THE UPPER EAST SIDE

A STORIED PAST

Manhattan’s Upper East Side has long been a neighborhood synonymous with distinction. Minted by elites who settled there at the turn of the century, the neighborhood’s fashionable imprimatur is known worldwide. Attracted to the newly completed Central Park, The Vanderbilts, the Fricks, and the Whitneys marked their arrival with stately townhouses and mansions built by some of the foremost American architects.

In this era of great patronage, inspired by the cosmopolitan capitals of London and Paris, the Upper East Side flourished as the home to many new cultural and civic institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Academy Museum, and the Seventh Regiment Armory

In the rows of Italianate brownstones, Beaux Arts mansions, limestone apartment buildings, and grand museums that line its blocks, the neighborhood’s storied architectural pedigree remains evident from every vantage.