Year: 2011

By Laura Weiss With the new Upper East Side 25,000 square foot Fairway opening July 20, will Upper West Siders get Fairway envy? The new store boasts three high-speed elevators to whisk you to the second floor. No balky coughing, wheezing contraption like the conveyance in the UWS locale. The ...

There are prostitutes, and there are people who will perform maid service for you in the buff. But one Upper West Sider is looking for something just a little bit different. Perhaps it is an amalgamation of the two, perhaps it is something beyond our capacity to comprehend. Curbed came ...

July 14, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 83 Degrees. News: A 13,779-square-foot penthouse with 11 full bathrooms is now for sale at 535 West End Avenue. It could set a record for the highest sale price north of 15 CPW if it sells at or near its asking price of ...

Department of Health inspectors have been busy above 100th Street this month, as they have already closed and then re-closed two restaurants for health violations. Have you eaten your lunch yet? You might want to finish up before you read this. Kennedy Fried Chicken at 912 Columbus Avenue around 105th ...

July 13, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 87 Degrees. Notices: Lincoln Center has released its official iPhone app. It makes it easier to see what's on the schedule, buy tickets and, most importantly, find the restrooms. Did anyone get nice pictures of Manhattanhenge (where the setting sun aligns perfectly ...

New York City Opera's decision to leave Lincoln Center for its upcoming season was very controversial and union members are still fighting the move. But the opera just announced its schedule for next season, and there's at least one very cool idea in it. The opera company is planning to ...

Friday night Chinese food was practically a religion on the Upper West Side in the 1980's and 90's, but that era is mostly over. The emergence of other Asian foods, and the gradual decline of local Chinese food, has left a hole in the heart of the neighborhood. In January, ...

July 12, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 91 Degrees and Very Humid. Notices: Manhattanhenge, the phenomenon wherein the sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's East-West street grid, is back today and tomorrow. Check out a nice picture from May's Manhattanhenge, and see our calendar for a great event about Manhattanhenge ...

Borough President Scott Stringer and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal stood in the center of one of the most dangerous intersections in the city surrounded by Upper West Siders today and called for the Department of Transportation to get its act together and fix the intersection. In the past two years, 34 ...

July 11, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 88 Degrees. Notices: There's another jam-packed week full of free and cheap events on our calendar. Free outdoor movies and concerts galore. News: Three firefighters had to jump into the Central Park Reservoir on Sunday and lasso a man who had scaled ...

He was born in Brooklyn. He lived in Hell's Kitchen. He made Seinfeld from Los Angeles and still lives out on the Lame Coast. But Larry David, the crotchety co-creator of Seinfeld, belongs to the Upper West Side, now and forever. And he's back. The first episode of Larry David's ...

By Malcolm Carter The owner of a one-bedroom condo on a corner of Broadway in the mid-90s was telling me how he had carefully done his research before setting the asking price for his pied-à-terre in a post-war building with a health club and other amenities. Jeff had looked at ...

The weather is supposed to be beautiful this weekend in the neighborhod (87 degrees on Saturday, 85 on Sunday, sunny both days). If you do one thing outside this weekend... Stew Cutler comes to the Harlem Meer in Central Park on Sunday at 2 p.m. to play jazz and blues ...

Bacchus Wines at 2056 Broadway between 70th and 71st streets  is shutting its doors on Wednesday because the owners lost their lease, and the company is liquidating its inventory. Wines, glasses and other supplies are flying off the shelf today at 30% off, and spirits are going for 20% off. ...

I had a chat with a construction worker yesterday and found out that the spot on the corner of 69th and Columbus vacated quite suddenly by beauty shop Lancome in May will be filled by Theory, the boutique clothing store that started in the Meatpacking district. Theory, known for its ...

The Jewish Community Center on 75th Street and Amsterdam is rocking a huge free karaoke show/concert/party this Monday, hosted by Victor Neufeld (the CNN and 20/20 guy, I presume). The fun lasts from 8 to 9:30 p.m. "Better than karaoke, more fun than a piano bar…Join the JCC’s very own ...

July 8, 2011 Weather: Scattered thunderstorms, High of 79 Degrees. Notices: Symphony Space is holding a book sale today. Titles start at $1.50. News: There have been no charges filed yet against Edwin Carrasco, the man who was iirving the SUV that backed into and killed 78-year-old Yolanda Casal on ...

By Harriet Flehinger On Wednesdays this summer, sling a folding chair over your shoulder and head out of the house. Come to Richard Tucker Park (66th St and Broadway, across from Lincoln Center) for live world music from noon until 2 p.m. Performers range from the Metro Brass Quintet to ...

July 7, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 87 Degrees. Notices: There's FREE music and comedy tonight. Check it out on our calendar. Don't forget to like us on facebook and follow us on twitter! News: Actor and Upper West Sider Matt Dillon complained earlier this year that Calle Ocho, ...

By Marjorie Cohen What's the quickest way to get to an English country village? Take the 1, 2 or 3 train to West 96th Street. Exit the train, walk west for half a block on 95th Street, and there it is -- Pomander Walk, one of New York City's best ...