Thursday, June 6th 6:30-7:45pm Join the illustrious guide Francis Morrone for a walk along the blocks of West 73rd and 74th Streets between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. From Neo-Georgian to Moorish Revival, Beaux-Arts to Moderne, these blocks contain some of the finest residential design on the Upper West Side.
Sunday, June 10th, 2:00pm-4:00pm The Upper West Side is a wonderland of ornamental detail on building exteriors. Many of these visual marvels can be traced back to the speculative builders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who typically hired anonymous immigrant artisans--carvers and molders--to create this ornament. These artisans, steeped in centuries of […]
Don't miss two of LW!'s most renowned walking tour guides as they share favorite UWS sites for the 2016 Open House New York annual weekend. "Quintessential Upper West Side," led by Francis Morrone Central Park West's twin-towered skyline. Classic- and Renaissance-inspired institutional buildings. Tree-lined brownstone blocks. A world-renowned entertainment palace. These are some of the iconic landmarks […]
