What are some of Upper West Side’s defining characteristics?
Doug Heddings: As someone with a family and two kids, I can tell you there’s no other place I’d rather live in the city. My wife was born and raised on the Upper West Side, so she’s been here her whole life. The Upper West Side is a real Manhattan neighborhood. The Upper West Side has luxury condos, co-ops, tenement housing, brownstones and townhouses, so you get a heterogeneous mix of people including single professionals, couples, young and old. There is great cultural, ethnic and socio-economic diversity. The transportation on the Upper West Side is phenomenal. There’s the Central Park West lines (the 1, 2, 3) which are consistently rated the top lines in the city. The express subways at 72nd and 96th will take you Downtown – I can get from my office to exclusive properties in the Village in about 12 minutes. Even better, the Upper West Side has two parks, Central Park – which is phenomenal and famous worldwide, and Riverside Park which is our little, hidden gem. The city has connec
