Tudor City
I recently moved to New York following my boyfriend’s footsteps. We are currently living in a charming place named after England’s Tudor Dinasty, Tudor City. The first time we came here looking for apartments, I was immediately fascinated by its neo- Gothic architecture, creation of the real estate developer Fred F. French.
Once known as “Prospect Hill” and surrounded by slaughterhouses, tenements and slums, Tudor City is now steps away from the United Nations Headquarter to the east and close enough to Grand Central and the Chrysler Building to the west. Yet it still manages to preserve such quietness and serenity hard to find in this bursting city.
But perhaps Tudor City’s most compelling attraction, and what makes residents and neighbors so proud, are it’s parks, known as Tudor City Greens. Located on either side of 42nd street, these gardens are a little oasis and provides us with stunning views.
If you love movies as much as I do, and if you pay close attention, you might catch a glimpse of this wonderful place in films such as The Godfather, Taxi Driver, The Bourne Ultimatum, The International, all Spider-Man movies and so on.
