This guy was drawing the woman next to him on the uptown 1 train just before midnight on Saturday. The whole car was mesmerized.
Check out some of the local stories that have been making news in other outlets.
The UWS got 6 inches of snow on Saturday and Central Park got 5. Within hours it was mostly gray slush. (AP and NY1)
Developers realized that Extell’s ultra-ritzy apartments at One Riverside Park (62nd street) were priced too low, and had to be briefly pulled off the market. The top of the real estate market is rising so fast, brokers can’t keep up. “In the third quarter, inventory hit historic lows, with just 4,567 total co-op and condo apartments available for sale, a 21.9 percent decrease from last year, according to a recent report by Douglas Elliman. That marked the tenth consecutive quarter during which inventory dipped. Meanwhile, sales volume was frenzied, hitting the second-highest level in Manhattan in 24 years, with 3,837 sales closing during the period. The quick pace of the market means that a comp could be here one day and gone tomorrow.” (The Real Deal)
The Community Board wants the city to improve safety at pedestrian crossings near Lincoln Center, including near the subway stop at 66th street and Broadway. (DNAinfo)
The newly renovated building at 101 West 87th street offers buyers “affordable luxury.” They’re only charging $1,470 a foot for a three-bedroom ($2.63 million). (NY Times)
The Community Education Council wants the Beacon School on 60th street to be used for grades 6-12 once its vacant after 2015. (DNAinfo)
The Post talked to a few people who hate the Columbus Avenue bike lane. “Asked why he was riding the wrong way, one silver-haired biker declared, ‘Because I am.'” (NY Post)
A few filmmakers from the UWS have banded together to make a movie called “Tree Man” about a man who sells Christmas trees. “The focus is Francois, from Montreal, who’s now in his eighth season of selling trees at a stand at W. 102nd St. and Broadway…The takeaway of the movie ‘is about relationships and rituals,’ says Rothschild, a producer and writer who lives in the West 90s. ‘A number of people we’ve interviewed have told us that it’s not the holidays until they see Francois.'” (Daily News)
The retail space in the ground floor of the luxury condo at 70th and West End Avenue was sold for $50 million. Tenants include CVS. (Globe Street)
Gasp! New invasive cockroaches that are resistant to cold have been found on the High Line. Hopefully, they walk really really slowly. (NBC)
The new New York Times CEO bought an Upper West Side “fixer-upper” for $3.4 million. (Telegraph)
Upper West Sider and civil rights activist Alfred Moldovan passed away recently. “Alfred Moldovan was many things; WWII veteran, doctor of internal medicine, Jewish scholar and collector of Judaica, atheist, father, husband and grandfather. He died Nov. 4 at the age of 92.” (NY Press)
FreshDirect admitted it charges more in wealthier areas like the UWS. “A 12-pack of 6-ounce cups of Stonyfield Farm nonfat yogurt goes for $4.99 in Newark and $7.20 on the Upper West Side.” (NY Post)
Fresh Direct. While they Are sitting on the back of the truck smoking cigarettes your high priced yogurt is sitting in the sun. UWSiders need to buy their groceries at local grocery stores. Support local businesses not big trucks that block streets. It is time to get local!
hear hear !
feeling old? stiff? get out, walk slowly, get home. you’ll be much better off for it.
Not sure what you mean by “local.” Gristedes? D’Agostino’s? Or the Bodegas? Who’s ownership certainly is not local.