>And as much as l would like to attend, l haven't been above 72nd Street in over a decade.

-Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock <http://www.30rockquotes.net/seasons/season_1/30rockquotes_cl...>

Back then, that was pretty much all there was to the tourist-centric City. You may have had the Apollo in Harlem, about it. North of Central Park South would have been mostly residences.