Chelsea Market’s brick corridors occupy a former Nabisco bakery complex, where industrial production has given way to food stalls and shops. The preserved factory setting links the neighborhood’s food culture to the manufacturing history of the West Side.
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The brick walls and industrial proportions are clues to what this market used to make. Chelsea Market occupies part of the Nabisco Complex, whose first factory buildings began here in 1887. By 1932, the complex covered three blocks and included seventeen buildings.
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Quick facts
- The Nabisco factory complex began in 1887.
- The first Oreo cookies were produced here in 1912.
- One block of the complex became Chelsea Market in 1995.
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