matthew Holtzclaw.<ref>[[Ben Brantley|Brantley, Ben]] (April 13, 2011) [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/theater/reviews/sleep-no-more-is-a-macbeth-in-a-hotel-review.html "Shakespeare Slept Here, Albeit Fitfully"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827151330/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/theater/reviews/sleep-no-more-is-a-macbeth-in-a-hotel-review.html |date=August 27, 2017 }} ''The New York Times''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mckittrickhotel.com/ |title=The McKittrick Hotel website |access-date=March 22, 2017 |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085548/http://www.mckittrickhotel.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-McKittrick-Announces-Additional-Performance-of-SPEAKEASY-MAGICK-20190528 |title=The McKittrick Announces Additional Performance of SPEAKEASY MAGICK<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824232746/https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-McKittrick-Announces-Additional-Performance-of-SPEAKEASY-MAGICK-20190528 |url-status=live }}</ref> The McKittrick and associated spaces closed in 2025 following the end of ''Sleep No More''<nowiki/>'s theatrical run.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleep No More Closes Off-Broadway January 5 |url=https://playbill.com/article/sleep-no-more-closes-off-broadway-january-5 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250210231619/https://playbill.com/article/sleep-no-more-closes-off-broadway-january-5 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=Playbill |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[New York Live Arts]] is a dance organization located at 219 West 19th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Kate |title=Dance Theater Merges With Bill T. Jones Troupe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/arts/dance/02workshop.html |access-date=December 30, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 1, 2010 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021064553/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/arts/dance/02workshop.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Rubin Museum of Art]] is a museum dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions, especially that of Tibet. It was located at 150 West 17th Street between Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) and Seventh Avenue. While the museum still exists as an institution, its Chelsea building closed on October 6, 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nasseri |first=Visuals by Sinna |last2=Aguiar |first2=Text by Annie |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Audience Report: Gongs and Goodbyes as the Rubin Museum Shuts Its Doors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/10/09/arts/design/rubin-museum-closed |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Edificio_IAC_InterActiveCorp.JPG|thumb|[[IAC Inc.|InterActiveCorp]] headquarters on Eleventh Avenue, designed by [[Frank Gehry]]]]