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Jun 8, 2023 · The Upper West Side neighborhood where 891 Amsterdam Avenue is located changed greatly just after World War II, when federal funding for housing, Title 1, and the ambitions of Robert Moses came to the Upper West Side. “Slum clearance” to make room for the new public housing meant that acres of land were cleared of buildings.
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Home to such venerable New York landmarks as Lincoln Center, Columbia University, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Dakota Apartments, and Zabar's food emporium, the Upper West Side stretches from 59th Street to 125th Street, including Morningside Heights. It is bounded by Central Park on the east and the Hudson River on the west.
The Upper West Side was settled by Dutch immigrants in the early and mid-seventeenth century, though not without resistance from the Munsee Indians living on the north end of the island of Manhattan. Warfare with and raids by the Munsees temporarily ended the northward expansion of the Dutch settlers in the 1650s, leaving them with a stretch of lan...
The West End of the early nineteenth century was comprised of small, distinct villages, which existed independently of each other. The wealthy (though rapidly becoming less "country") estates continued to multiply, elegant mansions competing with the rocky landscape. Despite the gridding and numbering of the streets in 1811, landholdings and natura...
Apartment buildings were, in many ways, the key to the successful development or "gentrification" of the area. Throughout the late nineteenth century, high rises shot up on the West End, as real estate developers invested in such grand projects as the Dakota and the San Remo. The avenues began to acquire their distinct characters: Columbus offered ...
In the 1890s Columbia University relocated from the East Side to Morningside Heights, taking over the grounds of the Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum. Part of a rising intellectual/artistic trend on the Upper West Side, Columbia contributed to the already active cultural life. The artists and academics shared the neighborhood with the equally lively mob...
Still seen as more intellectual and less wealthy than its blue-blood East Side brother, the Upper West Side is, however, once again experiencing an innundation of young affluent thirtysomethings, as the available apartments in New York disappear faster than they appear on the market. Gentrification has wiped out many of the small businesses that on...
- See an Original Banksy Piece. Banksy is a famous (and anonymous) street artist known the world over for his thought-provoking street art. Many of his pieces have sold at auction for more than $1 million.
- Visit the American Museum of Natural History. Welcoming 5 million visitors per year and spanning all aspect of the natural world, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is considered one of the greatest natural history museums in the world.
- Explore Central Park. We can’t talk about the best things to do in the Upper West Side without mentioning the masterpiece that is Central Park. It’s world-famous for good reason and there’s a reason it’s on everyone’s must-see list when visiting New York City.
- Check Out the Views at Columbus Circle. Named after Christopher Columbus, this iconic traffic circle acts as a gateway for the Upper West Side. Columbus Circle serves as the official starting point from which all official distances to and from NYC are recorded.
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Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Established 1990. This district evokes the distinctive qualities of the Upper West Side, from its powerful iconography of twin towers along Central Park West to its active commercial avenues and residential side streets.
The (Upper) West Side Story. To the west of Central Park lies one of Manhattan’s premier neighborhoods. Regarded as the artsier, intellectual counterpart to its crosstown rival, the Upper East Side, it is easy to see why the Upper West Side remains a fashionable district.
The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north.
Follis of Licinius II, 321–324 marked: d·n· val· licin· licinius nob· c· ("Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noblest Caesar") on the obverse, with Jupiter on the reverse marked: iovi conservatori ("Jupiter the conservator")
