Getting down in Central Park over Memorial day weekend.
Here are the top articles from other media outlets that were published last week about the Upper West Side.
The Trinity School is asking government officials to grant its request to raise rents on apartments in the Trinity House, an affordable apartment complex it owns on 92nd and Columbus, by 40% in the next three years. The residents are fighting the proposal: “‘We do understand that there is a need for an increase,’ testified tenant Dena Heisler. ‘However, it needs to be a moderate increase commensurate with who is in the building. We cannot afford such an increase.’ Trinity Housing Company argues a rent increase is overdue and necessary to make up for a deficit it’s incurred.” (DNAinfo)
Neighbors and environmental groups are suing the city and Lincoln Center to stop them from using Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center for Fashion Week and other events. “The lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court by a coalition of area residents and environmental groups along with Damrosch family members. It demands that the agreement between the Parks Department and Lincoln Center be terminated, that the park be restored and no longer be used for nonpark purposes and that any concession revenue from the park be paid into the city’s general fund.” (NY Times)
There was a ceremony this month to place a plaque on Miles Davis’ former residence, 312 W. 77th. But he wasn’t always welcomed on the block when he lived there. “Davis irritated his W. 77th St. neighbors by inviting other local jazz artists to jam on his stoop, said Shirley Zafirau, who still lives on the block.” (Daily News)
A cab driver hit a delivery cyclist on 81st and Broadway last Thursday. The bicyclist sustained serious injuries. (Streetsblog)
Co-op boards sometimes have curious rules: “An Upper West Side co-op that wanted to bar a shareholder from using his apartment to screen what Mr. Shmulewitz characterized as ‘a highly charged politically controversial movie.’ Thus, house rule No. 33, which in addition to limiting gatherings to 20 nonresidents and demanding — in advance — the names and addresses of all guests at a gathering of more than 10 people, also prohibited any gathering with a fund-raising purpose — a key component of the event in question.” (NY Times)
Local boy makes good: David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, just sold the company to Yahoo for $1.1 billion. “Karp, who grew up on the upper West Side, began noodling with computer code when he was 11 and launched his own consulting business soon thereafter.” (Daily News)
Developers were ordered to pay $5.8 million in interest in a dispute with buyers at The Rushmore on Riverside Boulevard. (The Real Deal)
