Part 6 of my neverending New York saga
Wow, am posting more this weekend than I have in months! But there is so much to love and tell and show about this trip - even if I have to bore everyone else.
We also wandered around the Upper East Side a bit. I had hoped to stroll along First Avenue a bit further north, to glance down the side streets and speculate where would be the approximate location of UNCLE HQ, but time was not on our side. But we did manage to get over to a building where I think Napoleon and Illya might live.
Years ago I asked on muncle where others placed Illya's home in NY. Many said Greenwich Village, and after having visited the Village, I really see the appeal. But I thought perhaps it would be a bit inconvenient and insecure for an UNCLE agent, so I was looking for other options. katyabaturinsky came up with what I thought was the perfect solution. She said there was a large apartment building on East 66th St that she went past every day on her way to work and thought it would make a perfect UNCLE-owned building for their employees. It takes up the whole block and would be easy to secure with its private parking underneath the building and gated private park. It's also much closer to HQ than the Village. The idea enchanted me and so I used it in a couple of my stories. On this trip, I wanted to find this building.
It's called Manhattan House and is in fact a designated historic building. Built in 1951, Grace Kelly and Benny Goodman once lived here. It was quite an innovative sensation when built, apparently. It is much larger than in the photo, as it extends the entire length of one full block, between Second and Third Avenues.
East 66th is a divided street for this block only (another security feature I liked, especially with the tailor shop directly across the street!).
Hunter College is just a couple of blocks away; I remembered in "The Love Affair" how Napoleon knew what fashions were popular with the Hunter College students - this explains that!
We saw film crews on several different occasions all across the city, but in no case could we tell what was being filmed.
After going around the block, we then walked down 65th Street towards Central Park. I was surprised at how much up-and-down walking there was on the East Side. There's quite a slope going from east to west on Manhattan. We arrived at the corner of Park Avenue and 65th, so naturally I had to take some pictures.
I don't know if you can read the fine print above "Park Av", but it says Upper East Side Historic District.
A very intriguing and decorated building. I don't think it displays very well in this compressed image, but looks great in the original.
Looking southward on Park towards Midtown.
We strolled down Fifth Avenue, across from the park, where we saw some inspirational sayings etched into the side of an apartment building.
It was a lovely stroll along the east side of Central Park, lined with very ritzy hotels, apartment buildings and exclusive shops and restaurants. We saw the Knickerbocker Club and the Pierre Hotel. And finally we arrived at the Grand Army Plaza, which is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South.
And what photo tour of New York would be complete without these?
Yes, there is still more to see!
We also wandered around the Upper East Side a bit. I had hoped to stroll along First Avenue a bit further north, to glance down the side streets and speculate where would be the approximate location of UNCLE HQ, but time was not on our side. But we did manage to get over to a building where I think Napoleon and Illya might live.
Years ago I asked on muncle where others placed Illya's home in NY. Many said Greenwich Village, and after having visited the Village, I really see the appeal. But I thought perhaps it would be a bit inconvenient and insecure for an UNCLE agent, so I was looking for other options. katyabaturinsky came up with what I thought was the perfect solution. She said there was a large apartment building on East 66th St that she went past every day on her way to work and thought it would make a perfect UNCLE-owned building for their employees. It takes up the whole block and would be easy to secure with its private parking underneath the building and gated private park. It's also much closer to HQ than the Village. The idea enchanted me and so I used it in a couple of my stories. On this trip, I wanted to find this building.
It's called Manhattan House and is in fact a designated historic building. Built in 1951, Grace Kelly and Benny Goodman once lived here. It was quite an innovative sensation when built, apparently. It is much larger than in the photo, as it extends the entire length of one full block, between Second and Third Avenues.
East 66th is a divided street for this block only (another security feature I liked, especially with the tailor shop directly across the street!).
Hunter College is just a couple of blocks away; I remembered in "The Love Affair" how Napoleon knew what fashions were popular with the Hunter College students - this explains that!
We saw film crews on several different occasions all across the city, but in no case could we tell what was being filmed.
After going around the block, we then walked down 65th Street towards Central Park. I was surprised at how much up-and-down walking there was on the East Side. There's quite a slope going from east to west on Manhattan. We arrived at the corner of Park Avenue and 65th, so naturally I had to take some pictures.
I don't know if you can read the fine print above "Park Av", but it says Upper East Side Historic District.
A very intriguing and decorated building. I don't think it displays very well in this compressed image, but looks great in the original.
Looking southward on Park towards Midtown.
We strolled down Fifth Avenue, across from the park, where we saw some inspirational sayings etched into the side of an apartment building.
It was a lovely stroll along the east side of Central Park, lined with very ritzy hotels, apartment buildings and exclusive shops and restaurants. We saw the Knickerbocker Club and the Pierre Hotel. And finally we arrived at the Grand Army Plaza, which is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South.
And what photo tour of New York would be complete without these?
Yes, there is still more to see!