Robert De Niro's former UWS pad just sold, while Liam Neeson is in the process of trying sell his neighborhood home.

A celebration at the Museum of Natural History; a NYC half marathon; hilarious "herstory" at the New York Public Library.

Coffee shop turf wars.

A sense of place is the essence and character of a location and the emotional bonds individuals form with it.

Throwback Thursday's Steve Harmon took his favorite photo on a rainy November night in 1978 at Broadway and 72nd Street.

'That feeling of music connecting us to something larger than ourselves is...one of the most rewarding parts of being human.'

There's a lot of it going around.

Remember when this was a bakery?

There is no pretension—it’s a place to meet and dine that other gathering spots on the UWS would love to be.

A few Thursdays ago, a reader commented that the photos had “so many hats!” "A theme!" I thought.

"We just weren’t able to get to the sales level at the 105th Street store that we needed."

And I remember yesterday as if it never happened.

A comedy show; a Lou Reed birthday celebration; and a double creature feature.

I was fascinated by everything on the Upper West Side in those vanished days and I tried to photograph it all,

Flack lived in The Dakota on the Upper West Side for more than 40 years.

Searching for sleep on the Upper West Side.

100 years of The New Yorker; strings at St. John the Divine; a jewel box of a gallery; college hoops!

Let’s leave politics out of it.

This week, Throwback Thursday shifts its focus from people to places that once lined the avenues of the Upper West Side.

Elephants make great neighbors, especially if you need to move a bunch of logs or something.

It’s time to pay attention when even the robot is telling you not to trust him…

"Theater producing is, fundamentally, a form of gambling."

Valentine's Day suggestions; an exhibit honoring Flaco; a film festival at Lincoln Center.

Happy Valentine's Day, Upper West Siders.

I don’t know if it was their clothes, their expessions, their gestures, their postures, but I was impelled to photograph them.

In its long history, the building now occupied by Symphony Space has been a food hall, a restaurant, and an ice skating rink.

Don't let Gary's gray beard fool you.

See a world-class high school talent show, hear award-winning jazz at Columbia’s Miller Theater, or sketch at the Wallach Gallery. 

So many questions, so few timeouts.

This was life! There was a wonderful diversity and humanity and everyone seemed to belong.