Attack (1992). Literature In P. G. Wodehouse's Piccadilly Jim, published in 1917, Riverside Drive is mentioned in the opening lines as a "breezy and expensive boulevard" with one of its "leading eyesores" being the home of Financier Peter Pett and his crime novelist wife Nesta Ford. In the novel Illuminatus (1975), the character Joe Malik lives in a brownstone on Riverside Drive. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, Amory visits Mrs. Lawrence on Riverside Drive and reflects that the open space feels more pleasant than the more crowded parts of the city. In the novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child featuring Special Agent Pendergast, the main protagonist, Aloysius Pendergast, lives in his great-uncle's mansion at 891 Riverside Drive. In the novel Jahrestage (Anniversaries) by German author Uwe Johnson, the main character Gesine Cresspahl and her daughter Marie live at 243 Riverside Drive. Television In the sitcom 30 Rock, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) lives at 168 Riverside Drive. In the TV show Mad Men, copywriter Freddy Rumsen lives at 152 Riverside Drive. In the sitcom Will & Grace, Will lives at 155 Riverside Drive, as do Grace and Jack (Sean Hayes) at times throughout the series. In the USA Network series White Collar, Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) lives in the 4th floor studio of a mansion owned by elderly widow June (Diahann Carroll), located 351 Riverside Drive (the Schinasi Mansion). In the Amazon Studios series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) and Joel (Michael Zegen) live in Apt 9C, located at 404 Riverside Drive (The Strathmore). Theater Bob Randall's play 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972) tells the story of a married advertising copywriter and a discontented housewife who both end up looking at the same Riverside Drive apartment. The door is locked accidentally, trapping them inside, and a connection slowly develops as they begin to share the details of their respective lives. Between Riverside and Crazy is a 2014 play by Stephen Adley Guirgis. Gallery References Notes Bibliography Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Mellins, Thomas (2009) New York 1930. New York: Rizzoli. External links Carter Horsley, "Riverside Drive," The City Review. Hamilton Heights, Manhattan Harlem Inwood, Manhattan Streets in Manhattan Upper West Side Washington Heights, Manhattan Morningside Heights, Manhattan