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Midtown West, also known as Clinton, covers everything from the Hudson River to Fifth Ave between 34th and 57th St, although you might not know it by that name. Many New Yorkers still know Midtown West as Hell's Kitchen, but what's in a name matters less than what's in a neighborhood. And in Midtown West, that means a host of new construction rental buildings offering some of the finest apartments for rent in Manhattan.

Given its surpassingly central location, it can be surprising how sedate and neighborhood-y Midtown West is, especially given the booming restaurant and nightlife scene on 9th Avenue and ever-bustling theater district. But living in Midtown West offers a uniquely New York combination of convenience -- given the neighborhood's proximity to mass transit and Midtown's business district -- and community. With Chelsea's galleries on the South and the stately luxury shopping and dining of Columbus Circle on the uptown side, Midtown West manages to embody the extremes of its neighbors while remaining extremely welcoming.

A building boom two decades in length has blessed Midtown West with a wealth of new apartment towers. The Westport and One Columbus Place are a pair of new hotel-style luxury rental building from The Related Companies, and among the most luxurious apartment buildings in Midtown West. Claridge's is every bit as posh as its more modern competitors, but offers elegant pre-war rental apartments instead of ultra-modern rental flats. Even 42nd Street, not most people's idea of a residential blocks, has sprouted a pair of stunning new luxury rental towers -- the dazzling, 60-story Silver Towers and River Place. In Midtown West, everything -- be it the neighborhood's name or the housing stock -- is changing, for the better.

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