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- UWS AMC Lincoln Center Theater Floods: Reopens After Short Closure
- Free Shakespeare in the Park Returning to Redone Delacorte Theater This Summer: Details
- 31 Upper West Side Restaurants Participating in ‘Restaurant Week’ Starting July 21
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 5
- New Version of Silver Moon Bakery Expected to Open This Week on Upper West Side
- New Digital Screen With Accurate Bus Wait Times Installed on Upper West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Café du Soleil’s Moroccan Sandwich
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Environmental Activist Olive Freud Dies; UWS Ice Cream Shop Named One of Best in City; Owner of Pit Bulls Eludes Capture; Center at West Park Finds a New Home
- Man Stabbed on Upper West Side: Police
- A Dog’s Life on the UWS
- Touch It, Smell It, Love It: How We Keep the Upper West Side Alive
- UWS Concert Ends With Fireflies: Their Benefits Are Profound
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Where UWS Mayoral Candidates Stand on the Issues
- Protect Your Legacy with Ligh Law LLC: Free Webinar on Wills, Trusts, and More
- A Baseball Coach Says He Fended Off ICE Agents Questioning Kids on the Upper West Side
- July 11 and 12 Offer Last Views of Manhattanhenge in 2025: Where to Watch on the UWS
- Throwback Thursday: Memories of the Upper West Side in the 1970s and 80s
- West Side Canvas: An UWS Basement Garden Helping to Nourish Vulnerable Neighbors
- Silver Stars Fitness: Are You Over 55/60 & Want to Move, Feel & Look Better, But Don’t Want To Go a Typical Gym
- UWS Train Has By Far the Most Broken Air Conditioning Complaints of Any in NYC: Data
- Openings & Closings: Goldfish Swim School, TP TEA; Rocket Club; Sushi Tokyo; 2nd Street; West Side Kids; Strand Bookstore
- Broadway Pest & Home: Trusted by the Upper West Side for Over 50 Years—And Now Power Washing Too!
- New Plaza Cinema: UWS Arthouse Theater Proves ‘We’re Here to Stay’
- 700-Pound Pigeon Floats Along the Hudson River
- West Side Kids, Beloved UWS Toy Store, Set To Close Permanently After 44 Years
- Hazmat Team Needed After Pedestrian Struck by E-Bike on Upper West Side: FDNY
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Funding Headed Toward UWS, Morningside Heights’ District 7 in New Budget, Including $6M Playground Upgrade
- New Book Tells the Stories Behind Monuments Honoring Black Americans on the UWS and Around the City
- What Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill Means for NYC
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Bustan’s Moroccan Fish
- Monday Bulletin: Charges Dropped in Central Park Unicycle Collision; Rents to Rise on Regulated Apartments; Ticket Sales Down at Metropolitan Opera
- Focus Group on the Upper West Side
- The Upper West Side: A Neighborhood for Independent Minds
- The Knife Bus Rolls Onto the Upper West Side: ‘A Trade Since the Beginning of Collective Humanity’
- UWS Weekend: Great Ways to Celebrate the Fourth in (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Upper West Side Independent Bookstore
- Where Funding Is Headed on the UWS Following the City’s Budget Approval: District 6
- Doors Are Now Open: Strand Takes Over Upper West Side Shakespeare & Co. Outlet
- Throwback Thursday: Scenes of the Upper West Side in the 1970s and 80s
- The Upper West Side’s Sound of Music
- Major UWS Open Streets Stretch Closed for Rest of Summer: Here’s What to Know
- Openings & Closings: Typhoon Cafe; Tacos Cano; Bar Boulud Sud and Épicerie Boulud; The U Bar & Grill; Frame; Open Streets
- Man in Critical Condition After Bike Collides With Unicycle in Central Park: NYPD
- Macy’s July 4 Fireworks Leaving the West Side After 1-Year Return
- Pair of Newly Modernized Elevators Open at Upper West Side Train Station
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 4
- Meet the Man Who Counted and Mapped Almost 20,000 Central Park Trees
- Return of an Old Friend: 9 Train, Former UWS Line, Unexpectedly Spotted in Manhattan
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Sempre Oggi’s Cappelletti with English Peas, Butter and Lemon
- Give a Little Time, Make a Big Impact!
