VINTAGE JEWELRY, STATIONARY COMING TO COLUMBUS AVENUE

As we’ve noted before, Columbus Avenue businesses don’t tend to stay vacant for long. And two stores that recently vacated their spaces are already being filled by new stores. Paper Source, a Chicago-based stationary store that we’ve written about before, … Read the rest of this entry >>
A POX ON YOU IF YOU MISS THIS EXCITING NEW EXHIBIT!

Editor’s Note: The New-York Historical Society was kind enough to give two of our writers a preview of its new Smallpox exhibit. We thus have two reviews. They both happen to be excellent, and I learned something different from each … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORNING BULLETIN: NEW ROOFTOP THEATER OPENING, WATER TOWER CHAIRS

May 17, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 73 Deg … Read the rest of this entry >>
OH NO POMODORO! ITALIAN RESTAURANT SHUTTERED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

It’s hard to think of the restaurant Pomodoro on 70th Street and Columbus Avenue without remembering the episode of Seinfeld where Jerry proclaimed “Everyone goes to Pomodoro to break up.” I have no idea how it got that reputation, but … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORNING BULLETIN: A “BUGGY” SUMMER AHEAD, NEW BAKERY OPENING

May 16, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 78 De … Read the rest of this entry >>
NEIGHBORHOOD STAPLE HARRY’S SHOES TO TRIPLE IN SIZE

Score one for the little guys! Harry’s Shoes, a staple on 83rd Street and Broadway for 37 years, is expanding later this year in a big way. Harry’s will lease the space formerly occupied by Talbot’s next door and will … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORNING BULLETIN: FALLING TREE BRANCHES, FREE COMEDY CENTRAL EVENT

May 15, 2012 Weather: Rain and Thunder, High of 66 Deg … Read the rest of this entry >>
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR BIG UPPER WEST SIDE FOOD FEST THIS WEEK

A quick reminder that the food fest “New Taste of the Upper West Side” is this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and there are still tickets available to many events, including a vegetarian extravaganza at Dovetail, a Comfort Food tasting smorgasbord, … Read the rest of this entry >>
ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE MOVIE THEATER HAVING “PERMITTING ISSUES” (UPDATE: FOUNDER SAYS FULL STEAM AHEAD)

The decision by Austin-based movie theater company Alamo Drafthouse to open a new cineplex in the historic Metro Theater on 100th Street and Broadway, announced last month, was arguably the most exciting news to hit the Upper West Side in … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORNING BULLETIN: OBAMA DOESN’T VISIT QUIETLY, “FOGIES” HATE LOUD RECESS

May 14, 2012 Weather: Showers, High of 70 Deg … Read the rest of this entry >>














