Editing Broadway (Manhattan) (section)

====Upper West Side====
[[File:72Bway.png|thumb|upright=1|X-shaped intersection of Broadway (from lower right to upper left) and Amsterdam Avenue (lower left to upper right), looking north from Sherman Square to West [[72nd Street (Manhattan)|72nd Street]] and the treetops of [[Verdi Square]]]]
At the southwest corner of [[Central Park]], Broadway crosses [[Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)|Eighth Avenue]] (called Central Park West north of 59th Street) at [[59th Street (Manhattan)|West 59th Street]] and [[Columbus Circle]]; on the site of the former [[New York Coliseum]] convention center is the new shopping center at the foot of the [[Time Warner Center]], headquarters of [[Time Warner]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gregor |first=Alison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/realestate/commercial/18circle.html |title=A New Star in the Columbus Circle Orbit |date=October 18, 2006 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 20, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527181146/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/realestate/commercial/18circle.html |url-status=live }}</ref> From Columbus Circle northward, Broadway becomes a wide [[boulevard]] to 169th Street; it retains landscaped [[median (road)|center islands]] that separate northbound from southbound traffic. The medians are a vestige of the central mall of "The Boulevard" that had become the spine of the [[Upper West Side]], and many of these contain public seating.

Broadway intersects with [[Columbus Avenue (Manhattan)|Columbus Avenue]] (known as Ninth Avenue south of [[59th Street (Manhattan)|West 59th Street]]) at West 65th and 66th Streets where the [[Juilliard School]] and [[Lincoln Center]], both well-known performing arts landmarks, as well as the [[Manhattan New York Temple]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] are located.

Between West 70th and 73rd Streets, Broadway intersects with [[Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)|Amsterdam Avenue]] (known as 10th Avenue south of West 59th Street). The wide intersection of the two thoroughfares has historically been the site of numerous traffic accidents and pedestrian casualties, partly due to the long crosswalks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Safety Fixes Slated for One of Manhattan's Most Dangerous Intersections |url=http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/09/23/safety-fixes-slated-for-one-of-manhattans-most-dangerous-intersections/ |access-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225941/http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/09/23/safety-fixes-slated-for-one-of-manhattans-most-dangerous-intersections/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two small triangular plots of land were created at points where Broadway slices through Amsterdam Avenue. One is a tiny fenced-in patch of shrubbery and plants at West 70th Street called [[Sherman Square]] (although it and the surrounding intersection have also been known collectively as Sherman Square), and the other triangle is a lush tree-filled garden bordering Amsterdam Avenue from just above West 72nd Street to West 73rd Street. Named [[Verdi Square]] in 1921 for its monument to Italian composer [[Giuseppe Verdi]], which was erected in 1909, this triangular sliver of public space was designated a Scenic Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1974, one of nine city parks that have received the designation.<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/verdi-square Verdi Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508124415/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/verdi-square |date=May 8, 2016 }}, [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref> In the 1960s and 1970s, the area surrounding both Verdi Square and Sherman Square was known by local drug users and dealers as "Needle Park",<ref>{{cite news |first=Richard F. |last=Shepard |title=Strolling Up Broadway, The West Side's Spine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/08/books/strolling-up-broadway-the-west-side-s-spine.html |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=April 8, 1988 |access-date=April 18, 2008 |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122022509/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/08/books/strolling-up-broadway-the-west-side-s-spine.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was featured prominently in the gritty 1971 dramatic film ''[[The Panic in Needle Park]]'', directed by [[Jerry Schatzberg]] and starring [[Al Pacino]] in his second onscreen role.

The original brick and stone shelter leading to the entrance of the [[72nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|72nd Street]] subway station, one of the [[Early history of the IRT subway|first 28 subway stations]] in Manhattan, remains located on one of the wide islands in the center of Broadway, on the south side of West 72nd Street. For many years, all traffic on Broadway flowed on either side of this median and its subway entrance, and its uptown lanes went past it along the western edge of triangular Verdi Square. In 2001 and 2002, renovation of the historic 72nd Street station and the addition of a second subway control house and passenger shelter on an adjacent center median just north of 72nd Street, across from the original building, resulted in the creation of a public plaza with stone pavers and extensive seating, connecting the newer building with Verdi Square, and making it necessary to divert northbound traffic to Amsterdam Avenue for one block. While Broadway's southbound lanes at this intersection were unaffected by the new construction, its northbound lanes are no longer contiguous at this intersection. Drivers can either continue along Amsterdam Avenue to head uptown or turn left on West 73rd Street to resume traveling on Broadway.

Several notable apartment buildings are in close proximity to this intersection, including [[The Ansonia]], its ornate architecture dominating the cityscape here. After the Ansonia first opened as a hotel, live seals were kept in indoor fountains inside its lobby. Later, it was home to the infamous [[Plato's Retreat]] nightclub.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=deCourcy Hinds |title=A Conversion Plan Roils the Ansonia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/realestate/a-conversion-plan-roils-the-ansonia.html?smid=pl-share |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=November 8, 1987 |access-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309084549/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/realestate/a-conversion-plan-roils-the-ansonia.html?smid=pl-share |url-status=live }}</ref> Immediately north of Verdi Square is the [[Apple Bank Building]], formerly the Central Savings Bank, which was built in 1926 and designed to resemble the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amsterdammin' from West 72nd–110th |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2010/11/amsterdammin-from-west-72nd-110th/ |date=November 2010 |access-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221180231/http://forgotten-ny.com/2010/11/amsterdammin-from-west-72nd-110th/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Broadway is also home to the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]] at [[West 74th Street]], designated a national landmark in 1979 and still in operation as a concert venue after its establishment in 1929 as a vaudeville and music hall, and "sister" venue to [[Radio City Music Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Beacon Theatre History |url=http://www.beacontheatre.com/about/history.html |access-date=February 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214014236/http://www.beacontheatre.com/about/history.html |archive-date=February 14, 2014}}</ref>

At its intersection with West 78th Street, Broadway shifts direction and continues directly uptown and aligned approximately with the Commissioners' grid. Past the bend are the historic [[The Apthorp|Apthorp]] apartment building, built in 1908, and the [[First Baptist Church in the City of New York]], incorporated in New York in 1762, its current building on Broadway erected in 1891. The road heads north and passes historically important apartment houses such as [[the Belnord]], the [[Astor Court Building]], and the [[Art Nouveau]] [[The Cornwall|Cornwall]].<ref>Horsley, Carter B. [http://www.thecityreview.com/uws/bway/cornwall.html "The Cornwall"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227054513/https://www.thecityreview.com/uws/bway/cornwall.html |date=February 27, 2021 }} ''City Review''</ref><ref>{{cite AIA4}} p. 351</ref>

At Broadway and 95th Street is [[Symphony Space]], established in 1978 as home to avant-garde and classical music and dance performances in the former Symphony Theatre, which was originally built in 1918 as a premier "music and motion-picture house".<ref>{{cite web |title=Written on the Screen |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/04/21/102693641.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/04/21/102693641.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |date=April 21, 1918 |access-date=February 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Symphony Space History |url=http://www.symphonyspace.org/history |access-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105222028/http://www.symphonyspace.org/history |url-status=live }}</ref> At 99th Street, Broadway passes between the controversial skyscrapers of [[the Ariel]] East and West.

At 107th Street, Broadway merges with [[West End Avenue]], with the intersection forming [[Straus Park]] with its Titanic Memorial by [[Augustus Lukeman]].<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/straus-park/history Straus Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309030351/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/straus-park/history |date=March 9, 2021 }}, [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref>