I was born at 257E 95th street in 1939. On one side of the street the rich and famous still occupied the brownstones and the other was made up of 5 story apartment houses. If you crossed Lexington Ave it was all upper middle class. If you were catholic you went to St Francis de Sales school and economic differences were ignored by the Sisters. 95th street was considered a very respectable and desirable street to live on. The apartment houses and Brownstones were built before 1900 and many of the families had lived there for some time. My parents were born in Ireland and moved to the US around 1930. What name are you researching? Presently the area up to and including 96th street above 3rd avenue is still very much an upscale neighborhood. On fifth the upscale area extends another 10 blocks. A cousin of mine had a 2 million dollar apartment on 105 and fifth. Researching Connors, OConnor, Histon, Kennealy, Sullivan in Limerick and OConnor, Heffernan, Foley, Palmer, deConde, Sugrue, Shackrow, Griffin, Shea, Shay and Keating in Kerry. Conor, OConnor Roscomon. **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)