This post is special to me, not only because this is an amazing part of the city with incredibly preserved pieces of New York City’s architecture and history but also because this is the first independent before-and-after photo contribution from my son Deklyn Gardner, a first-year student at Parsons.

The before photo is from the book, Ottman & Company: Meatpacking District Pioneers. Jacquelyn Ottman, fifth-generation Ottman family member, unpacks the Meatpacking District and its most storied meat purveyor, Ottman & Company.

_{This blog has no affiliation with the book or author.}