Filed under: Meatpacking District Awesome First Sentences By Joey Arak Apr 16, 2008, 4:04pm EDT From a story on MePa's office boom: "In the trendy meatpacking district, an office tower used to be as rare a sighting as a fanny pack." [NYT] More From Curbed NY Curbed Is Moving to New York Magazine We Unearthed the 68 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Landlords Lose Fight Against Rent Protections, Hotel Chelsea’s Latest Tenant Battle, and Other News City Hall Park Is Still Under Lockdown, the MTA Has a Man Cave, and Other News The Cheapest, Nicest Apartments for Sale in the West Village Bill de Blasio’s Plan to Close Rikers Is Crumbling