Tag: central park

Happy snow day everyone. I just got this from the city: ALERT issued 10/29/11 at 8:00 PM. No one should enter any City Park until further notice. Heavy snow and strong wind gusts, combined with full leaves still on trees, are damaging thousands of trees in parks throughout the City. ...

October 28, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 50 Degrees.

October 26, 2011 Weather: Some showers, High of 61 Degrees.

Seeing Central Park in three dimensions is one of the main reasons people live on the Upper West Side. By 3-D, I mean in real life. But now there's another way to see the park in 3-D if you aren't close to the park, or if you're just looking to ...

October 25, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 60 Degrees.

The Upper West Side was gentrified years ago, but a sudden proliferation of harp-playing seems to indicate that the gentrification has entered a new phase.

October 20, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 66 Degrees.

The Black Eyed Peas are expecting up to 60,000 people to show up tonight for their rescheduled concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, and the fans and police were getting ready early on Friday. By noon, dozens of people were already in line at 72nd Street, even though ...

September 29, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 74 Degrees. Notices: In all of the excitement about Rosh Hashanah yesterday, I kind-of-sort-of got the date wrong for the blowing of the shofar in Central park. Sorry! If you're still interested, Chabad will be hosting a public shofar-blowing this afternoon between 5 ...

September 28, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 70 Degrees. Notices: For those observing, Happy Rosh Hashanah! The holiday starts tonight, and there are some unique events going on in the neighborhood, including a public blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) hosted by Chabad in Central Park's Naumberg Bandshell from 5 ...

Fall in New York – with its lack of summertime and holiday crowds, mild temperatures and lush foliage along the Hudson and in Central and Riverside Parks – is one of the most magical times of year to explore the city.

September 21, 2011 Weather: Afternoon showers, High of 75 Degrees. Notices: If you’d like your photographs considered for our morning bulletin, please send them to info at westsiderag dot com. And if you aren’t already, please follow us on facebook and twitter and sign up for our email newsletter in ...

September 16, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 65 Degrees. News: The city doesn't like boozing it in its parks, and it's illegal to bring liquor in. But one of the new food carts in the park, the Fatty Crab pullcart, is now holding a happy hour every day from ...

September 14, 2011 Weather: Isolated Thunderstorms, High of 80 Degrees. Notices: Councilwoman Gale Brewer is surveying Upper West Siders about their thoughts on the Columbus Avenue protected bike lanes. Fill out the survey here. Margaret Marrer, a 7th grade teacher from the Upper West Side, is posting to a blog ...

September 7, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 71 Degrees. News: Congressman Jerry Nadler, Ground Zero workers, and numerous other public officials are going to City Hall today to file a petition asking the administrator of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act to consider covering cancer treatments for people ...

September 2, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 77 Degrees. Notices: Isn't the picture above kind of phenomenal? It was taken last night at 10:45 p.m. just North of the 72nd Street subway station looking South by Upper West Side photographer Michael Huitt, with a 15-second exposure. Click on the ...

"The Central Park Lake flooded Bethesda Terrace during hurricane Irene. Although the park was still officially closed, we took a 4 hour hike through it and were happy to see there was no major damage. Here and there some tree limbs down, and we saw a few trees down, but ...

August 30, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 83 Degrees. Notices: Hurricane Irene did $200,000 worth of damage to Central Park and the conservancy that manages the park now wants your help covering the bill. Consider donating here. News: Upper West Sider Brian Rossetti created an app called Parking Auction ...

The sad/happy thing about Hurricane Irene is that the worst of it hit while almost everyone was sleeping. So we all woke up and thought "Did we miss it?" But luckily, one Upper West Sider with a great view of the city pointed a camera out the window to record ...

This week, get ready for a film festival on the lawn just north of Sheep Meadow in Central Park starting Tuesday and a birthday bash for Whole Foods on 100th Street on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, you can basically eat all three meals for free at Whole Foods while ...