Alexander Imich reigned as the world's oldest man for about a month and a half before dying on Sunday at his home on West 74th street. He was 111.
Read moreAlexander Imich reigned as the world's oldest man for about a month and a half before dying on Sunday at his home on West 74th street. He was 111.
Read moreAn apartment on the 8th floor of the 1e-story building at 165 west 66th street burst into flames on Sunday afternoon, drawing about 60 firefighters
Read moreAndrew Goodman, one of the Freedom Riders killed in 1964 in Philadelphia, Mississippi while attempting to help black people register to vote, was an Upper West Sider. He
Read moreJust as you were starting to get bored with your usual take-out, several new restaurants and cafes are opening on the Upper West Side.
Read moreThe West Side Community Garden on 89th street between Amsterdam and Columbus is holding a series of concerts on Sunday nights at 6 p.m. this summer.
Read moreThe temperature is supposed to be in the 80's this weekend, and there are several outdoor events around
Read moreWe received the following alert today: Silver Alert issued 6/5/14 at 1:08 PM. NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for the disappearance of Michael McCoy, male, black, 66 years of age, from Amsterdam Ave and West 102nd Street in Manhattan. Mr. McCoy suffers from Alzheimer's and dementia. He is described ...
Read moreBy Timothy Sandoval Community Board 7 voted this week to downsize Crafts on Columbus from six weekends a year to three weekends, ending
Read moreThe city is considering changes to the "Bowtie" intersection where Columbus Avenue and Broadway come together below 65th street. At a presentation on Wednesday night
Read moreBy Timothy Sandoval Community Board 7 voted on Monday night to modify curbs and crosswalks at 72nd street and Riverside Drive to make the intersection safer, but acceded to demands
Read moreBy Nancy Novick Not all of Joanna Clapps Herman’s fiction is set on the Upper West Side—as in the author’s real-life journey, there have been detours to other parts of the city and
Read moreWest Side Rag readers have sent in some wonderful photos in the past week.
Read moreCity Council members on the Upper West Side are holding meetings to discuss and vote on how to spend $1 million in the community. It's a good way to talk
Read moreCommunity Board 7 has a packed agenda on Monday, with votes planned on changes to the intersection at 72nd street and Riverside Drive, and the Columbus Avenue crafts fair, among others.
Read moreSeveral commenters on a post about violence in the West 90's referenced West Side Story and the San Juan Hill neighborhood where some of the scenes in the movie were set.
Read moreThe final event of New Taste of the Upper West Side, Best of the West was held on Saturday night under a tent at the playground on 77th and Columbus. It was kind of like one of those competitive cooking shows
Read moreThe Central Park Reservoir is expected to get an upgrade this summer, and runners will be re-routed to the bridle path next to the reservoir. The track is set to be re-surfaced
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