page_title: 52nd Street (Manhattan)
section_title: Eighth Avenue
hierarchical_section_title: 52nd Street (Manhattan) / Notable places on 52nd Street / Eighth Avenue
caption_attribution_description: English: From 7th Avenue, facing east down the south side of W52nd Street, showing the secondary street name of "WC HANDYS PLACE".
context_page_description: 52nd Street is a 1.9-mile long one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City. A short section of it was known as the city's center of jazz performance from the 1930s to the 1950s.
context_section_description: Neil Simon Theatre (south)
  August Wilson Theatre (north)
  Gallagher's Steak House (south)
  Novotel 26-floor, 272 ft (83 m) hotel opened in 1984 (south)
  1675 Broadway - 35-floor, 485 ft (148 m) office building opened in 1990 (north)
caption: 52nd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues is "W. C. Handy's Place"
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