Google is providing free public Wi-Fi in the southwest section...
Google is providing free public Wi-Fi in the southwest section of the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan through a partnership with the Chelsea Improvement Co., the two announced Tuesday (http://bit.ly/WtNMtS). The Wi-Fi provided by Google -- which has 3,000 employees in…
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its Chelsea headquarters -- will cover “roughly between Gansevoort St. and 19[th] St. from 8th Ave to the West Side Highway, as well as the neighborhood’s public spaces, including the Chelsea Triangle, 14th Street Park, and Gansevoort Plaza,” according to a release. “New York is determined to become the world’s leading digital city, and universal access to high-speed Internet is one the core building blocks of that vision,” Mayor Mike Bloomberg said in the announcement. “Thanks to Google, free WiFi across this part of Chelsea takes us another step closer to that goal.” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in the same statement this “cutting edge wireless network will help to cement New York’s reputation as a leader in technological development, will help the city continue to attract business and grow our booming Silicon Alley, and will take us one step closer to our goal of becoming the most well connected city in America."