Chic Manhattan neighborhood since 1880, Upper East Side is area full of elegant streets, buildings of great standing, with large lobbies and doormen in uniform, grand restaurants, art galleries and museums.

Five minutes jog from Central Park.

The Guggenheim musuem is close by only at the corner of Central Park and 88th street, on which the aprtment is located.

Between 70 and 71 Street the splendid neo-classical house of Henry Clay Frick (1849 - 1919) offers a private collection of European paintings and sculptures, antique French furniture, French and Chinese porcelain, Italian bronzes.

The "Lycee Francais" is located at 76 street, twelve blocks from the apartment.

The neighborhood also offers Bloomingdale's at the corner of 60 Street and Lexington.