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Columbus Circle

Roundabout at 59th Street where 8th Avenue, which becomes Central Park West, and Broadway meet

Columbus Circle, Manhattan

Our newly renovated Columbus Circle is now accessible to the public. The grayish statue in the back, the Maine, is one of the most beautiful in the city. You can see it in Central Park Tour #1.

Columbus Circle fountain Christopher Columbus monument
Right: Looking up Broadway. Left: Central Park trees across the street from Central Park West.

Columbus Circle monument

Time-Warner, former convention site

Time-Warner complex is behind the statue. The convention center, now located in the 30s, used to occupy T-W's site.

Time-Warner complex

A shopping mall and Jazz at Lincoln Center facilities are included in the Time-Warner complex (right and center).

59th and Broadway

59th and Central Park West

We'll head uptown on Central Park West. There's a bike lane and just a few intersections on the park side.

Upper West Side tour, Part I

1. Greenway 2. Riverside Park 72nd-95th 3. Community Garden
4. The Ansonia 5. 72nd to 66th Street 6. Lincoln Center
7. You are here. Columbus Circle 8. Central Park West 64th-86th 9. 80th-96th Street
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