Manhattan’s Upper West Side (UWS) is a vibrant mix of residential and commercial thoroughfares. A constantly changing neighborhood that has seen waves demographic changes over the decades. Our focus will be a mix of architectural highlights from 1870 to 1915 and film and TV locations from recent and classic media.

Meets 10:30am near north entrance of 72nd Street 1-2-3 subway in Verdi Square. Walk in the footsteps of Mark Twain, Babe Ruth, Bill Haley, John Lennon, Bette Midler, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Diana Ross, Barry Manilow, Maxim Gorky, Woody Allen, Steven Speilberg, Jerry Seinfeld, Leonard Bernstein, Henry Winkler, Keifer Sutherland, Seth Green, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Emery Roth, John Jacob Astor, George Carlin, Stan Getz, The Beastie Boys including Adam Yauch, Colin Powell, Rick Schroder, Macauley Culkin, The Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Bill Clinton, Leonard Nimoy, Andy Samberg, Jon Oliver from TDS, Alan Ginsberg and Tom Cruise.

Visit film locations from Spiderman 2, You’ve Got Mail, Borat, Night in the Museum, “The Warriors” (1979), “Panic in Needle Park”, “West Side Story” (1961), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Hannah and her Sisters, GhostBusters, I Am Legend (2007), Men in Black 2 (2002). Wall Street, Vanilla Sky.

Also TV locations for 30 Rock, Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Will & Grace, the John Lennon “Imagine” video, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and Ryan’s Hope.

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