Good Neighbor award winners with Goddard Riverside Executive Director Rod Jones (right). Photo: Zoe Kava How to Be a Good Neighbor Community members gathered in the Phelps Garden at Goddard Riverside Community Center on Monday to celebrate the annual “Good... News 27 Jul 2022 | 12:27
A proposed map of newly drawn City Council districts was released on July 15. Map screenshot from the NYC Districting Commission ‘Preliminary’ City Council Redistricting Is Just That, Council Members Say City Council districts are the latest to get a major overhaul as part of a redistricting process on the heels of the latest... News 22 Jul 2022 | 02:20
The Man Behind Ivan Pharmacy Walk into Ivan Pharmacy at 691 Columbus Avenue and you feel like you have entered a bygone era. Ivan Jourdain, who has been... News 08 Jul 2022 | 09:48
The goats made the trip to Riverside Park from Rhinebeck, NY. Photo courtesy of Riverside Park Conservancy The Goats are Back – and Ready to Get to Work While candidates ran to represent the Democratic and Republican parties in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary, on Wednesday... News 30 Jun 2022 | 12:38
Children painting ceramic flower pots with Park to Park 103. Photo: Naomi Yaeger Bloomingdale Inclusive Park and Playground Hosts a Party This past Wednesday, from 1 - 4 p.m., the Bloomingdale Inclusive Park and Playground hosted its second “It’s Our Park Day,”... News 30 Jun 2022 | 10:47
Rendering of what a “School Street” might look like. Photo via Streetopia Upper West Side Pedestrian-Friendly Streets for Kids What do Venice, Italy, Pontevedra, Spain and Stroget, Copenhagen have in common? They have all freed their city centers from... News 28 Jun 2022 | 01:13
Sign at a May protest in Foley Square after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. Photo: Abigail Gruskin New York Politicians on the End of Roe v. Wade Americans across the country now face a very different world, following a Supreme Court decision on Friday morning that ends... News 24 Jun 2022 | 05:15
Packing bags is part of the experience. Photo courtesy of Gale Brewer’s Office Fresh Food for Seniors Fresh Food For Seniors, a program that connects seniors with local farmers and fresh regionally grown produce, will return... News 17 Jun 2022 | 09:33
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
CB7 voted during a full-board meeting on Tuesday night to pass a resolution in opposition of West-Park Presbyterian Church’s hardship application. Photo: Abigail Gruskin CB7 Votes Down West-Park Presbyterian Church Hardship Application Neither side is letting up in a battle over the West-Park Presbyterian Church, an Upper West Side landmark deemed exemplary... News 10 Jun 2022 | 04:08
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. Photo: Zoe Kava A Push to Restore Iconic Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Following the celebration of Memorial Day, many Upper West Siders are seeking to honor our service members in a new way –... News 03 Jun 2022 | 09:21
Protective scaffolding has surrounded West-Park Presbyterian Church for over 20 years. Photo courtesy of West-Park Presbyterian Church CB7 Preservation Committee Shoots Down UWS Church’s Landmark Hardship Application Late on Thursday evening, Community Boards 7’s preservation committee voted to stamp a seal of disapproval on West-Park Presbyterian... News 07 May 2022 | 12:36
A protest downtown in Foley Square on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court majority opinion draft on the future of Roe v. Wade was leaked. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A Day Of Protest When a procession of larger-than-life cutouts of six Supreme Court justices’ faces bobbed over a crowd of thousands in Foley... News 05 May 2022 | 01:42
Gale Brewer (right) invited Upper West Siders in City Council District 6 to place their votes for projects to receive funding in a process known as participatory budgeting. Photo: City Council Photography UWS Votes To Fund Security Cameras, School Upgrades And New Trees Upper West Siders — over 1,700 in City Council District 6, to be precise — placed their votes in recent weeks for community... News 27 Apr 2022 | 10:41
John Bartos (left) with Analog 5 at Connolly’s in The Klub 45 Room. Photo courtesy of John Bartos A New Award for an UES High School Senior WANTED: UES high school students to apply for Award for Public Service – To honor the memory of Barbara Chocky, a trailblazer... Voices 24 Apr 2022 | 04:01
