AdvertisementThe last meatpackers in NYC's Meatpacking District are getting ready to close shop. The era of New York City's Meatpacking District as a neighborhood where people actually pack meat is coming to an end. A section of the Meatpacking District in 1929. AdvertisementShoppers wait in line for a sample sale in the Meatpacking District in 2024. "It wasn't always a meatpacking district," Andrew Berman, the executive director at historic preservation group Village Preservation, told the AP.

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