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New York’s social elite began gravitating toward 5th Avenue almost as soon as the famed street opened in the 1820s. By the time that Central Park’s construction was complete in 1876, 5th Avenue had been THE Avenue for nearly half a century. And now, with the opportunity to neighbor Olmsted and Vaux’s grand park, NYC’s socialites quickly began relocating to the Upper East Side, where they built the opulent mansions that have become iconic markers of the Gilded Age. T You can learn more about the city’s Gilded Age mansions as well as the park that lured their owners uptown with us on our “Upper East Side Walking Tour: A Clash of Titans” this Friday, September 8th @ 1:00 PM **AND/OR** our “Central Park Walking Tour” this Saturday, September 9th @ 1:00 PM! IMAGE: Underwood & Underwood, “Fifth Ave. and Central Park N. from 59th St. to Art Museum, New York,” 1910, @libraryofcongress @libraryofcongressphotos #bigoniontours #centralpark #5thavenue #millionairesrow #mansions #gildedagemansions #gildedage #uppereastside #ues #manhattan #nyc #historicphoto #stereograph #underwoodandunderwood #1910 #aerialphotography #fredericklawolmsted #calvertvaux #greensward #nycparks #parkhistory #ueshistory #mychistory #nyhistory #walkingtour