ELLIMAN EXPLORES CENTRAL PARK SOUTH
Edition 1 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH
Discover the hidden gems and popular favorites of the neighborhood. Here, In many ways, Central Park South offers the essential New York experience. Not New York only is it right in the middle of the city, offering proximity to both uptown and shows off the downtown, the east side and west, it also borders what is arguably the crown jewel of NYC—Central Park. While walks best version through its 843 acres of greenery is reason enough for many to call this of itself. area home, there also happens to be a seemingly limitless amount of things to do, from taking in a show at the iconic Carnegie Hall to catching a foreign film at The Paris Theatre or an afternoon of shopping at Bergdorf Goodman.
Central Park Eating
In the past few years, the blocks surrounding Central Park South have arguably become the nexus of fine dining in the city, largely thanks to the arrival of Per Se in 2004 in the Time Warner Center (1). Chef Thomas Keller’s Michelin-starred temple to French-influenced New American cuisine offers one of the most famous tasting menus in the country, where you’ll find hits like risotto with shaved black truffles and aged parmesan, charcoal-grilled wagyu with turnips and port wine sauce, and a delicate buckwheat crepe with roasted chestnuts and ruby beets.
Time Warner Center For something less formal, Keller also has an outpost of Bouchon Bakery in the building, serving up expertly made croissants, pastries, and coffee. Just a few feet away is Masa, with a famously decadent (and pricey, at $595 per person) omakase dinner of the finest sashimi and Japanese delicacies in NYC.
Just east of these, meanwhile, is Marea (2), a favorite of both neighborhood locals and power lunchers on expense accounts. That’s because the restaurant’s seafood-heavy menu is addicting—especially the aragosta (butter poached lobster with root vegetables, baby leeks, apples, and lovage). Columbus Circle
ELLIMANEXPLORES Petrossian
And for a pre- or post-dinner drink, Harry Cipriani (4) in The Sherry-Netherland hotel is a classic spot, home to the restaurant’s famed Bellini (a perfect mixture of Prosecco and peach puree).
Harry Cipriani The seafood theme continues a few blocks away at Petrossian (3), housed in the historic Alwyn Court building, and a must for any caviar fan. Amid the art deco interior, guests can sample Ossetra and Siberian varieties, along with champagne and ice cold vodka.
ELLIMANEXPLORES Shopping The Central Park West area is also an epicenter of Manhattan’s shopping universe, with two of the most famous department stores in world. Then you can spend an entire day perusing the floors at Barneys New York (5) and Bergdorf Goodman (6), which sell everything from home furnishings to cutting- edge men’s and women’s clothing. And both have neighborhood favorites for lunch breaks—BG Restaurant at Bergdorf (order the Gotham Salad, a delicious version of a traditional Cobb), and Freds at Barneys, for a lobster club sandwich or an expertly- made chicken Milanese.
Barneys On the other end of the the park, The Shops at Columbus
Circle (1) offer an all-in- There’s also The The Shops at Columbus Circle one retail experience, Plaza (7), which is so with branches of much more than just J.Crew, Jo Malone, an iconic hotel. Here, Williams Sonoma, you can shop for and high-end beauty gifts and goodies brand FACE Stockholm. like cupcakes from In addition, you’ll Billy’s Bakery, tea find a gargantuan from Kusmi Tea, and Whole Foods Market cakes from Lady M for grocery shopping Confections. While and an Equinox you’re there, grab a for workouts—an cocktail and listen to alternative to jogs some live jazz at the in Central Park). hotel’s The Rose Club.
ELLIMANEXPLORES Exploring
Culturally, Central Park South is rich with opportunities to immerse yourself in the arts. The world-renowned Carnegie Hall (8) is the place to see both classical and modern music performances in a historic 1891 Renaissance Revival building, while for film, the single-screen Paris Theatre (9) has traditionally had an intellectual bent, showing art house and foreign language movies and documentaries.
Carnegie Hall The Museum of Arts and Design (10) offers a huge range of innovative objects related to all facets of design, from jewelry exhibitions to ceramics and glasswork. And galleries are a presence in the area, as well, with one of the most unique being Scholten Japanese Art (11), a gallery specializing in traditional woodblock prints, paintings, lacquer and screens, a space that can almost double as a home decor store for the amount of decorative items it contains. Museum of Arts and Design
ELLIMANEXPLORES Central Park Pond
Grand Army Plaza
And the nearby Pond is one of the most well-known For all of the neighborhood’s attributes, and popular destinations though, it’s still Central Park that remains in the park, a place where the star. Families flock to the 2-acre residents can head for Heckscher Playground, where kids make quiet contemplation by use of the swings, slides, tunnels, and the water, or for a walk ramps. In the summer, a water feature amongst the flower beds, sprays cool mist in the air on hot days— all just steps from Fifth the perfect way to cool off. Avenue and 59th Street.
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9TH AVENUE CENTRAL 1 Time Warner Center 10 Columbus Circle PARK EAST 66TH STREET M 59 ST 2 Marea 240 Central Park South COLUMBUS CIRCLE EAST 65TH STREET
EAST 64TH STREET 3 Petrossian 182 West 58th Street WEST 59TH STREET
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4 Harry Cipriani The Sherry-Netherland, 781 5th Avenue BROADWAY M 59 ST/7 AVE EAST 61TH STREET M 59 ST/5 AVE EAST 60TH STREET 5 Barneys New York 660 Madison Avenue WEST 56TH STREET M WEST 57TH STREET EAST 59TH STREET 57 ST WEST 55TH STREET 6 Bergdorf Goodman 754 5th Avenue 7TH AVENUE
WEST 55TH STREET 59 ST LEXINGTON AVE M 7 The Plaza 768 5th Avenue M 50 ST 7 AVE M 6TH AVENUE
8 Carnegie Hall 881 7th Avenue MADISON AVENUE WEST 54TH STREET 5TH AVENUE
9 The Paris Theatre 4 West 58th Street WEST 53TH STREET
LEXINGTON AVENUE WEST 52TH STREET M 53 ST/5 AV 10 Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle WEST 51TH STREET M WEST 48TH STREET 47-50 ST PARK AVENUE WEST 50TH STREET ROCKEFELLER CTR 11 Scholten Japanese Art 145 West 58th Street WEST 47TH STREET WEST 49TH STREET
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