Remember When...

[MitchW]

Maybe I'm the only one who remembers what the meatpacking district was like back in the good old days.  But on my walk over to the Whitney the other day, I passed by this...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kvLQQ3wvQtWtXbUa7

Now I knew Hector's had closed, but I didn't realize it's gonna all be gone...

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Jobbagy and the other tenants in the district’s last meat market have accepted a deal from the city to move out so the building can be redeveloped, the culmination of a decades-long transformation.

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/11/29/hell-be-the-last-meatpacker-in-the-meatpacking-district-heres-how-nycs-gritty-hood-got-chic/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/16/the-meatpacking-district-packs-it-in

Oh well...

Edited October 4, 2025 by MitchW

[Wilfrid]

Sad. And Florent houses, I think, a pop-up gallery.

[voyager]

I LOVED Florent!!!

[StephanieL]

I certainly remember the old days, before any galleries moved in. I have fond memories of occasionally going to a certain, ahem, club and being very worried that I wouldn't be able to catch a taxi out of there.

Edited October 4, 2025 by StephanieL

[MitchW]

1 hour ago, StephanieL said:

I certainly remember the old days, before any galleries moved in. I have fond memories of occasionally going to a certain, ahem, club and being very worried that I wouldn't be able to catch a taxi out of there.

When I was driving my cab, that’s exactly where we would go when looking for really late-night (or early morning) fares!

[Wilfrid]

I knew about the clubs but that's all. The key thing about Florent was that it served blood sausage. I am sure Latino and Filipino places also did, but way back then I would have had no idea.