Gansevoort

[ ganz-vawrt, -vohrt ]

noun

1. Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

Example Sentences

Commanding the view from the High Line and down Gansevoort Street, it’s a contemporary ruin: an outpouring of grief, a waning symbol of American power in the months before another contentious presidential election.

From New York Times

Gansevoort Peninsula, a 5.5-acre park between Gansevoort Street and Little West 12th Street in the Meatpacking District, opened last month.

From Los Angeles Times

The Gansevoort Peninsula presented a unique opportunity: It’s a landfill, not a pier supported by piles, as all the other structures are.

From Los Angeles Times

But recently, in New York for the opening of an exhibition of her newest works at Fort Gansevoort gallery in the Meatpacking district, this Haitian artist, who for three decades has led formal, technical and narrative innovation in the tradition of drapo, or Vodou banners, was gamely indulging queries.

From New York Times

A few days after the Fort Gansevoort opening, she traveled home.

From New York Times