129 W. 81st Street
I thought it only fitting to start this day of Seinfeldian sights at the place where Jerry was the original master of his domain, his first apartment in Manhattan. The ironic thing about Seinfeld is that it was filmed in L.A. not New York, so Jerry’s apartment was actually on a set in L.A. But they used the address from his first apartment that he lived in when he was first starting out as a standup comic. The address is 129 W. 81st St., so that’s the first destination of the day.
And it's off we go.
Love the subway tiles!
And through the magic of the internet, here we are on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Here it is, 129 W. 81st Street, Jerry Seinfeld's first Manhattan apartment. I bet he didn't think when he moved in here that one day he'd be able to buy the building. And you know what they say about Manhattan apartments, it's all about the location. And that is certainly true here because we are just about a five minute walk to...
Gray's Papaya!
Hot Dog! This brings back some MAD memories!
I'm going to post a Seinfeld clip to go with each post, I couldn't find the clip of Kramer eating at Papaya Dog, so this is the best I can offer up! See you at the next post in about an hour.
Gray's Papaya, Jerry Seinfeld, Upper West Side, apartment Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 5:10PM
Reader Comments (10)
In a union of last night's game (I'm a boo-who Pat's fan) and TWM's theme; I'll just say this:
"LENO!"
I always get a nightly fix of viewing Seinfeld no matter the many, many times I've seen it. I'm like a Seinfeld addict, needing some cornball or sexy humor, which he does provide, night after night.
@csp: Ha ha ha! I wonder how dough he got for that commercial?
@Mykola Mick Dementiuk: It's one of my favorite shows too, never get tired of it!
I tried to watch one show once.. and it was interupted by a fucking earthquake. so i changed the station to watch coverage of the whiny mariners refusing to play the rest of the game.
took it as a sign..
never tried to watch it again.
oh and the mariners were seattles whiny baseball team.. for the new yorkers people..
i think maybe i didnt want to watch baseball adn the only other thing on was seinfeld.
and the earthquake was like a 5.3 or something.. not even big enough to whine about...
mariners made the city build them a new field.
@Gidget: You should check it out, one of the funniest shows ever!
Jason Alexander played one of the more memorable psychopaths on an episode of 'Criminal Minds'...one of his better roles. Remember when he tried to rape Julia Roberts in 'Pretty Woman'?
@Jaws: I completely forgot Jason Alexander was in "Pretty Woman." He had hair back then!
He had a tail in "Shallow Hal."
@Biff: I need to check that out!