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UPPER MIDTOWN

Upscale New York in all its diversity is here, in originated and, in 1934, the Bloody Mary was
this district of churches and synagogues, clubs first served at the King Cole Bar in the St. Regis
and museums, grand hotels and famous stores, Hotel. In the 1950s, architectural history was
and trendsetting skyscrapers. Upper Midtown made when the Lever and Seagram buildings
was once home to society names, such as Astor were erected. The Museum of Modern Art
and Vanderbilt. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, (MoMA), one of the greatest art galleries in
completed in 1931, is where the Waldorf salad the world, stands here.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets Modern Architecture Churches and Synagogues
and Buildings 3 IBM Building 4 St. Thomas Church
1 Fifth Avenue w Lever House 7 St. Patrick’s Cathedral pp174–5
8 Villard Houses e Seagram Building 9 St. Bartholomew’s Church
0 General Electric Building r Citigroup Center t Central Synagogue
y Sutton Place Museums and Galleries Landmark Hotels
u Roosevelt Island 5 Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) q Waldorf-Astoria
p Fuller Building
pp168–71 a Plaza Hotel
6 Paley Center for Media Landmark Stores
2 Tiffany & Co.
AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS WEST 57TH ST GRAND Fifth Ave- E A S T 4.5.6 6 0 T H Lexington Ave- Parks and Squares 500
o Bloomingdale’s
CENTRAL PARK S
ARMY
59th St
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PLAZA
i Franklin D. Roosevelt
57th St
F I F T H A V E N U E P A R K A V E N U E E A S T E A S T 5 8 T H 0 yards S T R E E T 500
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Four Freedoms Park
59th St
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WEST 55TH ST
M A D I S O N A V E N U E
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WEST 53RD ST
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C O N D A V E N U E
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Lexington Ave-
51st St D A V E N U E 5 7 T H S T R E E T
53rd St

AERIAL TRAMWAY
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Restaurants see pp299–302
1 Aquavit
2 BLT Steak
3 Dawat
4 Felidia
5 Four Seasons
6 La Grenouille
7 Pampano
8 Rue 57
9 Shun Lee Palace
10 Smith & Wollensky See also Street Finder maps 12, 13, 14
Beautiful stained-glass windows inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral For keys to symbols see back flap
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