Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Left
Toward Roosevelt Island
(see p134)
Right
River promenade, Carl Schurz Park
(see p135)
Upper East Side
W
HEN NEW YORK'S UPPER CRUST
moved uptown a century
ago, their destination was the Upper East Side, and
it is still the address of choice for many wealthy families. Most of the
older Beaux Arts mansions around 5th Avenue are now occupied by
embassies or museums; today's elite live in the solid apartment
buildings that went up on 5th and Park Avenues, convenient for
patronizing the boutiques on Madison, the city's most exclusive shop-
ping street. Only churches and a few restaurants remain of German Yorkville or
the Hungarian and Czech neighborhoods that used to fill the blocks east of
Lexington. Young families now occupy the newer
buildings in this area. For visitors, the Upper East Side
is home to many of the city's best museums.
CENTRAL PARK NORTH
EAST 110TH STREET
The
Great
Hill
The Loch
Roosevelt
Island
q
q
103rd St
103rd St
The Pool
6
North
Meadow
Central
Park
East
Meadow
v
Mount Vernon
(see p135)
9 7
Queensboro
Bridge
q
q
EAST 96TH STREET
96th St
96th St
South
Meadow
Sights
1
Central Park
2
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
3
Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum
4
Museum Mile
5
Bridgemarket
6
Roosevelt Island
7
Seventh Regiment
Armory
8
Henderson Place
Historic District
4
Reservoir
3
9
8
86th St
86th St
Carl
Schurz
Park
V
q
q
EAST 86TH STREET
1
The Great
Lawn
2
81st St
q
Belvedere
Lake
Shakespeare
Garden
T T R A
N S V E R S
EAST 79TH ST
Central
Park
77th St
John Jay
Park
q
The Ramble
Conservatory
Water
The Lake
72nd St
Cherry Hill
q
Roosevelt
Island
EAST 72ND STREET
Strawberry
Fields
East
Green
68th St
Hunter College
q
Sheep
Meadow
7
9
Gracie Mansion and
Carl Schurz Park
EAST 65TH STREET
EAST 63RD STREET
A
Heckscher
Playground
q
q
0
59th St
Columbus
Circle
Bird
Sanctuary
Lexington Av
59th St
Mount Vernon Hotel
Museum and Gardens
0
Queensboro
Bridge
q
v
v
Fifth Av
EAST 60TH STREET
q
5
400
400
yards
0
meters
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