The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the consolidated city Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The City of New York Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami 59th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan runs east-west from York Avenue to the West Side Highway, with a discontinuity

Verdi Square at the intersection of Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. The W. 72nd Street subway station is in the center of the square.

Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is primarily a residential and shopping area, with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan. The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. See also Manhattan Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial Lower Manhattan (or downtown Manhattan) is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the While these distinctions were never hard-and-fast rules, and now mean little, it has the reputation of being home to New York City's liberal cultural and artistic workers, in contrast to the Upper East Side, which is perceived to be traditionally home to more affluent conservative commercial and business types. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined The neighborhood is rather upscale with the median household income in many areas exceeding Manhattan average to a considerable extent.

Geography

The Upper West Side and Central Park as seen from the Rockefeller Center Observatory.

The Upper West Side is bounded on the south by 59th Street, Central Park to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. 59th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan runs east-west from York Avenue to the West Side Highway, with a discontinuity Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami Its northern boundary is somewhat less obvious. Although it has historically been cited as 110th Street, which fixes the neighborhood alongside Central Park, it is now sometimes considered to be 125th Street, encompassing Morningside Heights. Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Barnard ^[1] This reflects demographic shifts in Morningside Heights, as well as the tendency of real estate brokers to co-opt the tony Upper West Side name when listing Morningside Heights and Harlem apartments.

From west to east, the avenues of the Upper West Side are Riverside Drive (12th Avenue), West End Avenue (11th Avenue), Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue (10th Avenue), Columbus Avenue (9th Avenue) and Central Park West (8th Avenue). Riverside Drive is a scenic north-south thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Eleventh Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the far West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, not far from the Hudson River Broadway, as the name implies is a wide avenue in New York City. Tenth Avenue / Amsterdam Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Ninth Avenue / Columbus Avenue is a southbound thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Central Park West (CPW is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States. The 66-block stretch of Broadway forms the spine of the neighborhood and moves diagonally across the avenues at the bottom of the neighborhood and above 72nd Street moves parallel to the avenues; it enters the neighborhood at its juncture with Central Park West at Columbus Circle (59th Street), crosses Columbus Ave. Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. at Lincoln Square (65th Street), crosses Amsterdam Ave. at Verdi Square (72nd Street), and then merges with West End at Straus Square (aka Bloomingdale Square, at 107th Street). Verdi Square is a small triangle of land enclosed by a railing located on Manhattan 's Upper West Side, between 72nd Street and 73rd Street on the south

Morningside Heights, just south of Harlem, is the site of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Columbia University, Barnard College, Union Theological Seminary, Manhattan School of Music, Teachers College and Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as Grant's Tomb and Riverside Church. Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Barnard Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center The Cathedral of St John the Divine, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York, is the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Barnard College is a women's liberal arts college founded in 1889 Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of Theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway The Manhattan School of Music is a Music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and Rankings According to US News & World Report, Teachers College Columbia University currently ranks as the #1 Graduate The Riverside Church in the City of New York is an Interdenominational ( American Baptist and United Church of Christ) interracial international church

Traditionally the neighborhood ranged from the former village of Harsenville, centered on the old Bloomingdale Road (now Broadway) and 65th Street, west to the railroad yards along the Hudson, then north to 110th Street, where the ground rises to Morningside Heights. Broadway, as the name implies is a wide avenue in New York City. With the building of Lincoln Center, its name, though perhaps not the reality, was stretched south to 59th Street. With the arrival of the corporate headquarters and expensive condos of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, and the Riverside South apartment complex built by Donald Trump, the area from 59th Street to 65th Street is increasingly referred to as Lincoln Square by realtors who acknowledge a different tone and ambiance than that typically associated with the Upper West Side. The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by The Related Companies in New York City. Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business magnate, Socialite, Television personality, and

History

A typical midblock view on the Upper West Side consisting of 4-5 story brownstones.

Originally the name Bloomingdale (from the Dutch "Bloemendaal"), or the Bloomingdale District, applied to the west side of Manhattan from about 23rd Street up to the Hollow Way (modern 125th Street), and it contained numerous farms and country residences of many of the city's well-off. 23rd Street is a large thoroughfare across the New York City borough of Manhattan. The main artery of this area was the Bloomingdale Road, which began north of where Broadway and the Bowery Lane join (at modern Union Square) and wended its way northward up to about modern 116th Street in Morningside Heights, where the road further north was known as the Kingsbridge Road. Union Square Park (also known as Union Square) is an important and historic intersection in New York City, located where Broadway and the Bowery Within the confines of the modern-day Upper West Side, the road passed through areas known as Harsenville, Strycker's Bay, and Bloomingdale Village.

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the Upper West Side-to-be contained some of colonial New York's most ambitious houses, spaced along Bloomingdale Road. It became increasingly infilled with smaller, more suburban villas in the first half of the nineteenth century, and in the middle of the century, parts had become decidedly lower class.

Much of the riverfront of the Upper West Side was a shipping, transportation, and manufacturing corridor. The Hudson River Railroad line right-of-way was granted in the late 1830s to connect New York City to Albany, and soon ran along the riverbank. The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity was a Railroad operating in the Northeastern United States. A right-of-way is a strip of land that is granted – through an Easement or other mechanism – for Transportation purposes such as for a Rail line or One major non-industrial development, the creation of the Central Park in the 1850s and 60s caused many squatters to move their shacks into the UWS. Parts of the neighborhood became a ragtag collection of squatters' housing, boarding houses, and rowdy taverns.