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Pizza Chef Makes List of Best in World; Billy Joel’s Former Central Park South Studio and Office Up for Sale; Bethesda Fountain’s LGBTQ Connection
- How Can I Be Sure? Upper West Sider Cracks the Code
- The Heat Was On. So Were We: How Upper West Siders Made It Through the Meltdown
- Under Cloudy Skies, UWS’s New Gottesman Public Pool Opens for Summer Season
- Hundreds Gathered at UWS’s ‘The Longest Table’ Picnic on West 103rd
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood: Yoga in Central Park; A Silent Disco and a Movie at Lincoln Center; Pride Parade and Evensong at St. John the Divine
- WSR Cartoon: Goat Sightings on the Upper West Side
- Columbia Tennis Facility Offers Air-Conditioned Courts for Summer Campers & Discounted Summer Rates for Public Play
- UWS Elected Official Brad Hoylman-Sigal Joins Jerry Nadler in Endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for Mayor
- Man Has Women Moviegoers at Popular UWS Theater on Edge With Strange Pattern of Behavior
- Throwback Thursday: Youth on the Upper West Side in the 1970s and 80s
- West Side Canvas: Dining on the Upper West Side
- Farewell to a Beloved UWS Doorman; ‘He’s Looked After Me in a Way I Could Never Have Expected’
- More Intimate UWS Venue Planned for Lincoln Center Outdoor Performance Space: See Design Plan
- Here’s How the Upper West Side Voted in the 2025 Mayoral Primary Race
- Upper West Side Openings from the First Half of 2025: A Very Long List
- Upper West Side Primary Election Results: Shaun Abreu Declared Winner, Andrew Cuomo Concedes to Zohran Mamdani
- Primary Election Day on the Upper West Side
- Modern City Living at 266 West 96th —This Way. Studios and 1BRs Designed for the Life You’ve Always Wanted
- Where to Find Upper West Side Cooling Centers as Temperatures Soar on Election Day
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Man Stabbed Multiple Times on Upper West Side, Attacker Arrested: NYPD
- The Riverside Park Goats Are Returning: What to Know
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Covacha’s Flautas
- Monday Bulletin: Yacht Crash on Hudson River Injures Dozens; Teen Hit by Lightning in Central Park Speaks Out; Former Columbia Student Released by ICE; Tuesday’s UWS Primary Details
- Upper West Side Oldie But Goodie
- Plenty of Pride to Go Around on the Upper West Side
- Bicyclist Killed in Central Park After Collision With Pedestrian
- Igor! The Epitome of Upper West Side Hospitality
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood: Movies; Fanatics Fest; Guided Tours of NYC
- WSR Cartoon: Upper West Side Greeting Cards
- Teen Struck by Lightning in Central Park Survives: NYPD
- Pre-Pandemic Need Triples at UWS Food Nonprofits: “The People Go Up, the Grant Money Stays the Same”
- Throwback Thursday: Memories of the UWS in the 1970s and 80s
- Broadway and Beyond: Everything You Need to Know
- Sidewalk Shed at West 104th Street Starts To Come Down After More than a Decade
- For an UWS Descendant of a Blacklisted Actor, A New Exhibit on the Red Scare Feels Timely
- Openings & Closings: Lil Sweet Treat; Broadway Hardware & Locksmith; Solidcore; Porter House Bar and Grill
- Pit Bull Owner Doesn’t Show for Second Hearing; Warrant Still Out for Arrest
- Sentence of 25 Years to Life for Man Convicted of May 2022 UWS Murder
- Juneteenth Celebrations Happening on the Upper West Side This Week
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 3
- Supporters of Stalwart UWS Arts Center Say It Will Continue Despite Eviction From Church
- ‘Rebel With a Clause’ Is a Love Letter—to Grammar and the Upper West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Raenu Thai’s Beef Salad
- Monday Bulletin: 96th Street Bus Lanes Will Stay; Brokers’ Fees for Renters Will Go (Sort of); Early Voting Off to a Strong Start
- Happy Father’s Day Upper West Side!
