'The History of the Meatpacking District and its Pioneers' Webinar

Tickets: $18.88 ( incl. $3.88 fees ) (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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While today's Meatpacking District is mostly known for chic restaurants, avant-garde art galleries, and the Whitney Museum of Art, it had been New York's meatpacking hub for over a century. At its height, the neighborhood was home to around 250 meat purveyors that helped put America's finest meat on the tables of New York's restaurants — from small mom & pop eateries to America's top steakhouses like Delmonico's and Peter Luger. But what exactly did these companies do, and how did they evolve from purveyors of meat to local eateries into exporters of meat throughout the world? It's time to explore one of the most important industries in New York City history, from one family of butchers who called the neighborhood home for over seven decades.

Join New York Adventure Club as we unpack the rich history of New York City's Meatpacking District, with a focus on one of its premier meat purveyors responsible for processing, packaging, and distributing meat throughout New York, the greater metropolitan area, and eventually the world.

Led by native New Yorker Jacquelyn Ottman, a fifth-generation member of one of New York City’s pioneering family of butchers, our virtual experience surrounding the transformation of the meatpacking industry in New York's Meatpacking District will include:

• The early history of New York's Meatpacking District, and what influence other neighborhood markets like the Fulton Market (South Street Seaport) and Washington Market (World Trade Center/ Tribeca) had on its evolution
• The inside story of the Ottman family’s meat-purveying business, which started in 1859 delivering fresh meat in horse-drawn carriages to America's finest hotels, steamships, and wealthy private families
• How technological advancements such as vacuum packaging changed modern society, from helping transform restaurant kitchens across the world, to catapulting the NYC market into a top global meat exporter, to forever changing the way consumers buy meat in supermarkets
  -The importance of the now-famous “High Line” to the meatpacking companies, long before it became an elevated park
• Rare historical photos from the Ottman family's private collection, and untold stories handed down from previous generations of Ottman family members who worked in the Meatpacking District's West Washington Market and the Fulton Market since 1859
• Why so few meatpacking facilities are left in the neighborhood and the role they still play in supplying NYC's restaurants with high-quality meat

Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Jacquie — any and all questions about New York's meatpacking industry are welcomed and encouraged!

Can't make it live? Don't worry, you'll have access to the full replay for one week!

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About Jacquie

Jacquelyn Ottman is a native New Yorker and a fifth-generation Ottman, who worked at Ottman & Company since age 13, literally starting in the mailroom. A member of the Culinary Historians of New York, she is the author of three books on her personal culinary history, including "Ottman and Company: One Daughter Remembers" (KDP 2017), the story of her family's 150-year old NYC meat purveying firm.