REAL ESTATE & YOUR HOME
AROUND TOWN
VIEWS FROM CENTRAL PARK SOUTH By Lisa Maysonet
t is a glittering boulevard slicing elegantly through the heart and history of New York. Central Park South. The name alone evokes Manhattan, the speed and sophistication that has launched a thousand movies. It begins at one of the Earth’s most storied buildings: The Plaza Hotel, a limestone landmark whose guest list of names includes Jacqueline Onassis and John Lennon, Greta Garbo, and Elizabeth Taylor. To stroll along its sidewalk is to gaze on classic apartment buildings and hotels that define pre-war splendor. Admire the Renaissance Revival New York Athletic Club, legendary home to both Olympic athletes and the city’s elite. And finally, as horses and buggies clamor by, you reach the end at the historic intersection called Columbus Circle. The traffic circle, located at Eighth Avenue and Central Park West, Broadway, and 59th Street and Central Park South, was designed as part of Frederick Law Olmsted’s 1857 vision for Central Park, including a rotary on the southwest corner of the park. It abuts the Merchant’s Gate, one of the park’s eighteen major gates.
Columbus Circle NYC
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