STICKER BANDIT STRIKES AGAIN! ‘THIS IS HOW I FEEL…ABOUT DEAD BUGS’
The Upper West Side’s Sticker Bandit is back! The bandit, who had been quiet for months, pasted new stickers this week on the window of Duane Reade on 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where the bandit says a window-front display … Read the rest of this entry >>
FUN WITH VERMIN: FEISTY WOMEN START ‘GARAGE SALES AT THE RAT HOUS’
By Karen Farber Since the landlord has failed to clean up the disgusting building at 120 West 74th Street (other than to paint over the neighborhood protest graffiti labeling it “the Rat House”), local entrepreneurs have started using the infamous … Read the rest of this entry >>
FED-UP LOCAL POSTS ‘RAT CROSSING’ SIGNS ON 76TH STREET
Upper West Siders have a funny way of reacting to rats. It brings out our theatrical side. The "rat house" on 74th street inspired art. A construction site at 52 West 76th Street, however, is now inspiring anew kind of civic pro … Read the rest of this entry >>
SOFTBALL AND THE SINGLE WOMAN: ‘SHENANIGANS ARE CERTAIN TO HAPPEN’
Five years ago, I joined a softball team called the Consenting Adults. They were in their 23rd year of existence, with colorful characters who were writers, psychologists, teachers, and gifted softball players. They ga … Read the rest of this entry >>
WHERE’S OUR CUPCAKE ATM DAMMIT?!? COMING…
Months ago, we told you of a startling new development on the Upper West Side: a 24-hour cupcake ATM was on its way, with the first one expected to arrive this summer. Commenters found the idea either wonderful, or horrifying. … Read the rest of this entry >>
WESTSIDE MARKET ADDS A ‘MAN AISLE,’ RESPONDING TO STUPIDITY OF MALE SPECIES
By Cheryl Wischhover There are all sorts of innovations in retail now—flash sales sites, special shopping apps, JC Penney trying to become cool — but a grocery store on the Upper West Side is targeting that much-maligned, mostly-ignored demographic : … Read the rest of this entry >>
ANTI-OBESITY VANDAL ATTACKS SUGAR & PLUMM, WARNS ABOUT ‘DRUNK NANNIES’
A candy store coming to the corner of 78th Street and Amsterdam has become a flashpoint for all of the community’s anxieties — the loss of small stores, the spread of ugly architecture, and now…childhood obesity. Sugar & Plumm Purveyors … Read the rest of this entry >>
REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE DANCED IN THE STREETS ON THE UWS? CARLY SIMON DOES
The Upper West Side was a turbulent place in the 1980′s — vibrant and relatively inexpensive, but plagued by high crime. To Carly Simon, who lived in the neighborhood, it was a perfect setting for a very cheesy music video. … Read the rest of this entry >>
LOCAL PYTHON SEEKS NEW HOME: ‘LOVES TO BE HELD’
A "lesser ball python" needs a new home, says an Upper West Sider on Craigslist: "Here's A Great Animal, That Needs A New Home, He Eats Great, Loves To Be Held, And Will Make A Great Breeder." Contac … Read the rest of this entry >>
WEEKEND COLUMN: HOW HOLLYWOOD BROUGHT THE DEVIL TO THE UPPER WEST SIDE
By Stan Solomon On Sunday evenings this Fall, a supernatural-themed prime time drama called 666 Park Avenue is set to air on ABC. But the Upper East Side drama has a twist – and it’s not just the whole haunted-apartment-building thing. The exterior shots that claim to … Read the rest of this entry >>
