This handsome and large rental apartment building is named after the great museum in London and its Chelsea location is close to many well-known art galleries as well as the Chelsea Piers, the huge recreational complex along the Hudson River nearby.

A project of The Related Companies, one of the citys most active developers at the turn of the millennium, The Tate has 313 apartments in two towers, one 11 stories and one 14 stories, clustered about a private courtyard.

The building boasts one of the citys handsomest lobbies. It was designed by David Rockwell and combines a variety of materials to make a very stylish "modern statement." The concierge desk, for example, is in front of a screen of neatly arranged twigs, and there is also a grove of bamboo trees and stone pathways that lead to windowed elevator lobbies overlooking the landscaped courtyard.

The entrance has a large red-metal marquee that flares upward at its sides over a revolving door entrance. The building has some sidewalk landscaping and has blue-tinted glass over the entrance.

There are more than 50 floorplans and apartments have washers and dryers, granite kitchens with glass door cabinetry and stainless steel appliances, stone baths, walk-in closets, multiple media outlets in every room and some apartments have terraces.

The building has a health and fitness center with individual private

television screens. It also has a landscaped sundeck with a skylit entertainment room as well as a business center and a bicycle room.

Maid, valet and dry cleaning services are available and doormen and/or concierges are on duty 24 hours a day.

In mid-2004, rentals for an "alcove studio" were about $2,695, and ranged up to $4,095 for a two-bedroom unit with two baths.

Another attractive apartment building, the Marais at 520 West 23rd Street, was completed about the same time as this property, just across the street.

Since its opening, this area has undergone significant changes. IAC opening a sail-like office building designed by Frank O. Gehry a few blocks to the south and a multi-faceted apartment tower designed by Jean Nouvel was topped out across the street from it in 2008.

Meanwhile, the first section of the High Line elevated park opened in 2009 with many interesting new residential projects along its route from just south of 14th Street to 30th Street.