The Upper West Side

See how the Upper West Side of Manhattan became a neighborhood as diverse in its population as it is in its architecture.

The Upper West Side of Manhattan, the residential and retail neighborhood between Central Park and the Hudson River, is famous for its liberalism, cosmopolitan culture, and appetizing. It is a neighborhood as diverse as there is. Known as Bloomingdale in the mid-19th century, it was renamed the West End by the century's end when real estate speculation and mass transportation made their way inevitably northward in Manhattan. It was at this time that the grand boulevards and avenues Central Park West, Broadway, Columbus Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, West End Avenue, and Riverside Drive each quickly assumed their impressive and distinct characters.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 01/28/2009
ISBN: 9780738563169
Pages: 127
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 64