- WSR Cartoon: Upper West Side Dad Polling Well
- Digging Deeper Into the Upper West Side
- Warrant Issued for the Arrest of UWS Pit Bulls Owner; Dogs Still Not Turned In
- Upper West Side Election Guide 2025: Early Voting, Polling Sites, Local Races, Candidates
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood: Pride Family Picnic; “Bee My Friend” Nature Workshop; Much Ado About Nothing; Mets Hawaiian Shirt Day
- WSR Cartoon: Father’s Day on the Upper West Side
- Protect Your Legacy with Ligh Law LLC: Free Webinar on Wills, Trusts, and More
- Two-Month Closure of Upper West Side’s 79th Street Rotunda Starts June 26
- Throwback Thursday: Capturing a ‘Sense of Place’ on the UWS in the 1970s and 80s
- West Side Canvas: ‘Face it — Croissants Make Life Worth Living’
- Manhattan Market Report: ‘How’s the Market?…You Ask?’
- College with Hearing Loss
- Blood Drives Happening on the Upper West Side Amid State ‘Blood Emergency’
- Openings & Closings: Taqueria y Fonda La Mexicana; SLT Pilates Studio; Zen Medica Nutrition; Wolfnights; Baya Bar; Summer for the City at Lincoln Center
- Silver Stars Fitness: Are You Over 55/60 & Want to Move, Feel & Look Better, But Don’t Want To Go a Typical Gym
- UWS Arts Center at West-Park Church Served Eviction Papers Following Court Decision
- UWS Owner of Pit Bulls Who Attacked Penny the Chihuahua Ordered To Turn Dogs Over to Police
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Tiffany Khan in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Council Race
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Sprinklers on Terrace of UWS Natural History Museum Reopen for Summer; ‘A Nice Little Hidden Gem’
- ‘There’s More to Making a Subway Station Accessible Than an Elevator’; MTA C&D President Gives WSR a Tour
- Upper West Side Building Fire Sends Person to Hospital: FDNY
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Chick Chick’s Fried Rice
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Broadway Medians Replanted for the Birds; Another Championship for UWS Baseball Team; Trump’s Threat to Pull Columbia’s Accreditation
- What’s the Story in Your UWS Tree Pit? Begonias, Bottlecaps, and Other Signs of Life
- An Upper West Side Wish Come True
- Upper West Side, Unexplored: The Blocks We Never Walk
- Stunning Space Film Premieres June 9 at Natural History’s Planetarium
- A Conversation With Shaun Abreu: Running for Reelection to UWS-Morningside Heights City Council Seat
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood: Premiere of Bad Shabbos; Shakespeare in the Park(s); and the Museum Mile Festival
- Now Playing: ‘Bad Shabbos’ Is the Most Upper West Side Film of the Year
- WSR Cartoon: Decluttering Upper West Side Style
- Columbia’s Milstein Family Tennis Center is Open for Public Play & Hosting a Summer Tennis Camp for Kids
- Scaffolding and Shed on West 86th Street Coming Down After Almost 20 Years
- UPDATE II: UWS Jacob’s Pickles Reopens Following Health Department Closure
- Throwback Thursday: Smokers on the UWS in the 1970s and 80s, Part 2
- Following NASA’s Removal From UWS Building, Textbooks and Journals Thrown in Dumpster
- Trio of UWS Eateries Make New York Times Best NYC Restaurants List of 2025
- A WSR Conversation With Candidate Edafe Okporo in the Run-Up to the UWS, Morningside Heights Council Race
- Openings & Closings: Gerard Anthony Salon; Future Face & Body; 108 Food Dried Hot Pot; Lift NYC; Spear; and, ICYMI, Mama’s Pizza
- 7 Famous Actresses Who Played Lilli Vanessi in Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate
- Action Demanded to Solve ‘Major Problem’ in Ambulance Access to UWS Stretch of Riverside Park
- Straight Talk About Clear Aligner Therapy
- NY Philharmonic Returns to Central Park June 4 for Free Concert and Fireworks
- Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 2
- Silver Stars Fitness: Are You Over 55/60 & Want to Move, Feel & Look Better, But Don’t Want to go to a Typical “GYM”?
