Our Big Little Adventures

"You live in the Big Apple….but what does that mean? Are you close to Central Park? Can you see the Statue of Liberty? Is the subway under you?"


Here are some fun facts about our neighborhood: The Upper East Side.




If you are looking at this map of Manhattan, we are to the right of Central Park.

Want to know more about the neighborhood we live in (Upper East Side in Manhattan)? Check out wikipedia. It's pretty interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_East_Side



Few wikipedia highlights:

The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River.

The Upper East Side is one of few areas of Manhattan where Republicans constitute more than 20% of the electorate.

Many diplomatic missions are located in former mansions on the Upper East Side.

The Upper East Side maintains one of the highest pricing per square foot in the United States. A 2002 report cited the average cost per square foot as $856; however, that price has noticed a substantial jump, increasing to almost as much as $1,200 per square foot as of 2006. <-- don't worry….we help to bring this pricing down. ha! :)

The area is host to some of the most famous museums in the world. The string of museums along Fifth Avenue fronting Central Park has been dubbed "Museum Mile." It was once named "Millionaire's Row."

Generally speaking, the Upper East Side stretches from 59th Street to 96th Street (in the zip codes of 10021, 10022, 10065, 10075, 10028, 10029 and 10128).

As of the 2000 census, there were 207,543 people residing in the Upper East Side. The population density was 118,184 people per square mile (45,649/km²), making Manhattan Community Board 8, coterminous with the Upper East Side, the densest Community Board in the city.

The Upper East Side has been a setting for many movies, television shows, and many other media due to its world-class museums, expensive restaurants and boutiques, proximity to Central Park, elite schools, and influential residents.

Movies

• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

• The Boys in the Band (1970)

• Live and Let Die (1973)

• The Great Gatsby (1974)

• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

• Manhattan (1979)

• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

• Family Business (1989)

• The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

• Metropolitan (1990)

• Juice (1992)

• Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

• Harriet the Spy (1996

• Ransom (1996)

• One Fine Day (1996)

• The Devil's Advocate (1997)

• Men in Black (1997)

• A Perfect Murder (1998)

• Cruel Intentions (1999)

• Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) (1999)

• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)(Although this film purports to depict the UES, the film's principal photography with all the actors and actresses was done in the UK. Including the scenes, where the Tom Cruise character was seen walking around were in fact all sound stages.) [45][46]

• Autumn in New York (2000)

• American Psycho (2000)

• Tart (2001)

• 25th Hour (2002)

• Uptown Girls (2003)

• The ProducersRoger De Bris townhouse. (2005)

• The Nanny Diaries (2007)

• Two Weeks Notice (2002)

• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

• The Devil Wears Prada (2007)

• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)

• Ghost Town (2008)

• Made of Honor (2008)

• The Wackness (2008)

• The Women (2008)

• Bride Wars (2009)

• Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

• The Back-up Plan (2010)

• Sex and the City 2 (2010)

• Twelve (2010)

• Remember Me (2010 film) (2010)

[edit]TV

• Show Me The Manny (2010–)

• Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011–)

• Gossip Girl (2007–present)

• How I Met Your Mother (2005–)

• The Jeffersons (1975–1985)

• Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)

• The Nanny (1993–1999)

• Sex and the City (1998–2004)

• Will & Grace (1998–2006)

• Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009)

• Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2008)

• Ugly Betty (2006–2010)

• High School Musical 2 (2007)

• New York Twinx (2010–)

• The Real Housewives of New York City (2008–)

• NYC Prep (2009–)

• High Society (2010–)

• Sesame Street (1969–) (Various clues over the years suggest this)

• Yes! Precure 5 (2007–2008) and Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! (2008–2009)

• Jessie (2011–present)

[edit]Books

• Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

• The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

• The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

• The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

• The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

• Gossip Girl Series by Cecily von Ziegesar

• Gossip Girl: The Carlyles by Cecily von Ziegesar

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin

• The Up and Comer by Howard Roughan

• The A-List by Zoey Dean

• The Au-Pairs and Blue Blood Novels by Melissa de la Cruz

• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

• Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan

• Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

• The Analyst by John Katzenbach

• The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

• Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella

• Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

[edit]Fictional places

• Treadstone Seventy-One

• Constance Billard School for Girls

• St. Jude's School for Boys

• The Duchesne School

The neighborhood has a long tradition of being home to some of the world's most wealthy, powerful and influential families and individuals. Some of the notable people who have lived here include:

• Woody Allen, film director, screenwriter, and actor[47]

• Joan Didion, Award-winning author

• Jonathan Franzen, Pulitzer prize-winning novelist

• Gerald Garson, former NY Supreme Court Justice convicted of accepting bribes to manipulate outcomes of divorce proceedings

• Sarah Michelle Gellar, Award-winning actress

• Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

• Brooke Astor, philanthropist and widow of Vincent Astor.

• Spike Lee, Emmy Award-winning director

• Madonna purchased $40 million mansion on East 81st Street at Lexington Avenue in 2009

• Barbara Margolis, prisoners' rights advocate who served as official greeter of New York City.[48]

• Malachi Martin, best-selling author

• Ricky Gervais, comedian

• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady

• Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

• Lynn Pressman Raymond, toy and game innovator who was president of the Pressman Toy Corporation[49]

• Martin Scorsese, Academy Award-winning film director

• Eliot Spitzer, former governor of NY State

• Ariel Helwani, MMA Journalist for MMAFighting.com.

• Jamie Dimon

• Robert I. Lipp

• Jay S. Fishman

• David Koch

• Star Jones

• Michael Bloomberg

• Massimo & Lella Vignelli[50]