As this development occurred, the old name of Bloomingdale Road was being chopped away and the name Broadway was progressively being applied further northward to include what had been lower Bloomingdale Road. In 1868, the city began straightening and grading the section of the Bloomingdale Road from Harsenville north, and it became known as "The Boulevard". It retained that name until the end of the century, when the name Broadway finally supplanted it.

Development of the neighborhood lagged even while Central Park was being laid out in the 1860s and 70s, then was stymied by the Panic of 1873. The Panic of 1873 was the start of the Long Depression, a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879 Things turned around when the elevated train's rapid transit was extended up Ninth Avenue (renamed Columbus Avenue in 1890), and with Columbia University's relocation to Morningside Heights in the 1890s, using lands once held by the Bloomingdale Asylum. Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Barnard The Upper West Side was built in a boom from 1885 to 1910, thanks in large part to the arrival of IRT subway stations at 72nd, 79th, 86th and 96th Street after 1904.

In the early part of the 1900s, the Upper West Side area south of 67th Street was heavily populated by African-Americans and supposedly gained its nickname of "San Juan Hill" in commemoration of African-American soldiers who were a major part of the assault on Cuba's San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa San Juan Hill was a predominantly African American Neighborhood of Tenements on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la But by 1960, the area was a rough neighborhood of tenement housing and was used for exterior shots in the movie musical West Side Story. West Side Story is a 1961 film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Urban renewal then swept through with the construction of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Towers apartments during 1962–1968. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U Lincoln Towers is an apartment complex on the Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan that consists of six buildings with eight

Riverside Park was conceived in 1866 and formally approved by the state legislature through the efforts of city parks commissioner Andrew Haswell Green. Andrew Green ( 1820 - November 13, 1903) was a New York lawyer city planner civic leader and agitator for reform The first segment of park was acquired through condemnation in 1872, and construction soon began following a design created by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed the adjacent, gracefully curving Riverside Drive. Frederick Law Olmsted ( April 25, 1822 &ndash August 28, 1903) was an American landscape designer and father of American A number of cities around the world have a Riverside Drive. In the United States: Riverside Drive (Anderson California Riverside In 1937, under the administration of commissioner Robert Moses, 132 acres of land were added to the park, primarily by creating a promenade that covered the tracks of the Hudson River Railroad. Robert Moses ( December 18 1888 – July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Moses, working with landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke also added playgrounds, and distinctive stonework and the 79th Street boat basin, but also cut pedestrians off from direct access to most of the riverfront by building the Henry Hudson Parkway by the river's edge. Gilmore David Clarke ( July 12, 1892 &ndash August 8, 1982) was an American Civil engineer and Landscape architect The Henry Hudson Parkway is an long Parkway in New York City. According to Robert Caro's book, The Power Broker on Moses, Riverside Park was designed with most of the amenities located in predominately white neighborhoods, with the neighborhoods closer to Harlem getting shorter shrift. Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a Biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses Riverside Park, like Central Park, has undergone a revival in the last 30 years, largely through the efforts of The Riverside Park Fund, a citizen's group. Largely through their efforts and the support of the city, much of the park has been improved. The Hudson River greenway, that borders the river-edge of the park is a popular route for pedestrians and bicylcle commuters, and offers spectacular vistas. A dramatic new improvement to the greenway is the $13. 3 million "Riverwalk" extension to the park's greenway being constructed between 83rd and 91st Streets on a promenade in the river itself. Riverwalk is due to be completed in the spring of 2009.

From the post-WWII years until the AIDS epidemic the neighborhood, especially below 86th Street had a substantial gay population. Theater people had been attracted to the neighborhood because of its proximity and easy transportation to the Theater District, and among these were many gay men. As the neighborhood had deteriorated it was affordable to working class gay men, and those just arriving in NYC and looking for their first white collar jobs. Its ethnically mixed gay population, mostly Hispanic and white, with a mixture of income levels and occupations patronized the same gay bars in the neighborhood, making it markedly different from most gay enclaves elsewhere in the city. The influx of white gay men in the Fifties and Sixties is often credited with accelerating the gentrification of the Upper West Side, and by the mid and late 70's the gay male population had become predominantly white.

Another component that brought about the eventual gentrification of the neighborhood were the recent college graduates in the late '70s and early '80s who moved in, drawn to the neighborhood's large apartments and cheap housing.

The Upper West Side is also a largely Jewish neighborhood, populated with both German Jews who moved in at the turn of the century, and Jewish refugees escaping Hitler's Europe in the 1930's. Today the area between 85th Street and 100th Street is home to the largest community of young Modern Orthodox singles outside of Israel.

In a subsequent phase of urban renewal, the rail yards which had formed the Upper West Side's southwest corner were replaced by the Riverside South residential project and a southward extension of Riverside Park. Trump Place (also known as Riverside South and Trump City and Television City) is an Apartment complex originated by Donald Trump The evolution of Riverside South had a 40-year history, often extremely bitter, beginning in 1962 with the first proposal made by the Penn Railroad itself. The most ambitious proposal, and the one generating the most opposition was Donald Trump's "Television City" concept of 1985, which would have included a 152-story tower. Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business magnate, Socialite, Television personality, and In 1991, civic groups signaled that they were willing to accept a development about 40% smaller in scope than Trump proposed, and things finally started moving. As of 2005 construction is well underway, but still to be resolved is the future of the West Side Highway viaduct over the park area. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The Bloomingdale district was the site for several long-established charitable institutions: their unbroken parcels of land have provided suitably-scaled sites for Columbia University and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, as well as for some vanished landmarks, such as the Schwab Mansion on Riverside Drive, the most ambitious free-standing private house ever built in Manhattan. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The Cathedral of St John the Divine, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York, is the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese Riverside was the name of an extravagant private residence on the Upper West Side of New York City that existed in the first half of the 20th century Riverside Drive is a scenic north-south thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

