![]() ![]() “What sealed the deal” the couple tells The Post, is that “we are both big history buffs.” When they bought it for $950,000 in 1995, they were drawn to “the architecture and bucolic tree-lined streets abutting the Seminary and its gardens.” They were all part of Moore’s original property - and led to his ultimate plan to make Chelsea a neighborhood different from the rest of Manhattan. is on the market for $8.65 million with Sotheby’s, love the area. Harry Azorin and Lori Monson, whose townhouse at 408 W. ![]() Yes, the man who helped create the modern image of Santa also gave us today’s Chelsea. Lesser known is that the beloved text was written on a farm called Chelsea that gave birth to the modern-day neighborhood on New York City’s West Side.Īnd that its author, Clement Clarke Moore, had his own Ebenezer Scrooge-like conversion from a bah-humbug anti-developer to one of the city’s biggest real estate barons. Clement Clarke Moore Lawrence Thornton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The immortal opening lines of “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” - an 1823 poem commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” - are among the most famous in the world. ” ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house. ![]()
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