![]() When they bought it for $950,000 in 1995, they were drawn to “the architecture and bucolic tree-lined streets abutting the Seminary and its gardens.” They were all part of Moore’s original property - and led to his ultimate plan to make Chelsea a neighborhood different from the rest of Manhattan. is on the market for $8.65 million with Sotheby’s, love the area. Harry Azorin and Lori Monson, whose townhouse at 408 W. Yes, the man who helped create the modern image of Santa also gave us today’s Chelsea. Lesser known is that the beloved text was written on a farm called Chelsea that gave birth to the modern-day neighborhood on New York City’s West Side.Īnd that its author, Clement Clarke Moore, had his own Ebenezer Scrooge-like conversion from a bah-humbug anti-developer to one of the city’s biggest real estate barons. Clement Clarke Moore Lawrence Thornton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images ![]() ![]() The immortal opening lines of “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” - an 1823 poem commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” - are among the most famous in the world. ” ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house. ![]()
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