The name Bloomingdale is still used in reference to a part of the Upper West Side, essentially the location of old Bloomingdale Village, the area from about 96th Street up to 110th Street and from Riverside Park east to Amsterdam Ave. The triangular block bound by Broadway, West End Avenue, 106th Street and 107th Street, although generally known as Straus Park (named for Isidor Straus and his wife Ida), was officially designated Bloomingdale Square in 1907. Isidor Straus ( February 6, 1845 &ndash April 15, 1912)—also known as Isadore Strauss — a German Jewish American The neighborhood also includes the Bloomingdale School of Music and Bloomingdale neighborhood branch of the New York Public Library. Bloomingdale School of Music (BSM is a nonprofit community music school on the Upper West Side of New York City. The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries. Adjacent to the Bloomingdale neighborhood is a more diverse and less affluent subsection of the Upper West Side called Manhattan Valley, focused on the downslope of Columbus Avenue and Manhattan Avenue from about 102nd Street up to 110th Street. Manhattan Valley is a neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, bounded by West 110th Street to the north Manhattan Avenue is the name of two streets in New York City Brooklyn Manhattan Avenue is the major shopping street in Greenpoint Brooklyn.

Transportation

Two subway lines serve the Upper West Side. The 1,2,3, (2 & 3 are express) run along the Broadway line making stops at 59th Street, 66th Street, 72nd Street (express stop), 79th Street, 86th Street, 96th Street (express stop), 103rd Street and 110th Street. The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the Seventh Avenue Line) is a New York City Subway line The B & C trains run along the Central Park West line stopping at 59th Street, 72nd Street, 81st Street, 96th Street, 103rd Street and 110th Street. There are five different bus routes that go up and down the Upper West Side, as well as crosstown buses at every major intersection.

• M5: Up and down Riverside Drive from 72nd Street to 178 Street (limited bus available)
• M104: Up and down Broadway
• M7 & M11: Up Amsterdam and down Columbus
• M10: Up and down Central Park West

Landmarks and institutions

Springtime in Riverside Park. Riverside Park is a scenic waterfront public park on the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, operated and maintained

Corporate

• American Broadcasting Company - Headquarters located at 77 West 66th Street on the corner of Columbus Avenue in Lincoln Square
• Central Savings Bank - a Florentine palazzo at Broadway and 73rd, with a magnificent Roman banking hall, one of New York's classic interior spaces, York & Sawyer, architects, ironwork by Samuel Yellin, 1928 (currently occupied by Apple Bank)
• Time Warner Center - New headquarters located on Columbus Circle, at the site of the old New York Coliseum

Cultural

• American Museum of Natural History
  • Hayden Planetarium
• Beacon Theater* Children's Museum of Manhattan
• Lincoln Center
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic
  • New York State Theater, home of the New York City Opera and the New York City Ballet
  • Juilliard School of Music
  • A total of 12 performing arts companies hosted in a variety of theater and recital spaces
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• New-York Historical Society
• Symphony Space
  • Thalia Theater