- Sidewalk Shed and Scaffolding at Busy Upper West Side Corner Comes Down
- Rare Upper West Side Home For Sale on Hidden Old English-Styled Village Block
- Recent Federal Cuts Hurt Some Upper West Side Arts Groups
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Super Nice Coffee and Bakery’s Donuts
- Monday Bulletin: West Side Hawks Win Tournament; UWS Councilmember Says She’s Helped Pay for Asylum Seekers’ Dental Care; Update on Penny the UWS Chihuahua
- Martoonerville is One Year Old! An Upper West Sider’s Gratitude
- The Sun, the Grid, and the Upper West Side: Finding Magic in Manhattanhenge — Rain or Shine
- UWS Pet Experts Give Summer Heat and Travel Tips for Dogs and Cats
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do In (and Around) the Neighborhood
- A WSR Interview With the UWS Elected Official Running for Manhattan Borough President
- WSR Cartoon: UWS Signs of the Times
- Photographer Charles Chessler to Exhibit Portraits and Wildlife Work in Rutgers Sanctuary
- Another Chance To View Manhattanhenge May 29, But Clouds Remain; Next Viewing in July
- Throwback Thursday: More Bench Sitters on the UWS in the Vanished 1970s and 80s
- A WSR Interview With the Upper East Side Candidate for Manhattan Borough President
- West Side Canvas: An UWS Cathedral That Has Been ‘Walking the Service Walk for More Than 100 Years’
- Mama’s Pizza, UWS Mainstay of 106th Street, Closes; Expected to Relocate Nearby
- Openings & Closings: Morningside Cafe; Kinder Wash; Dark Bullet Bar; 75th Organic Deli & Market; Studio Pilates
- Social Action Has Shaped the UWS Ethical Culture Society for Nearly 150 Years
- NY Classical Brings the Bard Back to the UWS with ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’
- WSCAH ROCKS THE BLOCK Returns to the Upper West Side on June 1st Community, Advocacy, and Family Fun Come Together at This Can’t-Miss Event
- Multiple People Hospitalized After NYPD Car Swerves Into UWS Outdoor Dining Setup: Police
- Upper West Side Pizza Joint Named Among Best in NYC by New York Times
- Stay the Night: June 1-2 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s Tikkun Leil Shavuot!
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- Pair of Dead Chickens Found in the Middle of the Road for 2nd Time in 3-Block UWS Stretch
- Monday Bulletin: Do Criminal Summonses Fit E-Bike Crimes? Central Park Gets a Ranger Corps; Novel Explores Relationship Between UWS Doorman and Residents
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Leyla’s Pide (Turkish Flatbreads)
- Sleeping In on the Upper West Side
- Got Space For a Tree? Rooting Down Upper West Side Style
- The Fight to Take Down a Controversial UWS Sidewalk Shed: ‘We’ve Got the Money and a Plan’
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Higher Education on the Upper West Side
- The Browning School Opens New Upper School Building on East 64th Street
- Extell Chairman Says He’s Willing to Include Affordable Housing at Former UWS ABC Site
- Weeping For The Willows: Riverside Park South’s Willow Trees Give Way to Hardier Stock
- UPDATE: Tales of Frustration From One of the UWS’ Most Rat-Infested Blocks: ‘Nobody Is Taking Accountability’
- Throwback Thursday: Cars, Cabs, and Buses on the UWS in the 1970s and 80s, Part 2
- Recreational Boats Could Return to UWS In 2028: Update on 79th Street Marina Project
- Openings & Closings: The Throwback; Fellini; 2nd Street; Vuori; Bagel Talk; Strand Books
- UPDATE: Injured Deer Spotted Walking Around Upper West Side
- Upper West Side Teen Has Been Missing for Weeks: Police
- UWS Mexican Restaurant Named Among Best in New York City
- Introducing the Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge
- Columbia University Returns to Campus-wide Commencement Despite Recent Unrest
- New Renderings Show More Details of the Park and Performance Space Planned for Lincoln Center’s West Side
- Here’s the UWS Dish: CASASALVO’s Cannoli and Maritozzo
- Monday Bulletin: NASA Scientists Above Famed UWS Diner Get the Boot; UWS Synagogue Custodian Fatally Stabbed Abroad; Take the Mayoral Quiz
- Let an UWS Sidewalk Shed Be Your Umbrella
- What Are We Willing to Tolerate on the UWS?
