Chelsea is a neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan, bounded by 14th Street, 30th Street, the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), and the Hudson River and West Street. The neighborhood was known for its gay and lesbian residents and art galleries, but this characteristic has given way to high-end condominiums populated by transplanted urban professionals as rents and land prices have risen across New York City. JDS Development converted The Walker Tower, an old Verizon building at 210 West 18th Street into upscale condominiums. In 2010, internet search giant Google acquired a warehouse-to-tech office conversion at 111 Eighth Avenue that was at one time owned by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The rent-stabilized residents of The Chelsea Hotel on 23rd Street have so far resisted the efforts of a series of developers hoping to conduct a condo-conversion at the cultural landmark. -TA