Education

• Abraham Joshua Heschel School Lower School- West 89th Street
• Abraham Joshua Heschel School Middle School- West 91st Street
• Abraham Joshua Heschel School High School- West End Ave and W. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Lincoln Square is the Name of both a square and the surrounding Neighborhood within the Upper West Side of the New York City Samuel Yellin (1885&ndash1940 American master blacksmith was born in Galicia Poland where at the age of eleven he was apprenticed to an iron master The Apple Bank for Savings provides private and commercial banking services to the greater New York City area The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by The Related Companies in New York City. Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The New York Coliseum was a Convention center that stood on Columbus Circle in New York City from 1956 to 2000 The American Museum of Natural History ( AMNH) located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA is one of the largest and most |-| |-| |-| |}The Hayden Planetarium is a public Planetarium located on Central Park West, New York City, next to and organizationally part of the The Children’s Museum of Manhattan was founded by Bette Korman under the name GAME (Growth Through Art and Museum Education in 1973 The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb| New York State Theater]] The New York City Opera (NYCO is based in Philip Johnson 's New York State New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|300px| New York State Theater]] New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a Ballet company founded in 1948 by The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. The New-York Historical Society is an American organization located in New York City and dedicated to the preservation of the city's history Symphony Space is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Schools The Abraham Joshua Heschel School's student body is divided up into several buildings due to space constraints Schools The Abraham Joshua Heschel School's student body is divided up into several buildings due to space constraints Schools The Abraham Joshua Heschel School's student body is divided up into several buildings due to space constraints 60th Street
• Alexander Robertson School - West 95th Street off Central Park West
• The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
• The Anderson School PS 334 - (K-5 & 6-8), 84th & Columbus
• Columbia University - in Morningside Heights
• Bank Street College of Education and School for Children - in Morningside Heights
• Bard Graduate Center at 86th and Columbus. The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA is a college conservatory for the performing arts located New York City, New York, and in Los Angeles California Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Bank Street College of Education, or simply Bank Street is located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, in New York City. The Bard Graduate Center (aka BGC for Studies in the Decorative arts Design, and Culture was founded in 1993 by Susan Weber Soros (former wife of
• Barnard College - in Morningside Heights
• Beit Rabban School
• Bloomingdale School of Music
• Booker T. Barnard College is a women's liberal arts college founded in 1889 Washington Middle School 54 - 107th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus
• Calhoun School
• The Cathedral School of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine - in Morningside Heights
• The Center School - 70th between Amsterdam and West End
• The Collegiate School
• Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
• Columbus Academy
• MS 44
• The Computer School (MS 245)
• Corpus Christi School - next to Columbia University and Teachers College [2]
• De La Salle Academy
• Dwight School
• Ethical Culture Fieldston School Central Park West and 63rd Street
• Fordham University Lincoln Center campus - Schools of Law, Business, Social Service and Education
• Jewish Theological Seminary - in Morningside Heights
• New York Institute of Technology - in the Columbus Circle proximity
• Manhattan School of Music - in Morningside Heights
• Manhattan Day School
• Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, on 85th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus
• PS 75
• PS 87, on 78th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue. The Calhoun School is an independent coeducational college preparatory school located in New York City's Upper West Side. The Cathedral of St John the Divine, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York, is the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese The Center School is a public middle school located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan New York City, United States. Collegiate School is a Private school for boys in New York City and lays claim to being the oldest School in the United States. History Columbia Grammar School was founded in 1764 just ten years after the founding of Kings College (later Columbia University The Dwight School is a selective combined elementary and secondary private school on the Upper West Side in New York N Fordham University is a private University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. The New York Institute of Technology (also known as NYIT and New York Tech) is a private co-educational college in New York in the USA. The Manhattan School of Music is a Music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and This is about the university in New York; for other uses see New School (disambiguation.
• PS 97
• PS 9 - 84th and Columbus
• PS 163 (aka the Alfred E. Smith School) - West 97th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues
• Rodeph Sholom School
• St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - in Morningside Heights
• Teachers College of Columbia University, in Morningside Heights
• Trevor Day School
• Trinity School
• Union Theological Seminary - in Morningside Heights
• Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan
• York Preparatory School- Near Lincoln Center
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts - behind Lincoln Center
• Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan

Food and gourmet

A sidewalk cafe on Broadway and 112th St. Alfred Emanuel Smith Jr, known in private and public life as Al Smith, ( December 30, 1873 - October 4, 1944) was elected Governor St Hilda's & St Hugh's School is an independent Episcopal Day school in New York City. Rankings According to US News & World Report, Teachers College Columbia University currently ranks as the #1 Graduate Trinity School is a private, preparatory, Co-educational Day school for grades K-12 located in New York City, USA Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of Theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway York Preparatory School is an independent prestigious University-preparatory school in the Lincoln Center area New York City. Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, also officially known as "H

Amsterdam Avenue from 67th Street up to 96th Street is lined with restaurants and bars. Columbus Avenue is as well, to a slightly lesser extent. The following lists a few neighborhood institutions and famous places.

• Barney Greengrass the Sturgeon King - gourmet grocery, Amsterdam Ave. and 86th St. , founded 1908
• Café des Artistes - 67th St. Café des Artistes is a fine French Restaurant at One West 67th Street in Manhattan and is owned by George Lang at Central Park West, founded 1917
• Cafe Lalo - dessert cafe, 83rd St. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year at Amsterdam, seen in You've Got Mail
• Cafe Con Leche - between 95th and 96th street & Amsterdam. Cuban and Dominican cuisine.
• Candle Bar - Amsterdam btwn 75th & 74th. Oldest continuously operating gay bar in NYC, open as a gay establishment since the mid-60's.
• Citarella - gourmet grocery, Broadway and 75th St. , founded 1912 at 164th St. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting and later moved to UWS
• Gray's Papaya - hot dog and juice stand, 2090 Broadway, at 72nd st. Gray's Papaya is a Hot dog restaurant with three locations on the West Side of Manhattan, open 24 hours a day year-round
• Edgar's Cafe - dessert cafe, 84th St. at Broadway, so named because Edgar Allan Poe lived near this location during 1844-1845, where Poe allegedly composed "The Raven"^[2]
• Fairway Market - market and grocery, Broadway and 74th St. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 , founded c. 1950
• Fine & Schapiro - famous kosher deli 138 w. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 72nd Street (between Broadway and Columbus)
• H&H Bagels - Broadway and 80th St. H&H Bagels is a popular Bagel company in New York City, founded in 1972 by Helmer Toro , founded 1972
• Sing & Sing Market - Columbus Ave. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. at 96th St. , affectionately known as Sing Sing, bakery/greenmarket/deli on the ground floor of The Westmont selling kosher food.
• Tavern on the Green - famous restaurant located in Central Park at Central Park West and West 67th Street, founded 1934
• Tom's Restaurant - Broadway and 112th St. Tavern on the Green is a Restaurant located in Central Park on the Upper West Side of New York City, in the United States. Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually Central Park West (CPW is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. in Morningside Heights, founded c. Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Barnard 1950
• Zabar's - gourmet grocery, Broadway and 80th St. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zabar's is a specialty food store founded by Louis Zabar on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. , founded 1934

Restaurants

• Gabriel's - 11 W 60th St | Btwn 9th Ave & Bway $$$$
• Manhattan Diner - 2180 Broadway | At 77th St $$$
• Spiga - 200 W 84th St | Btwn Amsterdam Ave & Bway $$$$
• Noche Mexicana - 852 Amsterdam Ave | Btwn 101st & 102nd St $$
• Thai Market - 960 Amsterdam Ave | Btwn 107th & 108th St $$

Other historical sites

Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial, W. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abilities Kumonga can shoot a thick webbing and a stinger from his mouth 106th and West End Ave.

