Gov Hochul Attends Service at UWS Ukrainian Church

Mike Mishkin March 9, 2022 Community 2 Comments

Governor Kathy Hochul was among those in attendance at a Wednesday morning prayer service at St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral at 160 West 82nd Street, Read More...

RELEASED: Renderings of New David Geffen Hall, Slated for October 2022 Opening

Mike Mishkin March 9, 2022 Arts & Entertainment 3 Comments

Lincoln Center has announced that the new David Geffen Hall will open in October 2022, two years ahead of the originally anticipated reopening date. The Read More...

Part of Central Park Catches Fire

Mike Mishkin March 8, 2022 Community 2 Comments

Several fires broke out within the northern section of Central Park on Tuesday afternoon, Patch was first to report, with the first billow of smoke Read More...

The Upper West Side in the Mid-1940s

Claudie Benjamin March 8, 2022 Community No Comments

In some ways, the avenues and side streets of the Upper West Side during the mid-1940s resembled a village. The owners of many stores on Read More...

Rest in Peace: Michael J. Campbell, Emerald Inn Patriarch

Keith Marder March 8, 2022 Community, Food & Drink 1 Comment

The Upper West Side lost a legend Monday when Michael J. Campbell, the man behind classic local watering hole Emerald Inn, passed away. He was Read More...

VIDEO: 60 Firefighters Respond to Call on 73rd Street

Bobby Panza March 7, 2022 Community 4 Comments

A total of sixty firefighters (carried by twelve FDNY vehicles) responded to the call of a second-floor fire at 48 West 73rd Street on Monday Read More...

Amazon Books to Close All Locations (Columbus Circle Included)

Mike Mishkin March 6, 2022 Shopping 5 Comments

Amazon recently announced it will be closing all 68 of its bookstores and pop-up shops, Reuters first reported. This includes the Amazon Books which opened Read More...

From Gilded Age to Chamber of Horrors: Dickensian Extremes at the Astor

Wendy Blake March 6, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

The splendid mansions of the Upper East Side are what we think of most often when we think of the Gilded Age, but the era’s Read More...

UWS Gets New 24-Hour Bodega

Mike Mishkin March 6, 2022 Food & Drink 2 Comments

Soha Gourmet Marketplace has opened at 301 West 96th Street on West End Avenue. Thanks to @augiehaas (who tells us they make a solid breakfast Read More...

New Doc Reveals UWS as Skateboarding Sanctuary of ’80s and ’90s

Bobby Panza March 6, 2022 Arts & Entertainment 3 Comments

If you love Upper West Side history, Greg Navarro’s new nine-and-a-half-minute documentary provides viewers with a unique perspective of the neighborhood during the ’80s and Read More...