110th Street (Manhattan)

In the west, between Central Park West/Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Riverside Drive, it is co-signed as Cathedral Parkway.

Unveiled in 1997, the statue, by sculptor Robert Graham, is 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, and depicts the Muses—nine nude caryatids—supporting a grand piano and Duke Ellington on their heads.

It is notable for its incongruities; the Lincoln Correctional Facility—originally constructed in 1914 for the Young Women's Hebrew Association—stands a few blocks away from new luxury condo developments.

In the first decade of the 21st century, there was significant real estate development on properties with a view of Central Park.

"[6] The rebirth of Harlem along Central Park north had attracted celebrities such as Marcia Gay Harden, Maya Angelou, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

[8] The elevated IRT Ninth Avenue Line used to reach a great height at its 110th Street station, before its demolition in 1940; it was infamous as a suicide location.

[15] George Gershwin lived in 501 West 110th Street, on the northwest corner of 110th and Amsterdam, where he composed his seminal piece Rhapsody in Blue.