Three UWS Restaurants Receive Recognition For Wine Programs

Mike Mishkin August 14, 2020 Food & Drink No Comments

Wine Spectator recently published its “100 Grand Award Winners” for extraordinary wine programs, and three Upper West Side restaurants were included on the list. Read More...

Levain Bakery Cookies To Hit Supermarket Freezers

Mike Mishkin August 14, 2020 Food & Drink 1 Comment

We first announced Levain Bakery’s plans for national expansion back in August 2019. Now, it’s been announced by Bloomberg that starting in September, the cookies Read More...

A Live-Streamed Dance at Riverside Park South

Mike Mishkin August 13, 2020 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Summer on the Hudson’s “Breathing with Strangers” will be live-streamed on Friday, August 14 from 6:30 to 7:30pm. This dance performance by Kinesis Project will Read More...

French and English Bilingual Preschool – Les Petits Sourires – Now Open For Admissions!

Mike Mishkin August 12, 2020 Community, Sponsored No Comments

Located at 120 West 97th Street, Les Petits Sourires is a bilingual preschool offering a French and English program for children from 2 to 4 Read More...

Proposal To Convert Part of Central Park to Farmland

Mike Mishkin August 11, 2020 Community 15 Comments

Horticulturist and farmer Amber Tamm is hoping to convert 14 acres of Central Park’s Great Lawn into farmland, an article by Fast Company reports. The Read More...

Imperial Court Hotel Owner Fined $290,000

Mike Mishkin August 11, 2020 Community 1 Comment

The owner of the Imperial Court Hotel, at 307 West 79th Street, has been issued with fines amounting to $290,000, The Real Deal first reported. Read More...

Be Kind, Rewind: The Days of Video Rental Shops on the Upper West Side

Claudie Benjamin August 10, 2020 Arts & Entertainment 22 Comments

Gone? Yes … long gone. You may remember video rental stores of the 1980s and ’90s; perhaps watching movies that a parent brought home to Read More...

Helen Rosenthal Clarifies Stance on Belleclaire Sex Offenders

I Love The Upper West Side Staff August 9, 2020 Community 31 Comments

Recently after we broke the story about the registered sex offenders living at Hotel Belleclaire, Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal addressed the issue in an email to Read More...

Event Welcomes Lucerne Hotel Residents with Chalk-Art

I Love The Upper West Side Staff August 9, 2020 Community 38 Comments

Around 11:30am on Sunday morning, a group of people, including many children, decorated the street in front of the Lucerne Hotel with welcoming chalk-art messages. Read More...

Guardian Angels Meet Upper West Siders; Pledge To Set Up Patrols

I Love The Upper West Side Staff August 8, 2020 Community 78 Comments

Guardian Angels founder and CEO Curtis Sliwa agreed to meet with the Facebook group Upper West Siders for Safer Streets this weekend. He agreed to Read More...