WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN: CRIME, TRAGEDY, RELIGIOUS REVIVAL, AND REAL ESTATE

Photo by Lydia Leeds overlooking Riverside Park.

Below, check out some of the news about the Upper West Side published in other outlets over the past week.

A group of teens mugged a man in Central Park Thursday night. “The 52 year old was walking on a path near East Drive and East 68th Street when the group attacked him at 10:00 p.m. According to investigators, the five or six teens saw him walking by himself and one said, “Take him!” The group jumped the victim, punching him in the head and face.” (ABC News)

Bill de Blasio has apparently agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the men wrongfully accused of raping the Central Park jogger. (Huffington Post)

A 25-year-old woman died after jumping from the 22nd floor of a building at 1 Columbus Place on Sunday morning around 8:30 a.m., cops said. (Daily News)

The West End Collegiate Church on 77th Street has completed an $8 million renovation. “The renovation focused on sprucing up common areas outside the main worship space that had white walls and dated linoleum floors. It also included reclaiming 4,000 square feet of space from the neighboring Collegiate School and making it functional for meetings and events.” (DNAinfo)

The West Side Institutional Synagogue has also experienced a revival, with a recent jump in membership. (New York Press)

Two more development companies have bought into the Riverside Center property at 60th street. (The Real Deal)

Four major architects have joined the fight to keep the owners of the Apthorp from building an addition to the rooftop: “Robert A.M. Stern, A. Eugene Kohn (of Kohn Pedersen Fox), Michael Graves, and David Childs (whose 1WTC was just deemed the tallest building in the Western hemisphere).” (Curbed)