The Upper East Side

Fifth Avenue is the premier avenue for parades in New York City. Here, we briefly depart from the bus tour to see the tail end of Saint Patrick's Day parade, 2002. And, to add the flavor of Washington Heights to the St Patrick's Day parade, here's the Mother Cabrini High School marching band.

Returning to the bus tour, we next encounter the Frick Museum -- a smaller museum of art housed in the former mansion of Henry Clay Frick, another steel and railroad tycoon of the 19th century. This is the Richard Morris Hunt Monument, built into the wall of Central Park. It is another of those polite, Victorian monuments which recall the city of Edith Wharton and the highbrow 1880s.

Looking east, the tower of the grand old Carlyle hotel is visible through a break in the buildings. Further down Fifth Avenue, yet another monument is built into Central Park's wall: the 107th Infantry (WW I) Memorial.

Here's a shot showing a section of the Central Park Zoo visible from Fifth Avenue. Next to the Zoo is the Central Park Armory, which nowadays houses the headquarters of the Parks Department.

The Knickerbocker Club at 62nd Street: a stately federal style brick building holding an exclusive club for New York's high society. Looking back up 5th Avenue, the wall of fancy apartment buildings lines the east side of the avenue. In the middle of the street, one of New York's underground steam pipes is under repair, and Con Ed has vented the steam to the street through one of those ubiquitous steam pipes.

Go back to Museum Mile. Continue with the M4 bus tour.


Fifth Avenue is the premier avenue for parades in New York City. Here, we briefly depart from the bus tour to see the tail end of Saint Patrick's Day parade, 2002.	And, to add the flavor of Washington Heights to the St Patrick's Day parade, here's the Mother Cabrini High School marching band.


Returning to the bus tour, we next encounter the Frick Museum -- a smaller museum of art housed in the former mansion of Henry Clay Frick, another steel and railroad tycoon of the 19th century.	This is the Richard Morris Hunt Monument, built into the wall of Central Park. It is another of those polite, Victorian monuments which recall the city of Edith Wharton and the highbrow 1880s.


Looking east, the tower of the grand old Carlyle hotel is visible through a break in the buildings.	Further down Fifth Avenue, yet another monument is built into Central Park's wall: the 107th Infantry (WW I) Memorial.


Here's a shot showing a section of the Central Park Zoo visible from Fifth Avenue.	Next to the Zoo is the Central Park Armory, which nowadays houses the headquarters of the Parks Department.


The Knickerbocker Club at 62nd Street: a stately federal style brick building holding an exclusive club for New York's high society.	Looking back up 5th Avenue, the wall of fancy apartment buildings lines the east side of the avenue. In the middle of the street, one of New York's underground steam pipes is under repair, and Con Ed has vented the steam to the street through one of those ubiquitous steam pipes.