uptown

When his work was staged for the uptown set at Lincoln Center, seats emptied.

On a recent afternoon, he had a copy in his wallet, along with his state ID, as he walked from his uptown apartment in Memphis, Tennessee, to a nearby corner store.

People are increasingly using money from family trusts to purchase apartments in the most expensive uptown co-op buildings, said Rich Ferrari, Elliman’s New York City chief executive.

Today, Union Square Cafe, the flagship of Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group, occupies a new location a few blocks uptown from the original.

Now the restaurant has become the epicenter of stylish downtowners coming uptown for opulent dinners where the restaurant’s regulars—older, well-dressed, celebratory—are part of the draw.