The defining characteristic of Manhattan's
Upper East Side
, a two-square-mile grid scored with the great avenues of
Madison, Park
and
Lexington
, is wealth. While other neighborhoods are affected by incursions of immigrant groups, artistic trends, and the like, this remains primarily an enclave of the well-off, with tony shops, clean and relatively safe streets, well-preserved buildings and landmarks. It also has some of the city's finest
museums
, all in a compact strip running on or near Fifth Avenue, known as Museum Mile: the
Frick Collection
and the
Guggenheim Museum
are the best (and best known), but the
Whitney Museum of American Art
, the
Jewish Museum
and the
Museum of the City of New York
each command attention.
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