West Side Rag
  • TOP NEWS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART & CULTURE
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • CONTACT
West Side Rag
No Result
View All Result

Get WSR FREE in your inbox

Search the site

No Result
View All Result

Get WSR FREE in your inbox

AVAILABLE NOW!


HERE

Monday Bulletin: Politician’s Covid Controversy, Frozen Levain Cookies at the Grocery Store, Subway Attack

November 23, 2020 | 10:46 AM - Updated on June 5, 2022 | 11:40 PM
in NEWS, POLITICS
13


Building a water tower at 96th and West End. Photo by Jordan Cooper.

November 23, 2020 Weather: Rainy, with a high of 54 degrees.

Notices:
Our calendar is full of local events.

News:
Brooklyn Borough President and 2021 mayoral candidate Eric Adams is the latest politician to be caught in a compromising coronavirus position, according to the Daily News. “Adams addressed campaign donors inside an Upper West Side bar and restaurant on Friday night — as the city was bracing for the imminent closure of indoor dining while the coronavirus outbreak surges anew. He gave his stump speech to at least 18 supporters inside ‘Good Enough to Eat’ on Columbus Ave…Mayor de Blasio said earlier Friday that the spike in COVID numbers means indoor dining could end as soon as the first week of December.”

Parker West, the new, 22-story building on West 72nd Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue, will be suffused with the spirit of its namesake Dorothy Parker, the 20th Century American poet, writer, critic and civil rights activist, known for her biting wit. The developer told the New York Post, “‘We went into this [project] with the understanding that it was going to be new, but that there also had to be a historic touch to the property’… The development team is also putting a plaque in the lobby of the building that reads: “This was Dorothy Parker’s childhood home,” to honor Parker’s roots and remind residents and visitors that they are interacting with an important part of New York City literary history. There will also be a photo of Parker in the lobby, as well as images of her original home in the amenities space.”

“Hell may have frozen over several times in 2020 — but so did New York’s most famous chocolate chip cookie,” the Daily News  reported. “Boxes of Levain Bakery Frozen Cookies — available in flavors Two Chip Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip and the best-selling Chocolate Chip Walnut — are now sold in the freezer aisle in select grocery stores across the country…The new fully-baked frozen variety, with each sweet measuring in at two ounces, are smaller than the heaping six-ounce cookies the New York-based bakery is known for. And they come with the convenience of scooping them out of the box in your freezer whenever you’re in the mood for one and popping them in the oven for five minutes till they’re toasty.”

There’s been another sucker punching of another New York actor on the Upper West Side, according to the Post. “Alex Weisman, 33 — a member of the original cast of ‘Harry Potter and The Cursed Child’ — needed to undergo laser eye surgery after he was slugged in the face at the 103rd Street station on the Upper West Side, according to the actor and police. Weisman, of Manhattan, told The Post he anticipated the man would ask for money, ‘but instead he just started hitting me in the face…It wasn’t a mugging, it was an attack for attack’s sake.’”

Finally, jazz aficionados are mourning the passing of Cándido Camero, at the age of 99. Camero was an Upper West Sider. “When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution of conga playing, you’re talking about two periods — before Cándido and after Cándido,” the Grammy-nominated percussionist and bandleader Bobby Sanabria told The New York Times…“‘He developed coordinated independence as applied to the congas and bongo — being able to keep a steady rhythm with one hand while soloing with the other,” he said. “He was the first to develop the techniques to play multiple percussion instruments simultaneously, sounding like three or four players. He was the first to tune multiple congas to specific pitches so he could play melodies on them, and he was an inventor as well. In 1950 he created the first device for a player to be able to play a cowbell with one’s foot.’”

Share this article:
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

13 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
MQue
MQue
2 years ago

Saw the Levain cookies at Harris teeter in NC

0
Reply
HelenD
HelenD
2 years ago

Please read the story in the Post (linked in article) about Alex Weisman. For everyone who thinks these attackers aren’t criminals and shouldn’t be ‘labeled,’ violent or mentally ill until they’ve had their day in court (after being released on bail of course), just remember that this can happen to anyone, including yourself! 🙁

0
Reply
Sarah
Sarah
2 years ago
Reply to  HelenD

I’m a grown person who’s lived in FAR more violent places than the UWS. Of course I understand I can be attacked. I also understand that “innocent until proven guilty” is a bedrock of our freedom. You know it too, you want it applied to you and yours–you just don’t want it applied to scary Black/brown/poor people.

