Upper West Side
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The Upper West Side is bound by Central Park to the Hudson River and West 59th Street to West 125th Street. Home to Central Park, Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History and Lincoln Center it’s no wonder the Upper West Side is the residential hub of artists, intellectuals and liberals.
In the 1860’s the Upper West Side was home to New York’s most ambitious homes, country residences and well-known farms like the Apthorp Farm. The Apthorp, now a luxury condominium residence, was built in 1909 on the William Waldorf Astoria’s land and was owned by Charles Ward Apthorp. Today the Apthorp is one of the most beautiful and sought after condominiums in Manhattan, running about $6.5 million per apartment.
Most notable are the number of pre-war buildings of the Upper West Side, home of many celebrities and filming sites for Rosemary’s Baby, Wall Street, You’ve Got Mail and West Side Story, which was filmed just before the tenement housing on 61st street was demolished to build Lincoln Center.
Modern improvements to the Upper West Side are the enhanced Riverside Park, the Hudson River Greenway, Lincoln Center and countless shops and restaurants.
Two of the cities most stunning restaurants—the Café des Artistes and Tavern on the Green are in the Upper West Side. Not to mention Columbus Avenue which has an outstanding demographic of cafés and restaurants along Columbus Avenue. Notable Upper West Side residents include Joseph Heller, Judy Collins, Mark Twain and Tony Kushner. This is one of those neighborhoods where some legendary New York natives grew up.
Travel north and you’ll find one of the world’s largest gothic Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Grant’s Tomb, Riverside Church, Audubon Terrace and the Morris-Jumel Mansion. After you’ve explored the neighborhood’s extravagant Central Park and luxurious Riverside Park, keep going north and you’ll find the Cloisters within the serene Fort Tryon Park, which houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval art collection.