• Grant's Tomb - in Morningside Heights
• Columbus Circle - statue of Christopher Columbus on 59th St. Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. and the intersection of Broadway and Central Park West.
• Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument - on Riverside Drive at 89th Street. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Monument commemorates Union Army soldiers and sailors who served in the American Civil War. A number of cities around the world have a Riverside Drive. In the United States: Riverside Drive (Anderson California Riverside
• The former East River Savings Bank at Amsterdam and 96th Street (Walker and Gillette, 1927) is a classical temple now housing a drugstore, locally termed "The Aspirineum" and "The First National Bank of CVS"

Religious

• Advent Lutheran Church - Broadway/93rd.
• Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church 71st Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenues. Interesting tapestries on display, modeled on 14th century French Gothic Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
• The Carlebach Shul-305 West 79th Street, off West End Avenue
• Lincoln Square Synagogue200 Amsterdam Avenue, on Broadway.
• Cathedral of Saint John the Divine - in Morningside Heights, the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, or at least it will be, when it's finished. The Cathedral of St John the Divine, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York, is the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese Suffered significant fire damage to the South transept in December 2001. The church was originally to follow a Romanesque design, but the builders switched to a Gothic design along the way. The church plans to replace the great dome with a massive Gothic tower, but this major construction project is likely to take decades, if it is ever completed.
• First Baptist Church in the City of New York 79th Street at Broadway
• The Church of St. The First Baptist Church in the City of New York is a Christian congregation based in a sanctuary built in 1891 at the intersection of Broadway and West Broadway, as the name implies is a wide avenue in New York City. Gregory the Great 90th Street between Amsterdam/Columbus.
• Church of Sts. Paul and Andrew 86th Street West End Avenue. Center of strong community outreach programs to the disaffected.
• Church of the Ascension (Catholic) 107th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam
• Congregation Ansche Chesed אנשי חסד
• Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
• Congregation Habonim
• Congregation Ohab Zedek (OZ)
• Congregation Shaare Zedek West 93rd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam.
• Congregation Shearith Israel
• Congregation Rodeph Sholom 83rd Street/Central Park. Congregation Shearith Israel, often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in the United States, although its current building dates Established the first Reform Jewish Day School in North America in 1970.
• Congregation Ohav Sholom
• Corpus Christi Church near Columbia University
• Holy Name of Jesus R.C. Church - 207 West 96th Street, NW corner of Amsterdam. The Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church stands at 96th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. Built 1892-1900; restored 1998-2000.
• Darkhei Noam
• Holy Trinity Church 82nd Street betw. Broadway/Amsterdam, a fine example of Byzantine architecture with mosaics in the ceilings.

Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, 213 West 82nd Street

St Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 180 West 82d Street

• The Jewish Center
• Kehilat Hadar
• Kehilat Orach Eliezer
• Kol Zimrah
• Kollel Yisroel V'Shimshon of the West Side
• Manhattan New York Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kol Zimrah is an independent Minyan or Chavurah founded in 2002 based in New York City and meeting primarily on the Upper West Side. The Manhattan New York Temple is the 119th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 65th Street and Columbus/Broadway, across the street from Lincoln Center.
• New York Buddhist Church
• Rabbi Besser's Shtiebel
• Riverside Church - in Morningside Heights
• St. Michael's - Welcoming, diverse community. The Riverside Church in the City of New York is an Interdenominational ( American Baptist and United Church of Christ) interracial international church St Michael’s Church, an Episcopal church founded in January 1807, is located at Amsterdam Avenue and 99th Street in New York City ’s Upper West Traditional Anglican and emerging church/Seeker worship services. The emerging church (sometimes referred to as the emergent church movement) is a Christian movement whose participants seek to live their faith in modern society by Amsterdam Ave at W 99th Street.
• St. Ignatius Episcopal Church Excellent example of Anglican "high church" architecture. 87th Street West End Avenue.
• Society for Ethical Culture Also a classical music venue. Ethical Culture is a nontheistic Religion established by Felix Adler in 1876
• Trinity Lutheran Church- 100st/Am&Col
• The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annuciation - 91st/West End Ave.
• The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, (Carrère and Hastings, 1903); now housing the Crenshaw Christian Center
• Society for the Advancement of Judaism
• Minyan Ma'at (which is part of Congregation Ansche Chesed)
• West Side Minyan
• Manhattan Jewish Experience - 131 W. Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère ( November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings ( March 11 The Society for the Advancement of Judaism is a Synagogue and Jewish organization in New York City, on Manhattan 's Upper West Side 86th Street