0
Reply
Shame on U
Shame on U
2 years ago
Reply to  Sarah

You are something. Nobody makes it a race issue except you. Who is the problem?

0
Reply
Truth and Reason
Truth and Reason
2 years ago
Reply to  Sarah

Forgive me, but I don’t see the attacker’s race mentioned in either this article or the one in the Post — which actually is a bad thing, because how are we supposed to help police find the guy or be on the look out for him when walking ourselves? Regardless, I’m confused about why you’re the only one trying to make this a racism thing? Could have been a white guy for all we know.

0
Reply
HelenD
HelenD
2 years ago
Reply to  Sarah

The article mentioned: …three of his friends were also randomly attacked in Manhattan this week — one in Chelsea and two on the Upper West Side.

Seriously, scary black/brown/poor people? You’re really jumping to conclusions here. You have no idea what my race or circumstances are. I don’t know any scary black/brown/poor people who want to be punched in the head and sustain facial injuries and then be subjected to laser eye surgery. Coming from a place that’s far more violent than the UWS is nothing to brag about. 🙁

0
Reply
GeezLouise
GeezLouise
2 years ago

Just say no to Eric Adams. Say yes to Ray McGuire!

Also, I hope the subway attacker gets what’s coming to him.

0
Reply
Adam
Adam
2 years ago

It’s flat out dangerous now. No police presence, people are getting pushed, attacked, beaten, with no provocation. The Upper West Side is seeing a spike in unprovoked violence on the streets and subways. And with kids home and not in school, they are even more exposed to this gratuitous violence. What is it going to take for city hall to wake up and address this?

0
Reply
Sally F
Sally F
2 years ago

Love Jordan Cooper’s water tower pic!

0
Reply
Ivan Horvath
Ivan Horvath
2 years ago

Enjoyed reading your news.

0
Reply
Lauren
Lauren
2 years ago

I wish the post had mentioned the time of day when the attack took place. It always helps inform my decisions to have those details.

0
Reply
Renate Latimer
Renate Latimer
2 years ago
Reply to  Lauren

it was on a Tuesday at 2pm

0
Reply
Wendy
Wendy
2 years ago

I do have to say: I do not see any transit police officers on the trains or on the platforms, and I take the subways every day.

0
Reply

YOU MIGHT LIKE...

Lincoln Center Looking for Community Input on Plans to Remodel West Side of Campus
ART

Lincoln Center Looking for Community Input on Plans to Remodel West Side of Campus

June 8, 2023 | 9:29 AM
WEST-PARK CHURCH LEADERS WIN VOTE, PLEDGE TO REVITALIZE BUILDING
NEWS

It’s Been Awhile: Landmarks Preservation Commission Meets June 13 on West-Park Church

June 8, 2023 | 6:34 AM
Previous Post

Fairway’s New Self-Checkout Kiosks are the Buzz of the Neighborhood; Some Approve While Others are ‘Flummoxed’

Next Post

A Corner One-Bedroom With Amazing Features

this week's events image

Explore Your Favorite Subject

20th precinct 24th precinct american museum of natural history animals art bicycling bulletin central park closings columns community board 7 coronavirus crash crime dogs events fdny fire food gale brewer helen rosenthal history homelessness jcc lincoln center monday bulletin morning bulletin nypd openings openings and closings pedestrian safety photography photos politics public schools pupper west side real estate restaurants riverside park silver stars fitness snow sponsored subway upper west side uws

CITY NEWS

The City
Brick Underground
City Limits
Eater
Gothamist
NY Daily News
NY Post
NY Times

LOCAL RESOURCES

Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Central Park Conservancy
CB7
Community Education Council 3
Assembly District 67
The New York Historical Society
Riverside Park
West End Preservation

UWS Blogs

Bloomingdale History Central Park Blogger
North River Notes

Next Post
A Corner One-Bedroom With Amazing Features

A Corner One-Bedroom With Amazing Features

West Siders are Waiting Hours for Covid Tests; Assemblymember Wants More Testing Sites to Open

West Siders are Waiting Hours for Covid Tests; Assemblymember Wants More Testing Sites to Open

Lucerne Decision Delayed; ‘Judge Is Still Working On It’

Lucerne Decision Delayed; ‘Judge Is Still Working On It’

  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • NEWSLETTER
  • WSR MERCH!
  • ADVERTISE
  • EVENTS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • SITE MAP
Site design by RLDGROUP

© 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • TOP NEWS
  • THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART & CULTURE
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • CONTACT US
  • WSR SHOP

© 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.