THE LUXURIOUS UPPER EAST SIDE By: Susan Gerlovina Alyssa Warych

WHERE IS IT?

TECHNOLOGY: TRANSPORTATION  New York Central’s Railroad tracks along Park Avenue were electrified and covered in the early 20 th Century  This improvement in technology led to increased land value, although they were not as extensive as they are today

PARK AVENUE TUNNEL: THEN AND NOW

TRANSPORTATION  Today, the MTA busses and trains provide public transportation around the Upper East Side.  However, the train is less accessible and the bus is the better option

TRAINS AND BUSES TODAY

TRANSPORTATION  In 1934, the East River Drive Extension, which ran between 125th Street to 92nd Street, was completed  Today, it totals 9.5 miles and runs up and down the eastern side of Manhattan Island  Designed by Robert Moses  Eventually became known as the FDR Drive and continues to be improved today with the addition of bike lanes

FDR DRIVE: THEN AND NOW

ARCHITECTURE  Brick or stone row houses in the Neo-Grec, Queen Anne or Romanesque Revival styles were built for sale to the middle-class but were later renovated by affluent families  Luxury Apartments were constructed in early 20 th Century to meet the needs of the New Yorkers migrating into UES

EAST 78 TH STREET HOUSES  Official Landmark of UES Historic Districts (1968)

LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS  Carnegie Park Apartments  200 East 94 th Street  $3,000 to almost $8,000 a month

HENRY CLAY AND ADELAIDE CHILDS FRICK HOUSE (NOW THE FRICK COLLECTION AND FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY)  1 East 70th Street, 5 th Avenue

THE ASTOR HOUSE  103 East 80 th Street  Five story townhouse  Designed by the celebrated architect Mott B. Schmidt in 1927 for Vincent Astor and his family  Designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966  Serves as the New York Junior League Headquarters for Training and Leadership

THE ASTOR HOUSE

THE WALDORF ASTORIA  301 Park Avenue  This luxury hotel opened in 1931, it was the second hotel of Mr. Astor The first hotel was originally built in 1902, but was demolished in 1930 to make room for the construction of the Empire State Building  Built by architect Henry Hardenbergh  In 1993, The Waldorf Astoria became an official New York City landmark

THE WALDORF ASTORIA

ARCHIBALD GRACIE MANSION  88th Street and E End Ave, New York, NY  Built in 1799 in Carl Schurz Park  Official Mayoral Residence of NYC, appropriated by Mayor LaGuardia in 1942  The last remaining suburban villa overlooking the East River  Previous Mayor Bloomberg did not live here, but Mayor Bill DeBlasio will be moving in soon

GRACIE MANSION

ANDREW CARNEGIE  Best known for co-founding first Steel Company  Henry Clay Frick worked alongside Carnegie in the steel business  “The Gospel of Wealth” “The rich have a moral obligation to distribute [the money] in ways that promote the welfare and happiness of the common man.” As a result, donated 350 million dollars, $1.1 million of which went to the construction of Carnegie Hall (NYC concert venue)

ANDREW CARNEGIE MANSION (NOW THE COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION), 2 East 91st Street, designated 1974

IMMIGRATION DEMOGRAPHICS NYC Mayor in 1914 was John Purroy Mitchel Mayor today is Bill DeBlasio

DEMOGRAPHICS (2006)

SOCIAL LIFE THEN: YORKVILLE CASINO  210 East 86th Street  Built in 1904 by the Musician's Mutual Protective Union for the growing Irish and German population  Contained the only German-language movie theater, a catering hall, and two ballrooms  Closed in June of 1965, due to a more ethnically diverse neighborhood and decreased business

THEN AND NOW

STREETS OF YORKVILLE

SOCIAL LIFE NOW: SHOPPING  One of the best places to shop in NYC  Majority of shops line Madison Avenue, 3 rd Avenue, and 5 th Avenue  Sax Fifth Avenue, Barney’s, Bloomingdales, Gucci, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Dolce and Gabbana

SHOPPING

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM  th Ave, New York, NY  Started by John Jay, a lawyer in 1866, but has since moved around as the collections grew  Its aim was to create a "national institution and gallery of art" to bring art and art education to the American people  Today, the Museum's two-million-square-foot building houses over two million objects

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

 The ancient Egyptian hippopotamus statuette that is now the Museum's unofficial mascot, "William," entered the collection in  Today, virtually all of the Museum's twenty-six thousand ancient Egyptian objects, the largest collection of Egyptian art outside of Cairo, are on display.

THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM  th Ave, New York, NY  Originally planned to house Solomon Guggenheim’s art collection in the early 1940’s  Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the building in NYC  It opened on October 21, 1959; 10 years after Solomon's death  Infamous for it’s spiral and original architecture  Today the Guggenheim operates museums in New York, Venice, and Bilbao, with plans for a fourth in Abu Dhabi

THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS  A majority of Salinger's Catcher in the Rye takes place in the UES  CW’s Gossip Girl was based off of the stereotypical, drama filled Upper East Side girl and her friends

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