Residences

The apartment buildings along Central Park West, facing the park, are some of the most desirable apartments in New York. Central Park West (CPW is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States. The Dakota at 72nd St. The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is an Apartment building located on the northwest corner of has been home to numerous celebrities including John Lennon. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Other famous buildings on CPW include the Art Deco Century Apartments (Irwin Chanin, 1931) and the Majestic also by Chanin. The San Remo, Eldorado (300 C. The San Remo (145 and 146 Central Park West) is a luxury co-operative Apartment building in New York City located between 74th and 75th streets about 1/10 P. W. , with the highest sum of Democratic presidential campaign contributions by address in 2004) was the home of Herman Wouk's fictional Marjorie Morningstar, and The Beresford, were all built by Emery Roth as was 41 West 96th Street (completed in 1926). Marjorie Morningstar is a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk, about a woman who wants to become an actress The Beresford (211 Central Park West) (between 81st and 82nd Streets is an upscale Apartment building in New York City. Emery Roth (born Róth Imre, 1871 &ndash August 20, 1948) was a Hungarian-American Architect who built many of the definitive New York Along Broadway are several Beaux-Arts apartment houses: the Belnord (1908), the Apthorp (1908), the Ansonia Hotel (1902) and the Dorilton. Beaux Arts architecture denotes the academic classical Architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. The Ansonia is a building in the Upper West Side of New York, New York in the United States, located at 2109 Broadway between 73rd Riverside Drive also has many beautiful pre-war houses and larger buildings, including the graceful curving apartment buildings—The Paterno and The Colosseum by Schwartz & Gross—at 116th St and Riverside Drive. The Paterno is a Manhattan apartment building located at 116th Street and Riverside Drive and also known as 440 Riverside Drive Schwartz and Gross was a New York City architectural firm active from at least 1901 to 1963 and which designed numerous Apartment buildings in the city The northern stretches of Columbus Avenue are graced by the post-modern landmarks, The Westmont and its sister building, the Key West. Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism Between Broadway and Riverside, West End Avenue is a grand residential boulevard. It is lined with pre-war Beaux-Arts apartment buildings and townhouses dating from the late-19th and early 20th centuries and is closed to commercial traffic.

In film, television, and the arts

The Upper West Side has been a setting for many movies and television shows because of its pre-War architecture, colorful community and rich cultural life. Ever since Edward R. Murrow went "Person-to-Person" live, the length of Central Park West in the 1950s, West Siders scarcely pause to gape at on-site trailers, and jump their skateboards over coaxial cables and it seems that one or another of the various Law & Order shows is taking up all the available parking spaces in the neighborhood. Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. Woody Allen's film Hannah and Her Sisters captures that quintessential Upper West Side flavor of rambling high-ceilinged apartments bursting at the seams with books and other cultural artifacts. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 Comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family told mostly during a year that begins and ends with

