Tag: history

Donna Wandrey: Upper West Sider and Star of “Dark Shadows”

Patricia Youngquist January 31, 2020 Community No Comments

The recent death of actor John Karlen has caused the mass media and social media to cover the many roles he played, including one for Read More...

Remembering Old Restaurants of the Upper West Side

Claudie Benjamin January 17, 2020 Food & Drink 5 Comments

Looking back on growing up on the Upper West Side, every stage of life seemed to have its own signature memory of a long gone Read More...

East Will Meet West … Because of the Long’s!

Patricia Youngquist January 16, 2020 Shopping No Comments

“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” states Rudyard Kipling in the first line of his poem, The Read More...

The History of The Carousel in Central Park

Patricia Youngquist December 18, 2019 Community No Comments

Ever since completing my recent article about The Claremont Stables, I’ve been thinking about horses as well as a quote associated with Winston Churchill: “No Read More...

NYC Will Not be A One Horse Town

Patricia Youngquist December 11, 2019 Community No Comments

In “Bridges of Central Park Part Two” (published in 2001 by an unidentified author for forgotten-ny.com), Claremont Arch is described as being “one of the Read More...

The Story of The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument

Sam Neubauer December 3, 2019 Community No Comments

Tucked among trees at the foot of 89th Street and Riverside Drive stands the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, completed in 1902. Made of white marble Read More...

The Second Stretch of CPW’s Historic District

Patricia Youngquist November 26, 2019 Real Estate No Comments

The Central Park West (CPW) Historic District spans from West 61st to West 97th Street on CPW. In this article, I focused on the buildings Read More...

The First Stretch of Central Park West’s Historic District

Patricia Youngquist November 19, 2019 Community No Comments

The Central Park West Historic District runs from 61st Street to 97th Street. In this article, I will discuss the buildings located between 61st Street Read More...

Another Chapter in the History of the Boat Basin

Patricia Youngquist October 30, 2019 Community No Comments

Nearly one year ago, during November of 2018, New York’s Upper West Side lost one of its most beloved people with the passing of Michael Read More...

Oldest Brownstones on the Upper West Side

Mike Mishkin September 30, 2019 Real Estate No Comments

I love old brownstones on the Upper West Side! And the older the better (as long as they’re intact). The Upper West Side brownstones listed Read More...