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This is No Dream: Making Rosemary’s Baby

This is No Dream: Making Rosemary’s Baby

In August 1967, Mia Farrow, Roman Polanski and the cast and crew of the film Rosemary’s Baby arrived in New York City for two weeks of location shooting. The famed Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side, where most of the story takes place, was the main...
The Lost Buildings of Seneca Village

The Lost Buildings of Seneca Village

Black History Month

By Megan Fitzpatrick In 1825 African Americans began to migrate upwards to the West 80s between Seventh and Eighth Avenues to settle down at a time when the Upper West Side was mostly rural and Central Park had yet to be carved out. Over the next 30 years the...
A Civil Rights Tour of the UWS

A Civil Rights Tour of the UWS

The Upper West Side of Manhattan is filled with historic sites that help tell the stories of the past, both the struggles and achievements that got us to where we are today. Among these are many sites commemorating the people and important moments in our country and...
James Baldwin Residence

James Baldwin Residence

Black History Month, Individual Landmark

  By Megan Fitzpatrick On the first day of Black History Month, we’re taking a deep dive into 137 West 71st Street – an Individual Landmark! This rather unremarkable-looking building has quite a history behind it. 137 West 71st Street was designated...