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Tagged: Upper West Side

Portraits & interviews

An appointment with Maritza Jiménez, an uptown Manhattan manicurist

Written by Jahaida Hernandez Jesurum   Ever wondered how immigrants land in certain career paths? Or what they may have been doing before leaving their home countries? Often, these two things don’t necessarily coincide. For Maritza Jiménez, coming to New York City was a tough and very personal decision. Born in the province of Monte Cristi in the Dominican Republic, Jiménez’s last job before migrating ten years ago was as the head director of a government office. But after the...

NYC neighborhoods

From dense forests and slums to one of NYC’s most sought-after neighborhoods: how Irish, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and other immigrants transformed the Upper West Side

Written by Rachel   The Upper West Side, or UWS as it is often abbreviated, is a large neighborhood or series of smaller adjacent neighborhoods in northern Manhattan, extending from 59th Street northward to 110th Street, with Central Park to the east and the Hudson River to the west. Some, notably real estate agents, also include Morningside Heights – an area stretching from 110th Street to 125th Street – in their definition of the Upper West Side. Last Saturday, I...