Upper West Side — Lincoln Center to Zabar's · 11 stops
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Upper West Side — Lincoln Center to Zabar's
Midtown, New York
11 stops · ~14 min
About 40 min walk · 11 stories · Free
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Start: San Juan Hill — —
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The walk starts at San Juan Hill. Please use headphones and keep audio private.
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Eleven stories from San Juan Hill to Zabar's — the Chagall murals, Juilliard, the 72nd Street control house, Verdi Square, the Ansonia and the Apthorp.
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San Juan Hill
The neighbourhood under Lincoln Center
2
David H. Koch Theater
A theatre built for Balanchine's dancers
3
The Met's Chagall Murals
Two masterpieces hung in the shop window
4
David Geffen Hall
The hall that kept rebuilding itself
5
Alice Tully Hall and Juilliard
A dance studio hanging over Broadway
6
West Side Story's Real Street
Where the Jets danced through demolition
7
72nd Street Control House
The subway house locals wanted demolished
8
Verdi Square
From opera monument to Needle Park
9
The Ansonia
Seals in the lobby, chickens on the roof
10
The Apthorp
A Renaissance palace with a drive-in courtyard
11
Zabar's
Smoked fish, coffee and a caviar war
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