November 21, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 51 Degrees.
Read moreNovember 21, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 51 Degrees.
Read moreWe recently received another note from Gale Brewer's office identifying places on the Upper West Side that are still accepting donations for Hurricane Sandy victims:
Read moreA brand-spanking new Verizon store opened today at the site of H&H Bagels on 80th Street and Broadway. The new store also replaced the stores that were next to H&H, including Magic Smile and Oz Moving stores. H&H was one of the most famous bagel stores in the city, taking ...
Read moreThe Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade starts on Thursday at 9 a.m., and it's one of the biggest annual events in the neighborhood. But the fun/insanity really starts the day before, when people come to watch the balloons getting inflated. Balloon Inflation The balloon inflation occurs in the late afternoon and ...
Read moreNovember 20, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 49 Degrees.
Read moreL'Occitane just opened a new store on 76th and Broadway. To celebrate this weekend they reminisced about the olden days -- no, not the Upper West Side's gritty days in the 80's, but the olden days of Renaissance times: someone was playing a harp and the store was giving away ...
Read moreMamma's Famous Pizza and Burgers on Broadway between 85th and 86th Streets was closed by the health department because an inspector found a variety of critters hanging around that shouldn't have been there. Mamma's has had run-ins with the DOH before. In June, the restaurant netted a whopping violation score ...
Read moreA couple of months ago, police launched a campaign to educate bicyclists about the rules of the road in Central Park. Bicyclists are supposed to stop at stoplights just like cars would -- and at the very least they need to stop when pedestrians are attempting to cross the road. ...
Read moreNovember 19, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 48 Degrees.
Read moreHere are some more ways to buy things, entertain yourself and make yourself useful on Sunday, as told through handmade signs:
Read moreRoll up your sleeves and get ready: Central and Riverside Parks need your help. On Saturday, both parks will be holding service days where volunteers can help clean up. More than 550 trees were damaged or destroyed in Central Park in Hurricane Sandy; the photo above shows a line of ...
Read moreNovember 16, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 47 Degrees.
Read moreA small tea shop called Palais des Thes just opened on Columbus Avenue between 68th and 69th Streets. Michelle Young, the founder of the Untapped Cities websites and a friend of the owners, sent us a description: Palais des Thés was created in Paris in 1986 by François-Xavier Delmas as ...
Read moreWith Thanksgiving around the corner, it's time for the West Side Campaign Against Hunger's thousand turkey challenge, where people can donate turkeys that are distributed to low-income families. The challenge starts today (Thursday) and you can participate by bringing a turkey to the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, ...
Read moreChristopher Nolan, the filmmaker behind the Dark Knight trilogy and Inception, will come to the Film Society of Lincoln Center in a couple of weeks in a special event to talk about his films. "We are pleased to welcome Christopher Nolan for this special program about the making of the ...
Read moreNovember 15, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 45 Degrees.
Read moreAn H&M will open on the second floor of the Time Warner Center tomorrow morning with a series of giveaways, the company said on its Facebook page. We heard inklings about the store almost a year ago. "For the grand opening, the first 500 shoppers in line will receive an ...
Read moreThis shot was taken by Upper West Sider Sachin Sarnobat today from a fancy-shmancy office just South of the park.
Read moreThe Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree rolled through the Upper West Side in the dead of night, so it could be installed at Rockefeller Center today. An amateur videographer got a shot of it rolling down Broadway with a police escort around 76th Street. He got so excited he climbed out ...
Read moreNovember 14, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.
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