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4 books in Upper West Side

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1Fiction · Horror1968 Movie

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin · 1967

A young couple moves into a grand old building modeled on the Dakota and starts to suspect their very attentive neighbors.

Pinned at: The Dakota (“the Bramford”), W 72nd St & Central Park West

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2Fiction · Classics1986 Movie

Seize the Day

Saul Bellow · 1956

One very bad day for a struggling salesman on Upper Broadway.

Pinned at: The Hotel Gloriana, modeled on the Ansonia, Broadway & W 73rd St

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3Nonfiction · Biography & MemoirNYT Bestseller

How Starbucks Saved My Life

Michael Gates Gill · 2007

Fired, divorced and broke in his sixties, a former ad executive takes a job at an Upper West Side Starbucks and finds a new life.

Pinned at: The Starbucks at Broadway & W 93rd St

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4Fiction · RomanceYA

Trust Fall

Lynn Painter · 2026

A Nebraska teen inherits a historic Upper West Side brownstone and a seat at an elite prep school.

Pinned at: An Upper West Side brownstone

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