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9 The Dakota include historical material e Pomander Walk
relating to slavery and the Civil
1 W 72nd St. Map 12 D1. q 72nd St. 261–7 W 94th St. Map 15 C2.
Closed to the public. War, an outstanding collection q 96th St.
of 18th­century newspapers,
The name and style reflect the all 435 watercolors of Look through the gate for a
fact that this apartment building Audubon’s Birds of America, delightful surprise – a double
was truly “way out West” when and the world’s largest row of tiny town houses built
Henry J. Harden bergh, the archi­ collection of Tiffany lamps in 1921 to look like the London
tect responsible for the Plaza and glasswork. There are also mews setting of a popular play
Hotel, designed it in 1880–84. fine displays of American of the same name. It was much
It was New York’s first luxury furniture and silver. favored as a home by movie
apart ment house and was actors, including Rosalind
originally surrounded by squat­ Russell, Humphrey Bogart,
ters’ shacks and wandering q American and the Gish sisters.
farm animals. Commissioned Museum of
by Edward S. Clark, heir to the Natural History
Singer sewing machine fortune,
it is one of the city’s most See pp210–11.
prestigious addresses.
The Dakota’s 65 luxurious
apartments have had many w Rose Center for
famous owners, including Judy Earth and Space
Garland, Lauren Bacall, Leonard
Bernstein, and Boris Karloff, whose Central Park West at 81st St.
ghost is said to haunt the place. Map 16 D4. Tel (212) 769­5100.
It was the setting for the film q 81st St. Open 10am–5:45pm
Rosemary’s Baby, and the site daily. IMAX show: every hour on
of the tragic murder of former the half­hour 10:30am–4:30pm;
Space show: every half­hour
Beatle John Lennon. His widow, 10:30am–4:30pm (from 11am Wed,
Yoko Ono, still lives here. to 5pm Sat & Sun). ∑ amnh.org
On the northern side of the Facade of a house on Pomander Walk, built to
American Museum of Natural resemble a medieval English neighborhood
History (see pp210–11) is the
spectacular Rose Center for
Earth and Space. Housed r Riverside Drive
within an 87­ft (27­m) sphere, and Park
the center contains the
techno logically advanced Map 15 B1–5, 20 D1–5.
Hayden Planetarium; the q 79th St, 86th St, 96th St.
Cosmic Pathway, a 350­ft
(107­m) spiral ramp with a Riverside Drive is one of the
time line chronicling 13 billion city’s most attractive streets –
years of evolution; and the broad, with lovely shaded views
Big Bang Theater, where of the Hudson River. It is lined
Carved Indian head over the entrance the origins of the universe with the opulent original town
to the Dakota are explained. houses, as well as more modern
The Hall of Planet Earth, apartment buildings. At 40–46,
0 New York centered around rock 74–77, 81–89, and 105–107
Historical Society samples and using state­of­ Riverside Drive are houses
the­art computer and video
designed in the late 19th century
170 Central Park West. Map 16 D5. displays explaining how the by local architect Clarence F. True.
Tel (212) 873­3400. q 81st St. Earth works, explores our The curved gables, bays, and
Galleries Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat geologic history. Exhibits in arched windows seem to suit
(to 8pm Fri), 11am–5pm Sun. & the Hall of the Universe the curves of the road and the
Library Open 9am–3pm Tue–Fri, present the discoveries of flow of the river.
10am–1pm Sat (varies by season). modern astrophysics. Four The bizarrely named Cliff
Closed public hols. ^ 7 8 - zones have hands­on Dwellers’ Apartments at 243
= ∑ nyhistory.org
interactive exhibits. Seen (between 96th and 97th streets)
from the street at night, the is a 1914 building with a frieze
Founded in 1804, this society Rose Center is breath taking; showing early Arizona cliff
houses a distinguished the exhibits inside prove dwellers, complete with masks,
research library and the city’s that, as Carl Sagan said, “We buffalo skulls, mountain lions,
oldest museum. Its collections are starstuff.” and rattlesnakes.

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