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UPPER WEST SIDE

Once open farmland, this district of New mainly residential, with a blend of high-
York began to change in 1879, when the rises and old brownstones. The Lincoln
Ninth Avenue railroad made commuting to Center complex has made it something of
Midtown possible. The streets were leveled a cultural hub, while the American Museum
and graded, and the city’s first luxury of Natural History is one of the city’s most
apartment house, the Dakota, was built in popular family-friendly attractions. Some
1884. Buildings sprang up on Central Park of the grandest homes in the area can be
West and Broadway. Today, the area is spotted along Central Park West.
Sights at a Glance Restaurants see pp302–4
1 Asiate 7 Gennaro
Historic Streets and Buildings 2 Bar Boulud 8 Jean-Georges
1 Twin Towers of Central Park West 3 Café Fiorello 9 Masa
7 Columbus Circle 4 Café Frida 10 Per Se
8 Hotel des Artistes 5 Café Luxembourg 11 Picholine
9 The Dakota 6 Calle Ocho 12 Pio Pio
e Pomander Walk 13 Rosa Mexicano
r Riverside Drive and Park 14 Telepan
y The Ansonia
u The Dorilton
Museums and Galleries
0 New York Historical Society WEST 97TH ST
WEST 98TH ST
q American Museum of Natural 96th St
History pp210–11 1.2.3
w Rose Center for Earth and Space e r JOAN OF
t Children’s Museum of Manhattan v PARK WEST 96TH STREET
ARC
AMST ER DA M AV ENU E
i American Folk Art Museum R i WEST 95TH ST
B R O A D WAY

Famous Theaters PARK I V E R S I D E D R I V E WEST 94TH ST
R I V E R S I D E D R I V E R WEST 84TH ST 86th St

2 Lincoln Center for the H E N R Y H U D S O N PA R K WAY 9 A WEST END AVENUE WEST 93RD ST 96th St
B.C
Performing Arts o n WEST 90TH STREET
3 David H. Koch Theater s WEST 89TH STREET
WEST 92ND ST
4 Metropolitan Opera House u d WEST 87TH STREET
WEST 91ST STREET
86th St
5 Lincoln Center Theater H RIVERSIDE 1 C O L U M B U S A V E N U E
6 Avery Fisher Hall EDGAR ALLAN POE ST
WEST 88TH STREET
WEST 86TH ST
WEST 85TH ST
B.C
WEST 81ST STREET
79th St
WEST 83RD ST
BROADWAY
1
WEST 82ND STREET
WEST 80TH STREET
81st St-
Museum of
WEST 79TH STREET
Natural History
WEST 78TH STREET
B.C
66th St- C O L U M B U S A V E N U E
WEST 77TH STREET
0 meters 500 WEST 75TH STREET C E N T R A L P A R K W E S T
VERDI
0 yards 500 WEST 74TH STREET
SQUARE
WEST 76TH STREET
W E S T E N D A V E N U E WEST 70TH STREET 72nd St
72nd St
1.2.3
SHERMAN
WEST 73RD ST
SQUARE
A M ST ERDAM AV EN U E
WEST 72ND STREET
WEST 71ST STREET
B.C
W 69TH ST

Lincoln Center
WEST 68TH ST
1
W 64TH ST
WEST 65TH STREET
WEST 66TH ST
LINCOLN
SQUARE
2 •3
WEST 60TH ST
See also Street Finder maps
WEST 59TH ST
59th St- 11, 12, 15, 16
Columbus Circle
WEST 58TH STREET
1.A.B.C.D
The Rose Center for Earth and Space, part of the American Museum of Natural History For keys to symbols see back flap
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