Tag: Guest Posts

Musical Non-Profit Founded by UWS Teen Brings Together Intergenerational Performers

Guest Author December 6, 2024 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Written by Michele S. Brown (@BeautyMamaNYC) Read More...

Baby, It’s Warm Outside. So, Why Am I Still Freezing?

Allan Ripp February 23, 2024 Community No Comments

Recent No’easter notwithstanding, New York has been enjoying an especially mild winter, with few stretches of subfreezing temperatures and minimal snowfall (consider that the city Read More...

OPINION: A Better UWS is Waiting at the Curb

Guest Author January 30, 2024 Opinion 63 Comments

This is an op-ed written by Carl Mahaney, the Director of Streetopia Upper West Side. Upper West Siders can all agree: it’s time to rethink Read More...

OPINION: Brooklyn is Finally Addressing NYC’s Critical Housing Needs. Why Won’t the Upper West Side Be Next?

Guest Author December 21, 2023 Opinion, Community 2 Comments

This is an op-ed written by Rachel Nazarian, Heather Groeger & The Friends of Ederle Playground Community Group For four decades New York City has Read More...

Man Saves Cat From Ledge

Guest Author May 25, 2023 Community 6 Comments

This is a (lightly edited) guest post by Cynthia Carris Alonso. Chaz became an Upper West Side hero when he saved a woman’s cat this Read More...

My Neighbor, Harry Belafonte

Guest Author May 2, 2023 Community, Celebrities 5 Comments

A catalyst for my family, and the world Read More...

A Miracle on 79th Street

Guest Author August 16, 2022 Community 8 Comments

By Walker Jones, a grateful Upper West Side resident for 33 years I like to be on the lookout for NYC “Miracle Moments.” Sometimes, it’s Read More...

Guest Post: A Tale of Two Housing Works

Philip Santos Schaffer January 27, 2022 Shopping 2 Comments

One time, at the Housing Works on Columbus Avenue between 74th and 75th streets, I bought a Helmut Lang scarf. Read More...

Guest Post: Alas Poor DSW, I Knew Him Well

Philip Santos Schaffer January 5, 2022 Shopping 4 Comments

Here’s an important memory about the DSW on 79th Street. (Important only to me). One time, I went there and asked if they were carrying Read More...

Hello and Goodbye to Life on the 79th Street Boat Basin

Guest Author October 24, 2021 Community 2 Comments

Dr. Nalyn Russo Marcus is a New Yorker and grateful marina alumna. An ex-Pat practicing in Pennsylvania, Nalyn is a Chiropractor, writer and mom, and Read More...