What kind of neighborhood is the Upper West Side?
On the west side of Central Park, from 57th Street north up to 110th Street, from Central Park West to the Hudson River. This lovely neighborhood stretch offers a lot of everything, from residential buildings each with their own distinct brand of architectural style to commercial establishments that span a century of tradition. Many residents who live in the Upper West Side work in nearby Midtown and Lower Manhattan districts. Many of them exemplify a liberated culture of a creative population as opposed to the Upper East Side’s more conservative dwellers. Many apartment buildings along Central Park West are some of the most desirable apartments in New York, mainly because of their unobstructed view of the park and their one-of-a-kind architectural design. John Lenon used to live at The Dakota at 72nd Street. Along Broadway, there are several apartment houses of Beaux-Arts architecture while Riverside Drive has many magnificent prewar houses, and north of Columbus Avenue are the homes
