Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side: Bloomingdale–Morningside Heights
Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side: Bloomingdale–Morningside Heights
By Jim Mackin
Fordham University Press, 2020
464 pages
In Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side: Bloomingdale-Morningside Heights, Jim Mackin introduces readers to almost 600 former residents of a culturally and politically fertile slice of Manhattan wedged between Central Park and the Hudson River from the West 90s to 125th Street. The range of people he has uncovered will astonish even long-time residents of the area. Actor Dustin Hoffman, writer Dorothy Parker, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and singer Ronnie Spector are just four of the people you will meet in these pages. This thoroughly researched book, intelligently designed for both armchair browsing and walking tours, is a testament to the density of Manhattan life and the range of people and stories that can found in New York City neighborhoods.