Movies

• American Psycho (film) (2000), The main character, played by Christian Bale, named Patrick Bateman, apparently lives in the American Gardens Building on West 81st street. American Psycho is a 2000 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis 's controversial novel of the same name.
• The Apartment (1960)
• Black and White (1999), has scenes of Central Park and Columbia University
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Early on in his trip to America, Borat is seen in Columbus Circle in front of the Trump International Hotel and Tower
• Cruel Intentions 3 (2004), takes place at an Upper West Side prep school
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), includes a scene set outside the subway station at 72nd Street and Broadway, featuring a public phone that was in fact only a prop. The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy - Drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon See also Black & White (1998 film. Black and White is a 1999 Film directed by James Toback, starring Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 Cruel Intentions 3 is an American drama / Thriller film, directed by Scott Ziehl and released Direct-to-video in Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 Action film, and the second Sequel in the ''Die Hard'' series.
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999) The characters played by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman live in an apartment on Central Park West. Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 drama - mystery directed produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, based on the Novella
• Fools Rush In (1997) Several scenes, including the 72nd St. This article refers to the Hollywood film For the 1940 popular song see Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread. & Broadway Subway station and CPW
• Ghostbusters (1984), at the opening of the movie, the three ghostbusters are shown as being ousted professors on the Columbia University campus, and the building where Sigourney Weaver's character lives is 55 Central Park West, at 66th St. Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is
• Ghostbusters II (1989) Janosz says he's from the Upper West Side. Ghostbusters II is the 1989 Sequel to Ghostbusters (1984 produced and directed by Ivan Reitman.
• Heartburn (1986) finds Meryl Steep's character taking refuge in her father's spacious apartment at the Apthorp on 79th Street and Broadway after her marriage to the character played by Jack Nicholson fails; author Nora Ephron, on whose novel the film was based, was an Apthorp resident at the time. Heartburn or pyrosis is a painful or burning sensation in the Esophagus, just below the breastbone usually associated with regurgitation of gastric acid Nora Ephron (born May 19 1941) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter, Novelist, and
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) takes place in Central Park, and in a townhouse on 95th St. Home Alone 2 Lost in New York is the 1992 sequel to the 1990 Film Home Alone, written and produced by John Hughes as well as other locations throughout New York.
• The House on 92nd Street (1945), though set on the UES at 92nd/Madison, the movie is based on the true story of Nazi spies operating out of an Upper West Side boarding house on 90th Street between Amsterdam/Columbus. The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 Black-and-white film in the Film noir genre
• Keeping the Faith (2000), various church locations [3]
• Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
• Little Manhattan (2005), includes various scenes from the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, Broadway / 72nd Street, and Septuagesimo Uno (the smallest NYC public park located on West 71st street between Amsterdam Ave and West End Ave). Keeping the Faith is a 2000 Comedy-drama film written by Stuart Blumberg and directed by Edward Norton. Kissing Jessica Stein is a 2001 American independent Romantic comedy film, written and co-produced by the film's stars Jennifer
• I Am Legend (2007), Will Smith, re-work of the Charlton Heston film "the Omega Man". I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. The now disused Red Cross Hosiptal on 66th and Amsterdam was used for many of the indoor "zombie" scenes
• Margaret (2006/6), currently under production with Matt Damon. Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist.
• Music & Lyrics (2006), with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Music and Lyrics is a romantic comedy Film released by Warner Bros Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 is a British Actor and Film producer. Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22 1975 is an American actress and Film producer. all set around 72nd Street which forms the backdrop for the apartment that Hugh Grant lives in. The restaurant scene was shot at La Fenice at 69th and Broadway
• New York Minute (2004) features Ashley Olsen's character making a speech at Columbia. New York Minute is a 2004 comedy Teen film starring Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen and Eugene Levy. Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13 1986 is an American Actress, producer, Executive producer, Fashion designer and Fashion model
• Night at the Museum (2006) is set in the Museum of Natural History and areas adjoining it
• Panic Room (2002) takes place on West 94th Street
• The Panic in Needle Park (1971), starring Al Pacino, is set in Sherman Square, at the intersection of Broadway and 70th Street
• The Pawnbroker (1964), One of the final scenes is at Geraldine Fitzgerald's character's apartment in Lincoln Towers
• Prime (2005) Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep. Night at the Museum is a 2006 American Adventure Comedy film. The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino in his second film appearance The Pawnbroker is a novel by Edward Lewis Wallant which tells the story of Sol Nazerman a concentration camp survivor who suffers flashbacks Prime is a 2005 American Romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep & Bryan Greenberg. Uma Karuna Thurman ( IPA: /ˈumə ˈθɝmən/ born April 29 1970 is an Academy Award -nominated American actress. Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre, Uma Thurman gets her nails done at Pinky's on 89th Street
• Rosemary's Baby (1968), apartment building in movie is The Dakota
• Single White Female (1992), apartment building in movie is The Ansonia
• Spider-Man (2002), Low Library and College Walk of Columbia University
• Spider-Man 2 (2004), Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History
• Take the Money and Run (1969) Virgil and Louise are seen at the fountain in Lincoln Center
• Vanilla Sky (2001), car accident at center of movie happens in Riverside Park, near 96th Street [4]
• Wall Street (1987) In one of the final scenes, after being punched in Central Park by Michael Douglas for being unloyal, Charlie Sheen walks into the Tavern on the Green where, in the men's room, he provides an indicting wiretap of the conversation between the two to federal agents, implicating Douglas in federal security fraud. Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American horror / thriller Film written and directed by Roman Polanski. The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is an Apartment building located on the northwest corner of Single White Female is a 1992 thriller based on John Lutz 's novel SWF Seeks Same. The Ansonia is a building in the Upper West Side of New York, New York in the United States, located at 2109 Broadway between 73rd Spider-Man is a 2002 American Superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American Superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred The American Museum of Natural History ( AMNH) located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA is one of the largest and most Take the Money and Run is a 1969 Comedy film co-written by directed by and starring Woody Allen. Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American Psychological thriller Film, which has been variously characterized by published film critics as "an odd Wall Street is a 1987 American film directed by Oliver Stone and features Charlie Sheen as a young stockbroker desperate Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3 1965 better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor Tavern on the Green is a Restaurant located in Central Park on the Upper West Side of New York City, in the United States.
• The Warriors (1979) The Warriors emerge from the 72nd street subway station (Baseball Furie's Turf) and run to Riverside Park, where they easily defeat The Baseball Furies. The Warriors is a 1979 cult classic action / thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on the 1965 novel
• West Side Story (1961), takes place in tenements where Lincoln Center is today, around 66th Street
• You've Got Mail (1998) used many UWS locations, such as the park at 72nd Street and Riverside Drive. West Side Story is a 1961 film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. You've Got Mail is an American romantic comedy released in 1998 by Warner Brothers. The DVD of movie includes an interactive tour of the neighborhood. The storyline is also in some degree appropriate to the area because two well-loved UWS independent bookstores, Shakespeare & Co. and Eeyore's, were driven out of business in the late 1990s when they were sandwiched by two branches of a national chain bookstore. Another amusing sidelight relating to the local character of the movie was the scene in which the two principals enter a movie theater. The multiplex exists, and the sub-theater in which they go to watch the movie later showed You've Got Mail.
• Various Woody Allen movies
  • Annie Hall (1977) featured two movie theaters. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Annie Hall is a 1977 Romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. The scene where he and Diane Keaton are in line for tickets and pulls Marshall McLuhan out of thin air to silence a boorish rant - was shot in the lobby of The New Yorker movie theater (89th & Broadway), the second scene is a shot of the Thalia Theater at 95th and Broadway. The last scene in the film is shot from a recently closed restaurant on 64th and Broadway, facing Lincoln Center. The Upper West Side is also mentioned by name in Annie Hall, when Allen meets a college student at a political rally and describes her as an "Upper West Side" liberal. Modern liberalism in the United States, also referred to as American liberalism, is a political ideology that seeks to use the power of the state to effect change upon society
  • Manhattan features an arty scene in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York |-| |-| |-| |}The Hayden Planetarium is a public Planetarium located on Central Park West, New York City, next to and organizationally part of the The American Museum of Natural History ( AMNH) located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA is one of the largest and most
  • In Mighty Aphrodite, Woody Allen's character is told that his adopted son's mother is a sex worker as he stands in a doorway on the north side of West 72nd Street, just east of Amsterdam. Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 American Comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen.

