Meet 21st Street
In Manhattan, while we often expect to be excluded from elite clubs and celebrity parties, we tend to expect entrance into New York’s parks. Gramercy Park, a city landmark, reserves access for only the...
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Quiet on the east side, busy and convivial in the Flatiron district, green and residential in Chelsea, and art-centric on the far west side, 22nd Street is a potpourri of Manhattan adventures....
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I had learned from walking 14th Street – one of the ten two-way streets between 1st and 100th – that although overwhelming at first glance, these streets have tremendous character and many gems to be...
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While walking the side streets always makes us feel good, on 24th we found a particular sense of well-being. For it was here that we encountered an array of places that encourage people to pursue their...
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Walking 25th Street, I felt the neighborhoods from the East Side to the West Side shift into contrasting communities, with different residents, commercial markets and physical landscapes. On the East...
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What will become apparent to readers while scrolling through the write ups of 26th is not only the abundance of rare finds that the Manhattan Sideways team uncovered, but the passion behind so many of...
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I discovered the little known dirt street of Broadway Alley off 27th while out walking, and I had the serendipitous pleasure of meeting Lillian, a fascinating ninety-year-old woman, who resides there....
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I began my meandering in the mostly residential east side of 28th Street and was instantly intrigued by Suits and Skirts. Opened recently by three young guys from New Jersey, this cleaners has adopted...
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Starting out on my journey across 29th Street expecting to find the usual mix of modern day commerce and high-rise apartments, my first encounter was with a centuries-old white clapboard farmhouse,...
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Standing across from the I.M. Pei apartment complex, between First and Second Avenues, truly brought me home…as this was the first place that my husband and I lived in after we were married, over...
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What better way to begin 31st Street than with a walk down memory lane at Marchi’s? A true part of Manhattan’s history, this restaurant has enjoyed more than eight decades of serving family-style...
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Still in the throes of NYU Langone Medical Center, the east side of 32nd Street is chock full of medical offices. Moving out of this area, I discovered The Cutting Room, a fantastic supper club that...
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What better way to kick off a Manhattan Sideways day than with an early morning half-pound pastrami sandwich alongside some potato latkes? The 2nd Ave Deli may have lost the accuracy of its name when...
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It is a milestone for me each time I complete another side street journey and post it to our site. Somehow, however, reaching 34th, where I have so many fond childhood memories, feels like a...
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Walking past both the Chinese and the Malta Missions on the east side of 35th Street was encouraging as I realized that I am rapidly approaching a worldly district, diplomatically speaking. It won’t be...
View ArticleArchitecture of 34th Street
From the glassy majesty of the new Javitz Center to the historic treasure and intricacies of Macy’s to the iconic and humbling height of the Empire State Building, the architecture of 34th Street kept...
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We are constantly fascinated and in awe of the people we encounter on the Side Streets – from the business owners, to patrons, to residents, to tourists, to passersby – everyone has a story to tell....
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Walking through snaking inlets to the Queens Midtown tunnel, 36th street begins inauspiciously, but quickly reveals itself to be fantastically rich in gems both hidden and readily apparent. Sniffen...
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Starting off near the East River on 37th Street, I sense that I am slowly sidling out of the densely populated medical area and getting closer to the international arena of the United Nations in the...
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I began walking 38th Street at the FDR Drive with my back to the East River. Behold, an empty six-acre lot! I felt as though I was at the city’s outer limits rather than central Manhattan. Seemingly...
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