While the 'Downtown' tour gave us a good perspective on the history of this huge city, the 'Uptown' tour brought us to the apartments of the more rich and famous and more recent histories marked mostly by entertainment landmarks.
Our double decker bus took us passed the apartment of Babe Ruth (pictured here) where cows and chickens were housed on the roof to provide fresh milk and eggs for the inhabitants.
Then there was the Dakota Apartments where John Lennon lost his life at the hands of Mark David Chapman.
We passed the empty space where Studio 54 once stood proudly on 54th Street and the school yard where they filmed the fight scene in West side story.
Our double decker bus took us passed the apartment of Babe Ruth (pictured here) where cows and chickens were housed on the roof to provide fresh milk and eggs for the inhabitants.
Then there was the Dakota Apartments where John Lennon lost his life at the hands of Mark David Chapman.
We passed the empty space where Studio 54 once stood proudly on 54th Street and the school yard where they filmed the fight scene in West side story.
Amateur night at the Apollo "Where stars are born and legends are made" marked the beginnings of many famous carreers including Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and James Brown.
The Hotel Theresa once housed Fidele Castro who brought his own chickens to eat because he was afraid the CIA might try to poison him.
The homes old money rich families on the Eastside included those of the Vanderbilts and the Rockafellers.
Though we are sure that our current abode will not become immortalized because we stayed here, it is interesting to note the legends whose passings have been noted.
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