Television

• Law & Order - often uses Upper West Side and Morningside Heights locations near Columbia University for filming. Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf.
• Seinfeld - Jerry in the series lived at 129 West 81st St. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld is the main Protagonist on the United States television sitcom Seinfeld ( 1989 , though the establishing exterior shots were of a building in Los Angeles; the series used authentic exteriors from locations such as Tom's Restaurant and H&H Bagels. H&H Bagels is a popular Bagel company in New York City, founded in 1972 by Helmer Toro Jerry Seinfeld himself is an owner of an apartment in The Beresford at 81st Street and Central Park West. Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born on April 29 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian actor and writer The Beresford (211 Central Park West) (between 81st and 82nd Streets is an upscale Apartment building in New York City.
• Sex and the City - used many locations, including Gray's Papaya, Zabar's, and Charlotte's (275 CPW) and Miranda's (250 W. Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a Gray's Papaya is a Hot dog restaurant with three locations on the West Side of Manhattan, open 24 hours a day year-round Zabar's is a specialty food store founded by Louis Zabar on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. 85th) apartments.
• Will & Grace - Will lives in 155 Riverside Drive, Apartment 9C. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 Jack lives in 155 Riverside Drive, Apartment 9A.
• Mad About You - From [5] : "When they met [1. Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999 11], Paul was living at 129 West 81st Street, and Jamie was living nearby at 142 West 81st, so it is understandable that they met at a local newsstand. They moved in together on Valentine's Day, 1991. Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a Holiday celebrated on February 14 Before moving into his own apartment on West 81st, Paul stayed for a while with his cousin Ira at 196 West 93rd Street [3. 22], before Ira booted him out [3. 16]. The actual building used for the exterior shots of their apartment together is located at the corner of East 12th St. and Fifth Avenue. We don't know for sure, but exterior shots for the registration episode [2. 21] were filmed at Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The building with the columns where registration takes place is Ferris Booth Hall (which has since been replaced by Alfred Lerner Hall), while the student centre and the outside shot after that is on one of the lower campus paths, looking south, with Ferris Booth to the right, Butler Library to the left, and Carman Hall in the background right, with Carman Gate in the background. Alfred Lerner Hall is the student center or students' union of Columbia University. The Nicholas Murray Butler Library, commonly known simply as Butler Library, is the largest single library in the Columbia University Library System, which contains The message kiosk is in the foreground right. "
• 30 Rock - Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) lives at 160 Riverside Drive
• How I Met Your Mother - Ted, Marshall, and Lilly live in an apartment at 75th and Amsterdam. 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey. How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005

Music

• "Classical Rap" - This parody by Peter Schickele, on his album "P. Johann Peter Schickele (born July 17 1935) is an American Composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for his comedy music D. Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex & Other Choral Calamities", describes the travails of living on the Upper West Side, as a Yuppie chants hip-hop lyrics to a classical instrumental background.
• Tom's Diner - A song by Suzanne Vega focusing on a woman on a rainy morning at Tom's Restaurant at 112th and Broadway. " Tom's Diner " is an A cappella pop song written in 1981 by American Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American Songwriter and Singer Broadway, as the name implies is a wide avenue in New York City. ^[3]
• "Lazy Sunday" - A parody rap on the late-night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (December 2005), performed by Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell about their day going to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and getting cupcakes (at Magnolia Bakery, located in Greenwich Village). Lazy Sunday is a Music video starring Saturday Night Live cast members Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg and Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18 1978 is an American stand-up comic, and member of comedy group The Lonely Island. Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 Fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson based on The Lion Magnolia Bakery is a Bakery opened in 1996 at 401 Bleecker Street, on the corner of West 11th Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan The song's lyrics mention that they see the movie at a theater on 68th Street and Broadway. Broadway, as the name implies is a wide avenue in New York City. While there is indeed an AMC movie theater on that corner, the video shows them at a ticket booth for an entirely different theater (on 84th and Broadway). For other uses see AMC AMC Theatres, officially known as AMC Entertainment Inc

Famous comedian George Carlin grew up on 121st, and has drawn heavily upon his New York City roots on a number of his comedy albums, perhaps most memorably on Occupation: Foole, where he says he and his friends called their neighborhood "White Harlem. George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12 1937 – June 22 2008 was an American stand-up comedian, often considered one of the best of all time Occupation Foole is the fourth album released by United States comedian George Carlin. . . because it sounded tough. Its real name was Morningside Heights. "

Electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos made her classic 1968 album Switched-On Bach in her West End Avenue apartment, which she had converted into a makeshift home recording studio. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14 1939 is an American Composer and electronic Musician. Switched-On Bach is a musical album by Wendy Carlos (then Walter Carlos and Benjamin Folkman, released in 1968 by CBS Records. Eleventh Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the far West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, not far from the Hudson River A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound

Jazz legend Lynn Oliver had his recording studio sandwiched next to the New Yorker Bookshop [6] and Benny's [7] on 89th and B'way. The likes of Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, and Stan Getz could be seen ducking into his alley-like studio to practice and hangout. An arranger and drummer, Oliver's credits are found on more than a few classic cuts from the 60's.

Notes

External links

• NYCvisit Upper West Side map
• NYSite Upper West Site Guide including the block by block guide
• NYU - Historical Architecture of the Upper West Side
• Riverside Park Fund This nonprofit maintains an informative page on the history of Riverside Park and its environs.

• Memoir & history of gay Upper West Side

References

• Hopper Striker Mott, The New York of Yesterday: A Descriptive Narrative of Old Bloomingdale, 1908. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
• Peter Salwen, Upper West Side Story 1989, ISBN 0-89659-894-2. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
• Steven Birmingham, Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address, 1996, ISBN 0-8156-0338-X. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)