Continuing where we left off on Monday with the other street that flanks the previously-mentioned Kips Bay Towers. In many ways, this street shares a lot in common with 33rd. The contrast of the massive towers and the smaller apartments which sit across the street remains the same. However, it could be argued that the smaller buildings here are a bit nicer. They seem to mostly house small medical practices, while 33rd St's buildings were mostly run-down apartments.

NYU Medical Center still dominates the 1st Avenue side of things, while 2nd Avenue is over-taken by the mini Kips Bay strip mall. Plenty of restaurants and bars are available as well.

Cutting through the heart of the Penn South Cooperative housing project, this part of 25th Street feels utterly removed from the city. With long walkways leading to the various, towering buildings, the views here seem almost alien. Further down the block, The McCarton School returns some of the New York Character, but only briefly.

The avenues that flank this street are rather different from each other. While 8th Avenue has a few quainter buildings which almost makes it feel like the West Village, 9th Avenue is home to more old tenements – which at least feel at-home in the neighborhood. Meanwhile the terrifying London Terrace Gardens sit looming in the distance, as if staking ownership on the entire neighborhood.

This is a street of extremes. On one side you have a handful of utterly unremarkable structures, while on the other you have the imposing, history, and record-breaking James Farley Post Office building. Taking up two entire blocks, the city's largest post office claims to have one of the longest rows of Corinthian colonnade in the world – though I've found some sources that claim otherwise. Either way, it's an impressive building. Built by the same architects who designed the original Penn Station, which sat across 8th Avenue, it was intended to be as imposing and beautiful as the original train station. Now days, it isn't even a contest as it faces the utterly pathetic Madison Square Garden. 

While the 8th Avenue facade is the most visible and impressive front of the landmark, the longer sides which sit between this street and 33rd are something to behold. While the western side of the building is lined with loading docks, as you move eastward, it's taken over by an impressively strange dry moat, which acts as a barrier between the sidewalk and the building. I wasn't able to get a good shot of it, but Wikipedia has a nice view from 33rd St. 

The southern half of the block wouldn't even pass as impressive on a block without an 8-acre masterpiece facing it. So you'll pardon me if I didn't pay it much bother as I walked around here.

Situated in the heart of Chelsea, this stretch of 23rd Street has a rich combination of different storefronts, apartments, restaurants and bars. Though not as nice as some of the surrounding streets, if only because of the crowds and traffic, there's still a rather relaxing air here.

The 7th Avenue site starts off with a handful of eateries including Chelsea Papaya and the (seemingly new, and brilliantly-named) Wrapido. A Dominos pizza and a Garden of Eden gourmet grocery sit at-odds with each other on the southern half of the street, while Monster Sushi sits one door away. Further down the street, technology-oriented shops take hold with Tekserve and BestBuy both sitting near 6th Avenue. 

While there's much that could be said about what one finds on this block, it's all over-shadowed by the presence of the monumentally strange Kips Bay Towers. Designed by world-famous architect, I.M. Pei, and built in the early 1960's, the geometric towers represent a rather conservative example of his work. When compared to his designs for The Louvre, The Bank of China Tower, even the Jacob Javits Center across town, or any number of other structures, The Kips Bay towers seem simply ordinary. There's an argument to be made that they fit in to the geometric nature of his body of work, but even with that considered, the towers seem more like monolithic eyesores than works of a great architect.

Directly across the street (and indeed overshadowed – literally – in the right light by the aforementioned towers) a row of tenement apartments are slowly being replaced by more expensive condos. It seems that developers are working their way inward as the east and west ends of the block bookend the street with new condos and office buildings. 

Though there's quite a bit to find on 2nd Ave in terms of restaurants and shopping (not to mention the AMC Theater which sits on the same property as the apartment towers), 1st Avenue is dominated by the consistently-under-construction NYU Medical Center...and it's a dead-end, so you're pretty much stuck in a sea of doctors.

Absolutely lousy with fur wholesalers, there's practically nothing else on this block save for a newish Holiday Inn Express and some parking. OK, that may be a bit of a lie since there's also a Fencing supply store. Narrow and industrial, it's not the most welcoming place to stroll around.

This feels like an area whose buildings aren't going to make it another 10 years. The potential value of the real estate here must be staggering, I can't imagine the owners continuing with beaten-up fur storefronts when they could be looking at 45-story condos. I'm not saying I hope for that, but it really feels close-at-hand.