New York City (Fodor's, 2012) - Fodor's [68]
Knoedler & Company.
Knoedler helped many major American collectors, including industrialist Henry Clay Frick, start their collections. Now this blue-chip gallery represents 20th-century painters such as Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, and John Walker. | 19 E. 70th St., between 5th and Madison Aves., Upper East Side | 10021 | 212/794–0550 | www.knoedlergallery.com | Subway: 6 to 68th St./Hunter College.
Leo Castelli.
Castelli was one of the most influential dealers of the 20th century. He helped foster the careers of many important artists, including one of his first discoveries, Jasper Johns. The gallery continues to show works by Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Jackson Pollock, Robert Morris, and other heavies. | 18 E. 77th St., between 5th and Madison Aves., Upper East Side | 10075 | 212/249–4470 | www.castelligallery.com | Subway: 6 to 77th St.
Michael Werner.
This gallery, the branch of one in Berlin, specializes in German postwar art. Works by Sigmar Polke, Peter Doig, and Francis Picabia have all been displayed in this East Side town house. The emphasis is on paintings and drawings. | 4 E. 77th St., between 5th and Madison Aves., Upper East Side | 10075 | 212/988–1623 | www.michaelwerner.com | Subway: 6 to 77th St.
Mitchell-Innes & Nas.
This sleek spot represents the estates of Roy Lichtenstein and Jack Tworkov as well as other Impressionist, modern, and contemporary masters. | 1018 Madison Ave., between 78th and 79th Sts., Upper East Side | 10075 | 212/744–7400 | www.miandn.com | Subway: 6 to 77th St.
Sotheby’s.
Occupying its own 10-story building, this branch of the storied U.K. auction house puts on display many of the items it will be auctioning. A sizeable portion of these are extremely high-profile: a copy of the Magna Carta, Fabergé eggs, rare Tiffany lamps, and Norman Rockwell’s 1943 painting Rosie the Riveter have all been sold through this Sotheby’s. | 1334 York Ave., at E. 72nd St., Upper East Side | 10021 | 212/606–7000 | www.sothebys.com | Subway: 6 to 77th St.
Previous Chapter | Beginning of Chapter | Next Chapter | Table of Contents
Previous Chapter | Next Chapter | Table of Contents
Planning | Top Attractions | Worth Noting
Central Park’s creators had a simple goal: design a place where city dwellers can go to forget the city. And even though New York eventually grew far taller than the trees planted to hide it, this goal never falters. A combination escape hatch and exercise yard, Central Park is an urbanized Eden that offers residents and visitors alike a bite of the apple. We can’t imagine how insufferably stressed New York City would be without it.
PLANNING
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME
The Central Park Conservancy gives several different free walking tours of the park based on the season. Most tours are 60 to 90 minutes, and custom tours are also available. If you’d rather go it alone, the Conservancy also offers an audio guide you can follow on your cell phone. Each description is read by a different celebrity or NYC VIP. Dial 646/862-0997 then the extension that corresponds to each landmark and hit pound. For more information, see centralparknyc.org.
GETTING HERE
Several entrances lead into the park. You can enter from the east, west, south, and north by paved pedestrian walkways, just off Fifth Avenue, Central Park North (110th St.), Central Park West, and Central Park South (59th St.). Four roads, or transverses, cut through the park from east to west—66th, 79th, 86th, and 96th streets. The East and West drives are both along the north–south axis; Center Drive enters the south edge of the park at Sixth Avenue and connects with East Drive around 66th Street. Five Visitor Centers—the Dairy (just south of the 66th St. transverse), Belvedere Castle (just north of the 79th Street transverse), the Chess & Checkers house (mid-park at 64th St.), and the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (at the top of the park at Central Park North)