Photo: Fred Plotkin In Praise of Mani Market Kudos to Mani Market at 697 Columbus Avenue and West 94 Street in Manhattan. While many people in this area who should know... Voices 23 Mar 2020 | 11:22
Columbus Ave., looking south from 75th St, Sunday afternoon, March 22, 2020. ( Photo: Mark Whitaker) Columbus Ave. BID Checklist Columbus Avenue BID Executive Director Nicole Paynter put together the following list of all the restaurants, coffee shops... News 20 Mar 2020 | 05:45
Thought Takes Flight at CMOM It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s three superhero pigeons on a mission to help children aged 0 to 6 tap into the amazing powers... News 02 Mar 2020 | 04:28
City Council candidate Seth Rosen has lived on the Upper West Side for 20 years. ( Photo: Courtesy of Seth 2021) An LGBTQ Voice for the UWS? He’s never run for public office or served as an elected official, yet Seth Rosen, a 20-year resident of the UWS, is hoping... News 28 Feb 2020 | 03:20
Bruce Stark, Ellen Gabe-Stark and Steven Stark with Bru, the store's mascot. ( Photo: Courtesy of Beacon Paint & Hardware) It's All Over Now for Beacon Paint Beacon Paint & Hardware was a staple on the Upper West Side for more than a century. Sadly, on Monday, Feb. 17, it closed... News 20 Feb 2020 | 03:54
Olive Freud (left), president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at Monday's press conference. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'Off With the Floors!' Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign against the... News 17 Feb 2020 | 03:34
A rendering of the future home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the former Christian Science church on Central Park West on 96th Street. It shows a new roof atop the landmark, complete with a walkway and performance space, as well as new transparent windows that would replace the 120-year-old stained-glass windows. ( Rendering: Courtesy of CMOM / FXCollaborative) Raise High the Roof Beam, CMOM Upper West Siders rolled out the welcome mat in early 2018 when it was revealed that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan had... News 11 Feb 2020 | 11:05
Owner Nancy Bass Wyden, seen here with her father, Fred Bass, is excited about expanding to the UWS. ( Photo: Courtesy of Strand Book Store) Here Comes The Strand The Strand Book Store, an iconic institution in Greenwich Village for nearly a century, opens a new chapter next month when... News 10 Feb 2020 | 10:58
Deputy Inspector Timothy Malin at the 2019 Straus News Westy Awards. ( Photo: Steven Strasser) Malin Leaving 20th Precinct After two years as the commander of the NYPD’s 20th precinct, Deputy Inspector Timothy Malin is retiring from his Upper West... News 03 Feb 2020 | 04:33
David Dubal's series showcases young pianists performing the world's greatest piano pieces. ( Photo: Nina Wurtzel) 'No Art, No Life' In the United States, classical music is facing major challenges. Because public schools are cutting their arts programs... News 29 Jan 2020 | 01:44
The author with faculty member Raj Bhimani turning pages. ( Photo: Mark Whitaker) A Week at Piano Camp – For Adults The morning begins at 9:15 with coffee and conversation in a paneled room of the Bloomingdale School of Music. The students... Camp Guide 26 Jan 2020 | 06:26
Neighbors rallied in support of the doomed bookstore on January 9. ( Photo: Ema Schumer) The Bell Tolls for Book Culture After having a city marshal’s lock placed on the door of its 450 Columbus Ave. location two weeks ago, Book Culture announced... News 24 Jan 2020 | 12:17
Residents turned out last week to show their support for Book Culture. ( Photo: Ema Schumer) A Neighborhood Loses Its Bookstore A bookstore on the Upper West Side found itself in a hole it could not climb out of. After Book Culture fell more than $100,000... News 17 Jan 2020 | 03:37
Fairway at 74th Street and Broadway. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Farewell to Fairway? As shoppers picked through produce outside the Upper West Side’s iconic Fairway Market Monday afternoon, they did so with... News 06 Jan 2020 | 05:33
Scaffolding provides some shelter for the homeless at the corner of Broadway and 73rd St. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) In the Shadow of the Ansonia Below the surface of the Great City a delicate and generally tolerable balance of rules and laws and social norms allows... News 06 Jan 2020 | 11:31
