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===Industrial and commercial=== [[Google]]'s New York office occupies [[111 Eighth Avenue]], which takes up the full city block between 15th and 16th Streets and between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The building was once Inland Terminal 1 of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>Weiss, Lois. [https://nypost.com/2010/12/03/googles-search-ends/ "Google's Search Ends"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320173717/http://nypost.com/2010/12/03/googles-search-ends/ |date=March 20, 2017 }} ''[[New York Post]]'' (December 3, 2010)</ref> The [[Starrett-Lehigh Building]], a huge full-block freight terminal and warehouse on West 26th Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues, was built in 1930–1931 as a joint venture of the Starett real estate firm and the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]]. Designed by Cory & Cory to enable trains to pull into the ground floor of the building, it was one of only a few American buildings included in the [[Museum of Modern Art]]'s 1932 "[[International style (architecture)|International Style]]" exhibition. It was designated a [[List of New York City Landmarks|New York City landmark]] in 1966.<ref name=nycland /> [[File:Starrett_Lehigh_Building_NY1.jpg|thumb|The [[Starrett–Lehigh Building]] with the rising skyscrapers of [[Hudson Yards (development)|Hudson Yards]] rising in the background]] The [[Hudson Yards (development)|Hudson Yards]] rail-yard development is located at the northern edge of Chelsea, within the [[Hudson Yards Redevelopment|Hudson Yards neighborhood]]. The project's centerpiece is a mixed-use real estate development by [[Related Companies]]. According to its master plan, created by master planner [[Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates]], Hudson Yards is expected to consist of 16 skyscrapers containing more than {{cvt|1.27|e6sqft|m2}} of new office, residential, and retail space. Among its components will be {{cvt|6|e6sqft|m2}} of commercial office space, a {{cvt|750000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} retail center with two levels of restaurants, cafes, markets and bars, a hotel, a cultural space, about 5,000 residences, a 750-seat school, and {{cvt|14|acres|ha}} of public open space. The development, located mainly above and around the [[West Side Yard]], will create a new neighborhood that overlaps with Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/05/07/hudson-yards-smart-neighborhood/ |title=New York's next big neighborhood is its smartest |author=Volpe, Joseph |work=[[Engadget]] |date=May 7, 2014 |access-date=May 9, 2014 |archive-date=May 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508005336/http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/07/hudson-yards-smart-neighborhood/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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