Upper Manhattan

Upper Manhattan (or simply Uptown ) is the name given to the northern part of New York's Borough of Manhattan. Uptown is adjacent to the south of Midtown Manhattan, which in turn is located north of Downtown Manhattan.

Location

The southern border of Upper Manhattan is not officially committed. Therefore, the opinions, where Upper Manhattan begins apart, ranging from 59th Street to 155th Street as the southern border. In most cases, however, given as the southern boundary 96th Street, which is also the southern boundary of Manhattan Valley district in the west and Spanish Harlem in the east.

Upper Manhattan is also a part of a larger region that signify the New Yorker with " Uptown ". This starts just north of 59th Street. Although the Bronx is not in Manhattan, it is often colloquially referred to as " Uptown " - particularly in the context of "Hip - Hop " - or " Inner City " culture.

Neighborhood in Upper Manhattan

The following neighborhoods in New York City are the above definition, according to Upper Manhattan:

History

In the late 19th century the city expanded by the IRT Ninth Avenue Line (IRT = Interborough Rapid Transit Company, today: New York City Subway ) and other subway lines in the previously rural embossed Upper Manhattan, resulting in an urbanization of this area led.

In the 20th century, the district was very mixed. While Harlem impoverished meanwhile, settled south of the Upper East Side wealthy New Yorkers. Also on the Upper West Side, eventually developed into an affluent area.

Until the late 20th century this area was, however, generally less affected by the gentrification than other parts of the city of New York. An exception is the Upper West Side, whose inhabitants are generally wealthier than their neighbors to the north (eg, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Inwood, etc.). Since the gentrification in some neighborhoods Upper Manhattan's not completed yet, Upper Manhattan will still be associated with crime, graffiti, etc. with upper Manhattan - some wrongly. The gentrification is taking the a different speed than this into Soho, the East Village has experienced etc., as in northern Manhattan, the demographic and social structure is different.

The Upper East Side is only counted to Upper Manhattan, if one defines its beginning as early as the 59th Street, because from the 96th Street ( the usual southern border ) begins Spanish Harlem. The Upper East Side is one of the most distinguished addresses in New York and is a very prosperous area. It is thus clearly different from the northern neighboring Spanish Harlem. Many diplomatic missions are located in mansions on the Upper East Side.

Tourism

Upper Manhattan is so far not a very tourist area of ​​New York City, although here some tourist attractions are - such as The Cloisters. So it will be on the city map for tourists usually as recessed as the other boroughs of New York: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Iceland. Even the New Yorkers have the impression as though Upper Manhattan as another municipality such as Brooklyn. Reasons are not last the distance to Midtown Manhattan and the comparatively lower rents, so that New Yorkers this northern part of Manhattan not count to what they call "The City".

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