Tag: People

It’s Time To Celebrate Life Again. Get Fed, Get Catered, Get CHEF ELIOT!

Mike Mishkin July 10, 2020 Food & Drink, Sponsored 3 Comments

Most of our social lives have have been limited to Zoom and FaceTime over the last few months. But with things beginning to reopen, we’ll Read More...

FOMO No Mo

Sonia Pilcer July 7, 2020 Community 8 Comments

Sonia Pilcer is the author of six novels including The Holocaust Kid. She has lived on the Westside since it was a dangerous neighborhood. She Read More...

Women’s Suffrage Monument To Be Unveiled August 26th

Claudie Benjamin July 1, 2020 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

Meredith Bergmann’s splendid 14 foot sculpture of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth, three “monumental women” and remarkable leaders of the women’s Read More...

Anna Sosenko’s Star-Studded Life

Claudie Benjamin June 30, 2020 Community No Comments

Anna Sosenko’s life was never made into a biopic, nor was her full biography ever published as a book. But, this is a good one Read More...

A Tree Dedicated to John Lennon

Mike Mishkin June 25, 2020 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

A tree on 79th between Broadway and Amsterdam has been “yarn-bombed” by visual artist Carmen Paulino, who collaborated with Knitty City for the project. It Read More...

Tony Schwartz & Sounds of the West Side

Claudie Benjamin June 24, 2020 Community No Comments

Tony Schwartz (1923-2008) was a multifaceted award-winning author, publicist, teacher and socially conscious ad man. He is particularly famous for devising the concept for the Daisy Read More...

Victor’s Cafe: Succeeding Through Generations

Claudie Benjamin June 22, 2020 Food & Drink 5 Comments

Cuban immigrant Victor del Corral and his wife Eloina beat the odds and made an ongoing success of a restaurant he started in 1963, during Read More...

Upper West Sider Makes Friends with Neighbors Across the Street During 7pm Clap (VIDEO)

Mike Mishkin June 22, 2020 Community 1 Comment

Inspired by the 7pm clap, Upper West Sider Kathleen Murphy has created a video dedicated to the spirit, heart, and undying desire to connect which Read More...

UWS School Counselor Helps Spotlight Black Authors

Mike Mishkin June 17, 2020 Community No Comments

Sarah Kamya, a school counselor at PS 191 – The Riverside School for Makers and Artists, located at 300 West 61st Street – has launched Read More...

Gertrude Ederle: The Upper West Side’s Star Swimmer

Claudie Benjamin June 16, 2020 Community 1 Comment

Photos and newsreel clips from 1926 show Gertrude Ederle wearing a two-piece red swimsuit and matching bathing cap as she emerges victorious onto the banks Read More...