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On the southern side of the circle, exhibiting a diverse international collection of modern,
folk, craft and fine-art pieces. The plush and trippy design of Robert , the 9th floor res-
taurant, complements fantastic views of Central Park.
SOLD!
Even if your idea of a significant art purchase is a Van Gogh postcard, the
adrenalin-pumping thrill of an art auction combines the best of museum-going and
high-end shopping. Both Christie's MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 212-636-2000;
www.christies.com ; 20 Rockefeller Plaza; B/D/F/M to 47-50th Sts-Rockefeller Ctr) and Sotheby's
MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 212-606-7000; www.sothebys.com ; 1334 York Ave, at 72nd St; 6 to
68th St-Hunter College) , two of the city's and world's most prominent auction houses
are open to the public. Whether it's a collection of Warhol canvases or old
European masterworks, the prices remain generally stratospheric - keep your
hands down or else your casual twitch will be taken for a bid and you could be on
the hook for tens of millions of dollars.
Upper West Side
Shorthand for liberal, progressive and intellectual New York - think Woody Allen
movies (although he lives on the Upper East Side) and Seinfeld - this neighborhood com-
prising the west side of Manhattan from Central Park to the Hudson River, and from
Columbus Circle to 110th St, is no longer as colorful as it once was. Upper Broadway
has been taken over by banks, pharmacies and national retail chain stores and many of
the mom-and-pop shops and bookstores are long gone. You'll still find massive, ornate
apartments and a diverse mix of stable, upwardly mobile folks (with many actors and
classical musicians sprinkled throughout), and some lovely green spaces - Riverside
Park stretches for 4 miles between W 72nd St and W 158th St along the Hudson River,
and is a great place for strolling, running, cycling or simply gazing at the sun as it sets
over the Hudson River.
Central Park PARK
MAP GOOGLE MAP
( www.centralparknyc.org ; 59th & 110th Sts btwn Central Park West & Fifth Ave; 6am-1am; )
It's hard to imagine what the city would be like without this refuge from the claustropho-
bia, from the teeming sidewalks and clogged roadways. This enormous wonderland of a
park, sitting right in the middle of Manhattan, provides oxygen, both metaphorical and
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