![]() By 1837, as the first-of-its-kind New York and Harlem Railroad began its service between Lower Manhattan and Harlem, the rural area became a hotbed of commercial traffic. Retail is in the Upper East Side's blood.Ĭenturies before the Upper East Side became the haut monde shopping capital - and before European immigrants even colonized the island in the first place - the area's East River waterfront was a popular fishing hub among the Munsee Lenape people. ![]() In other words: Madison Avenue is getting a makeover. Indeed, a growing crop of the U.S.'s buzziest design talent - like Tanya Taylor, Jonathan Cohen, Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst and La Ligne - are gravitating toward the Upper East Side for new brick-and-mortar ventures, seeking out more seasoned luxury shoppers and post-pandemic real estate incentives. ![]() ![]() "There's been a lot of shifting, and the momentum is strong." "The energy on the Upper East Side feels really renewed," says Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth, whose own Madison Avenue jewel box of a boutique opened late last year. ![]()
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