"The shop is very Upper West Side," says one longtime patron.

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

Rag Radio spoke with Rob Garber, author of the Rag's biweekly UWS Historical Photo Challenge.

Schrader's memoir-in-vignettes is full of stories of a vanished New York.

In honor of Marty Reisman, UWS table-tennis legend and inspiration for the movie "Marty Supreme," here's an historical ping-pong challenge.

The scandal behind a fountain by Riverside Park.

Telio’s, the Mediterranean restaurant formerly called Telio Taverna, officially reopened December 4th.

The American Democracy wing of the New York Historical, now under construction, is scheduled to open next June.

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"People in the Boat Basin were hardy. You had to be," writes longtime resident Leslie Day.

That juxtaposition — beauty that rests on a painful past — is the point of this show, which features 30 quilts from the museum's collection.

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

In the vanished days of the 1970s and 80s, unlike today, security was of little or no concern.

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

A six-minute immersive panoramic-video experience brings to life the moment that the asteroid — traveling about 45,000 miles per hour — struck Earth.

Ask anyone who’s lived on the UWS long enough, and they’ll tell you: this neighborhood used to move after dark.

Among the seminal documents of the American Revolution on display are Thomas Paine's Common Sense and versions of the Declaration of Independence.

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

Two UWS churches received funding to help with roof, window, and wall renovation work.

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

Sometimes it takes losing a few pilings of the past to remind us why it matters.

These photos were taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what they show?

This photo was taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what it shows?

It doesn’t look like full-sized Upper West Siders could possibly live in there. But they do.

Ever want to spend a night at the American Museum of Natural History?

We take 9/11 personally around here, near the Fireman's Memorial on upper Riverside Drive, at the foot of West 100th Street.

These photos were taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what they show?

"Books age like us. They get brown spots, and they get brittle, and eventually they turn to dust."

This photo was taken somewhere on the Upper West Side, sometime in the past. Can you figure out where, when, and what it shows?

A program being tested by Con Ed this summer provides batteries to power AC at times of peak demand.