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Begin at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue (4, 5, or 6 train

to 86th Street).
For the best view of the classic buildings lining upper Fifth
Avenue, most of which date from the 1920s, head uptown
on the park side of the avenue before crossing at East 88th
Street to the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright and completed in 1959. (The museums caf makes
an excellent lunch stop and can be entered directly near
East 88th Street.) On leaving, turn right up Fifth to the old
Carnegie mansion, which lls the block between East 90th
and 91st. Now housing the Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum, it is well worth an extended visit. Directly across
East 91st Street are the handsome twin mansions of the
Convent of the Sacred Heart; down the block on the south
side is the Spence School, one of the citys half-dozen elite
schools for girls (its Gwyneth Paltrows alma mater). Turn
left on Madison and left again on East 92nd to the Jewish
Museum, a singular resource for Jewish art and Judaica,
with a rst-rate bookstore. Head uptown another ten blocks
to two more museum treasures, the Museum of the City of
New York and El Museo del Barrio, which share a view
of Central Parks most elegant and secluded six acres, the
Conservatory Garden. Pass through the handsome iron
gates which once guarded the Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth
and East 58th (it was torn down in the 1920s to make way
for Bergdorf Goodman)and nd a quiet spot to sit a while
in the 19th century.

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CARNEGIE HILL AND BEYOND

The museum-rich slice of the Upper East Side takes
its name from the 64-room brick mansion built by
industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1902 at the corner of
Fifth Avenue and 91st.

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beautiful blocks. As you approach Fifth Avenue, note the
lone modern faade in the otherwise uninterrupted row of
town houses on the south side. A bomb built by members
of the Weather Underground exploded here in 1970,
killing two Weatherpeople and destroying the original
building. Cross Fifth and walk to University Place, where
the avenues grandeur yields to a smaller-scale, old-English
style. Head south on University and, just after Eighth Street,
turn right into Washington Mews. Like the grand town houses
overlooking Washington Square that they once serviced, the
converted carriage houses on this charming cobblestone
lane are now owned by New York University, the biggest
landowner in the area. (The universitys purple banners seem
to hang from half the buildings in the neighborhood.) Exit the
Mews at Fifth, turn left, and cross to the Arch. Designed by
Stanford White and built to mark the centenary of George
Washingtons 1789 inauguration, the Arch has played a
part in Village life from Henry Jamess day to the present.
Take a stroll through the park before exiting at the southeast
corner and heading south on MacDougal for a stop into
one of the streets justly famous coffeehouses. The cozily
gloomy Caffe Reggio and Caffe Dante both have intensely
loyal followings, strong coffee, and rich desserts. When you
emerge, continue south on MacDougal to Houston, past the
last of the neighborhoods old Italian social clubs, Tiro a
Segno (members only). Turn right at Houston to begin Walk
12, or return to the subway via Sixth Avenue.

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