Wender·Vista
Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York
along the east side of Central Park, Manhattan

Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue

— — limestone, the park, and the long quiet walk.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The mile of Fifth Avenue between 82nd Street and 105th Street is called Museum Mile, and the limestone fronts of the great houses face Central Park across the avenue. The Metropolitan and the Guggenheim share the strip with the Neue Galerie and the Cooper Hewitt, and on warm Sundays the avenue is closed to cars for a few hours and the museums put tables out on the sidewalk.

from the studio
Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue
— bring it home

Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Upper East Side stretches from 59th Street north to 96th Street between Central Park and the East River, in Manhattan Community District 8. The Fifth Avenue frontage along the park, known as Museum Mile from 82nd to 105th Street, was developed largely between 1880 and 1930 with limestone-faced townhouses and apartment houses for the Gilded Age elite. The neighborhood holds nine museums along that mile, anchored at the south by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 82nd Street.

— the stone

The architectural signature of the Fifth Avenue strip is Indiana limestone over Manhattan schist foundations, often layered with marble entryways and bronze door surrounds. The townhouses near 70th Street include works by McKim, Mead and White and by Carrère and Hastings. Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim, a poured-concrete spiral completed in 1959, breaks the limestone rhythm at 89th Street and sits across the avenue from the park's reservoir, finished in 1862.

— the visit

The Fifth Avenue museums are reached on foot from the 4, 5, or 6 trains at 86th Street, or from the Second Avenue subway Q train at 86th Street. The annual Museum Mile Festival, held on a Tuesday evening in early June since 1979, closes Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th Street and opens nine museums free of charge between six and nine in the evening. Otherwise admission policies vary by institution.

— where
United States · Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York
— position
40.7766° N · 73.9626° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
0.4 km S
Metropolitan Museum of Art
art museum
0.4 km N
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
art museum
0.3 km W
Central Park Reservoir
reservoir
0.8 km N
Cooper Hewitt
design museum
N
Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Central Park Reservoir
Cooper Hewitt
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Upper East Side along Fifth Avenue — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Museum Mile along Fifth Avenue, limestone-faced townhouses from the Gilded Age, and a long park frontage on the east side of Central Park. The neighborhood runs from 59th Street to 96th Street in Manhattan.

The stretch of Fifth Avenue between 82nd and 105th Streets, home to nine museums including the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, the Neue Galerie, the Cooper Hewitt, and El Museo del Barrio. The designation dates to 1979.

Most of the limestone townhouses and apartment houses along Fifth Avenue facing Central Park were built between 1880 and 1930, during the Gilded Age and the early twentieth century, for the city's wealthiest residents.

By subway, the 4, 5, and 6 trains run beneath Lexington Avenue with stops at 77th, 86th, and 96th Streets. The Q train runs beneath Second Avenue with a stop at 86th Street, one long block from Fifth.

Yes, on the night of the annual Museum Mile Festival each June, when Fifth Avenue closes from 82nd to 105th Street between six and nine in the evening and the participating museums offer free admission.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Fifth Avenue limestone strip is one of the most recognized addresses in New York. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note carries the neighborhood's quiet formality well.

The cream-and-park palette fits Classic Pre-War, English Country, and warm Traditional interiors. It also sits well against a soft taupe wall, a paneled library, or above a marble-topped console.

A single Large carries a sofa or console comfortably. For wider walls the 4-tile Mural extends the avenue's facade; the 9-tile Mural turns the strip into the room's primary visual.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installations behind a sink, a stove, or a shower wall. The Glossy finish is for framed display pieces only.

A microfibre cloth with plain water handles routine dust and fingerprints. For kitchen splashes use a mild dish soap on the cloth, not directly on the tile, then wipe dry. Avoid abrasive pads on every finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, painted in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language, then slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure. Single studio of origin, no licensed imagery.

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