Nancy Sliwa Running For City Council District 6: Report

Mike Mishkin August 30, 2021 Community 26 Comments

Nancy Sliwa (formerly Nancy Regula), wife of Republican mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, is running as a Republican for City Council District Read More...

Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, and Their Greatest Legacy: Nicole Fosse Remembers Her Famous Parents and Their Upper West Side Life

E.L. Danvers August 29, 2021 Celebrities 3 Comments

Bob Fosse is undoubtedly a legend. He changed the framework of Broadway. His choreography is world renowned, his style often instantly recognizable. He gave the Read More...

Subway Bouquet Brightens Up Station

Mike Mishkin August 28, 2021 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

Floral designer and Upper West Sider Michael Haston spent the last week creating a custom floral arrangement to add some color to the train station Read More...

San Juan Hill: The Upper West Side’s Lost Neighborhood

Sam Neubauer August 28, 2021 Community No Comments

Long before there was the New York City Ballet or Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center – before there was a Lincoln Center – there were Read More...

Italian Chocolatier Plans Second UWS Shop

Mike Mishkin August 28, 2021 Food & Drink 1 Comment

Signage is up at 198 Columbus Avenue (corner of 69th Street) for chocolate spot Venchi. Read More...

Columbus Ave will “Open” on Sunday

Mike Mishkin August 27, 2021 Community 1 Comment

Beginning Sunday, August 29, the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with the NYC’s Department of Transportation’s Open Streets program, will be opening Read More...

UWS Filmmaker Depicts 7-Year-Old Coffee Fiend

Mike Mishkin August 27, 2021 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

Following a breakup last year, artist, filmmaker and poet Matt Starr packed his bags and moved to the UWS by way of Brooklyn. This was Read More...

Coming This Fall: Random Covid Testing on Unvaccinated Students

Bobby Panza August 27, 2021 Community No Comments

In a newly updated testing strategy, New York City now plans to randomly test 10% of every public school’s unvaccinated populous, twice a month for Read More...

Remembering Ruskay’s on Columbus Ave

Claudie Benjamin August 26, 2021 Food & Drink No Comments

On certain nights in the mid-1970s, flutist Michael Parloff could be heard playing for diners at Ruskay’s on Columbus Avenue between 75th and 76th Streets. Read More...

This 92 Year Old LOVES Cafe 82

Mike Mishkin August 26, 2021 Food & Drink 4 Comments

“Humans of New York” recently ran a story about a 92 year old woman named Sarita – someone you’ve most likely seen if you’ve ever Read More...