what makes this city so special is its distinct neighborhoods which themselves
make up the integral parts of New York City in this new series I'm going to
take you on an exclusive tour of a new neighborhood at each episode and share
with you everything you need to know before visiting the greatest city in the
world so in this video we are touring my home neighborhood of Chelsea big thanks
to Dyson for sponsoring a part of this video Chelsea is a neighborhood on the
west side of the borough of Manhattan the neighborhood boundaries are 14th
Street to the south the Hudson River to the West 6th Avenue to the east and
right around 34th Street Hudson yards to the north it's point seven square miles
and it's home to over 38,000 people the neighborhood it's primarily residential
with a mix of tenements apartment blocks city housing projects townhouses and
recently a few new luxury developments the area has a large LGBTQ population
and Chelsea is known as one of the Centers of the city's art world with
over 200 galleries in the neighborhood today we're gonna tour through some of
my favorite go-to spots and share with you what life is like living in Chelsea
Manhattan to start the day head it to variety coffee for a top-notch cup of
joe it hands down my favorite coffee shop in the area variety is a
neighborhood staple for the early morning commuters who need that extra
boost on their way to the office and also the creative looking for a nice
space to work from or if you want get your coffee to go and head off to
breakfast my personal favorite for an amazing breakfast is citizens of Chelsea
the best Australian breakfast that you can give in New York City right here now
Australians they know how to do their breakfast too right citizens is a modern
Aussie breakfast spot in the heart of Chelsea the interior has a very open
industrial feel with ample seating lots of natural light flooding in and tons of
plants hanging from the ceilings giving life to the space you actually can't go
with all-day breakfast my go-to as citizens is the Abba toast smash with
two poached eggs and a black coffee they have their own spin on the AH vote oast
they use a red beet puree and pistachio nuts on the side citizens is that spa in
New York City whenever I have someone from out of town visiting I always bring
them to citizens because the standard of food here every time you come it tastes
exactly the same they are so consistent with their breakfast and that's huge I
mean I am a breakfast guy and to have a novel and toast like this to start your
day in New York City now you've had the best breakfast of your life you're all
fueled up and ready for the day next I recommend heading to the High
Line the High Line is the most unique park that New York City has to offer the
reason that the High Line is raised is because it used to be a freight rail
line which stopped running in 1980 almost 30 years later in 2009 it
reopened as a public park transforming an eyesore into a sprawling greenery of
urban design in ecology cutting all the way through Chelsea becoming an icon of
contemporary landscape architecture the High Line is just about a mile and a
half long extending from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District
through Chelsea to the recently opened hooks and the Arts comment down below if
you want the next neighborhood tour to be at Hudson Yards the highlight is
actually one of my favorite places in the entire city the tourists and the
people who come here are on just a different level of relaxed you come to
the High Line to stroll sip your morning coffee to just enjoy nature surrounded
by the city in Chelsea it's also one of the best places in the entire city to
just sit and people-watch next up on my list is the world-famous Chelsea Market
Chelsea Market is an enclosed urban food court shopping law office building and
television production studio on one it's a quintessential New York experience
where you'll encounter people from all walks of life it's actually pretty
overwhelming just the sheer amount of restaurants and choices but definitely
stay and grab a meal at one of the many incredible world-famous restaurants my
biggest tip is to come here on an off day it's currently 9:10
on a Monday morning there's no one here besides the people who are going to work
because a lot of major companies have offices in this building my biggest
piece of advice is to come here on an off day a Monday a Tuesday avoid the
weekends like the plague have this place pretty much all to yourself if you're
looking to slow things down and get a bit introspective Chelsea has no
shortage of world-class galleries many of which can be found along Tenth Avenue
my personal favorites are the tagliatelle which offers modern and
contemporary art specializing in the pop and street art movement another right
next door is the chase contemporary gallery if you're looking to clear your
head there are literally so many different
galleries in Chelsea that you could spend hours in one and be the only
person in there the galleries are free and all the art is for sale to bring
your checkbooks after hours of exploring the High Line in the galleries and all
that Chelsea has to offer wind down with some grub at the iconic Empire diner
it's a classic Art Deco spot relaunched with upgraded spins on American dishes
coffee and cocktails this is the spot to do breakfast for dinner I have an omelet
some potato fries brand that veggies my biggest piece of advice like all the
places in Chelsea come here on an off-peak day off-peak hours
it's Monday it's not that busy it's kind of mellow nice and slow it's only the
locals I was here last Sunday the line was around the block now you may be
wondering what a typical apartment is like in Chelsea and if you've been
subscribed to the channel for a while you've seen my apartment many many times
it's a small studio but it's all I really need since I'm usually out
filming and working on travel projects but one of the most essential aspects of
making a small studio actually livable is making sure you keep it clean a huge
thanks to Dyson for sponsoring this part of the video the brand-new Dyson V 11 is
tiny but mighty perfect for a cozy studio with little storage space now
it's got a whole bunch of really smart features like dynamic load sensing a
high torque cleaner head and a digital display Dyson I and impressed I thought
my apartment was pretty clean but this looks like a dirty furball kind of crawl
into the vacuum the coolest thing about the dynamic load sensing is that the
machine automatically adapts power between different floor types so I can
easily switch from my thick shag carpet to the hardwood floors
and since my buildings pretty old the outlets are limited but the V 11 is cord
free so I can use it anywhere visit Dyson comm for more info thanks
again to dyson for sponsoring this part of the video I hope you enjoyed episode
number one of the new series comment down below which neighborhoods you want
me to tour next if you're new here make sure to subscribe to my channel for more
high quality New York City content and with that I will see you in the next
video