West Side
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I’m a native New Yorker, and if I were living in Brooklyn and a guy lived on the Upper West Side, that would be a 45-minute subway ride, which is truly nothing in New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
She came from her apartment on the Upper West Side to 33rd Street to see if she could catch a glimpse of Swift entering the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Lincoln Center, the famed arts complex on New York's Upper West Side, began the series "out of a need," said Miranda Hoffner, the insitution's accessibility director.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Other residences include St. Agnes Residence on the Upper West Side, which starts at around $950 a month, and Centro Maria in the Bronx, which charges around $800 a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
"There was no West Side back then. Just fields and fields of sugarcane."
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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