- Strand Book Store to Open 2nd UWS Location in Shakespeare & Co. Storefront
- Please Support West Side Rag on Our 14th Anniversary
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to do In (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Product Placement on the UWS
- How Movies Got Us Through Hard Times, And Can Again
- Volunteers Needed to Dig In and Help Restore 72nd Street’s Tree Beds: Sunday
- Throwback Thursday: Cars, Cabs, and Buses on the UWS in the 1970s and 80s
- West Side Canvas: Finding a Way Inside an UWS Firehouse
- Manhattan Market Report: ‘Are You Positioned For the Turn?’
- The Dementia Question: What is the Relationship to Hearing Loss? What Can We do to Mitigate Risk?
- New 12-Story Building Slated for Busy Upper West Side Block: Permits Show
- Openings & Closings: Softside; Superfly; Little Italy Pizza; Boggi Milano
- 5 Showstopping Performances by Caissie Levy: Broadway & Beyond
- Popular Grocer Purchases Large UWS Storefront Across the Street from Zabar’s: Report
- Where Things Stand With the 79th Street Rotunda Project
- Do You Know or Care for an Older Adult with Memory Loss or Dementia?
- Ruthless Advice for Upper West Siders: All of the Answers With None of the Expertise
- New Public Art Sculptures Appear on the Upper West Side: What’s the Story?
- Here’s the UWS Dish: Mille-Feuille Bakery’s Vanilla Mille-Feuille
- Monday Bulletin: UWS Private School Prank Featuring Fake Border Checkpoint and Mariachi Band Prompts Outrage; UWS Toy Store Owner Worried Tariffs Could Cause Closing; Protestors Arrested After Columbia Building Occupation; More UWS Projects to Receive Funding
- Happy Mother’s Day Upper West Side
- Read Between the Lines: How to Fall Even Harder for the Upper West Side
- Woman Shot on Upper West Side: Police
- Upper West Side Dog Attack Spurs Upcoming Webinar and Workshop on How to Respond
- UWS Weekend: Great Things To Do in the Neighborhood
- An Upper West Side Mother’s Day
- The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights: New York City’s Premier Senior Living Destination
- Top 5 Edibles to Get You Through Your Day…or Night Curated by The Flowery UWS’s Cannabis Experts
- Caring for Upper West Side Pets at the Tail End of Their Lives
- Dogs That Attacked Penny the Chihuhua on the UWS Will Remain in Owner’s Custody for Now: Town Hall
- Throwback Thursday: Capturing the UWS in the 1970s and 80s
- Columbia Men’s Tennis Surges Into NCAA Sweet 16 — Locals Invited to Catch the Action This Saturday
- Upper West Side Has Raised the Most Money in NYC for Democratic Mayoral Candidates This Cycle
- Openings & Closings: The Shoe Tree; Aura Yoga + Pilates; Spice Lamb; Open Streets; American Folk Art Museum
- MetroCards Are Giving Way to OMNY: What to Know About the Phase Out
- Silver Stars Fitness: Do You Have Osteoporosis or Osteopenia?
- Upper West Side Museum Set To Close This Summer for Renovations
- Upper West Side Man Found Guilty of Murder in May 2022 Shooting
- Vicious Dog Attack on Upper West Side Puts Chihuahua Into ICU: ‘I Am Incensed’
- At 88, Ron Carter, Jazz Legend and Upper West Sider, Still Finds New Notes
- Here’s the UWS Dish: El Fish Marisqueria’s Lobster Aguachile
- Felicia Collins Live at Center at West Park
- Monday Bulletin: ‘Valley of the Rats’ on UWS Block; See UWS Projects Set to Receive City Funding; Another UWS Bank Clock Out of Commission
- The Upper West Side Willies
- Here’s to the Upper West Side — Making Us Wait, Making Us Better
- To Be in the Presence of the Big Man
- UWS Weekend: Great Things to do In (and Around) the Neighborhood
- WSR Cartoon: Pondering the Purchase of a Hyper-Local, Digital News Site Called West Side Rag
- Protect Your Legacy with Ligh Law LLC: Free Webinar on Wills, Trusts, and More
- The Zen Buddhist Monk of 96th Street
- Throwback Thursday: Vanished Times on the Upper West Side
- West Side Canvas: The Laws of Motion on the UWS
- Broadway And Beyond: Learn More
- Columbia University to Host NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship Regional May 2-3
- Robert Tannenhauser: A Remembrance