There are many upper west sides, but none of them have been considered cool. Until now: Barneys Co-Op just landed on Broadway and 75th, lighting up a ten-block stretch that could become a place you go out of your way to visit.

Once upon a time, the Bowery was all flophouses, whiskey joints, and legendary bums. The flophouses survive, but now they’re surrounded by celebrity lounges and multi-million-dollar lofts.