Meatpacking district New York City - stock photo

New York, United States - January 18, 2012: Meatpacking district This neighbourhood of Manhattan that runs from the West 14steet to Gansevoort street and from the Hudson river to the Hudson street was at the beginnings of the XX century an area where more than 250 slaughterhouses and meat packing business operated. Nowadays it is a trendy district with a lot of expensive clothing boutiques fusion restaurants and an expanding nightlife that has converted this neighbourhood in a fashionable part of the city.