Central Park West is the rare Manhattan avenue where both sides get serious shade — building shadows in the morning, park canopy in the afternoon. The swap happens at solar noon. Most walkers don’t realize they’re supposed to cross at 79th Street; we’ve been routing it for two years.
These three pair the museum entrances with the right sidewalk. The Natural History Museum’s shadow casts west across the avenue; the Beresford and the Dakota throw early-afternoon shadow east. Stay Cool reroutes you across the avenue automatically when the geometry flips.