It's Earth Day weekend, and there are lots of ways to celebrate locally while we still have an earth.
Read moreIt's Earth Day weekend, and there are lots of ways to celebrate locally while we still have an earth.
Read moreBy Clare Smith Marash The brownstone at 120 West 74th Street has seen better days. Walter Tillow sold the building in November 2010 to an entity known as the 553 West 174th St. LLC. The company went bankrupt a year later without renovating or reopening the building. It has remained ...
Read moreApril 20, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 71 Degrees.
Read moreApparently, someone is poisoning birds on the Upper West Side, and the poison is also fatal for dogs. I just spoke to Animal General Hospital, which is warning people to look out for cracked corn, which appears to be dried corn. Update: It sounds like dead birds were found between ...
Read moreWe reported a few months back that Duane Reade had created quite a display in the beer aisle at its store on 76th Street and Columbus. Hanging right in front of the six packs was a plastic rack filled with condoms and ping pong balls (above). There could be an ...
Read moreApril 19, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 70 Degrees.
Read moreTake the two finest actors of their generation, put them on a famous outdoor stage in Central Park, and have them perform a dramatic reading of Shakespeare's greatest love story. Kevin Kline will play Romeo and Meryl Streep will play Juliet in a gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ...
Read moreApril 18, 2012 Weather: Cloudy, High of 65 Degrees.
Read moreFratelli La Bufala, the Italian pizza joint coming to the corner of 76th and Broadway that we first wrote about almost a year ago, is nearing its opening date -- really! I just got an invite to a preview on April 24, and the restaurant is expected to open sometime ...
Read moreThe 24th Precinct as seen a spike in major crimes this year, with felony incidences rising more than 25% through the first week of April. In particular, felony assaults have risen 35% and burglaries have more than doubled, to 37. Robberies, however, are down 17%, and there have been no ...
Read moreIn a move reminiscent of its larger rival Starbucks, LA-based Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is planning to open a new cafe just three blocks from a branch that it just opened. Coffee Bean plans to open its third Upper West Side cafe on Broadway between 76th and 77th Street, ...
Read moreApril 17, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees.
Read moreA fire erupted suddenly on Friday afternoon at The Mount, a spot on 106th Street near Fifth Avenue where the Central Park Conservancy composts organic material and collects trees and branches that were knocked down in storms. Flames shot as high as 20 feet and some paths had to be ...
Read moreWe had heard that the Upper West Side was getting a new Chipotle, and that it would likely be going into the old Nëo Sushi spot on Broadway between 82nd and 83rd. But now we've gotten word that Chipotle is actually opening two new restaurants in the neighborhood. Jeffrey Roseman, ...
Read moreApril 16, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 87 Degrees.
Read moreA tribute to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic, which occurred 100 years ago today, drew a special guest to Straus Park on 106th Street. Brett Gladstone, the great-great-grandson of Isidor and Ida Straus, who died when the ship sunk, returned to the park named in their honor on Sunday.
Read morePolice are looking for a man they say tried to rape a woman running in Riverside Park at about 6 p.m. Friday night. The 24-year-old woman saw the man approaching from behind with his genitals exposed as she ran on a dirt path between 122nd and 125th Streets. He grabbed ...
Read moreCentral Park's performers are back in action, and I snapped some shots of a particularly fun performance today on The Mall just South of Bethesda Fountain. After a dance performance, one of the acrobats lined a bunch of kids up in a row, and pledged to jump over all of ...
Read moreJudging from the weather report, Spring will be in full effect this weekend, with highs in the 70's, along with a rain shower on Saturday night. We have events up for this weekend on our calendar, but here are some additional activities worth checking out. West Side Rag columnist Laura ...
Read moreApril 13, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 67 Degrees.
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