Tag: central park

January 31, 2012 Weather: Partly cloudy, High of 55 Degrees. News: Not only does the city want the new Tavern on the Green to serve sweaty customers, it also wants the restaurant to look like it did in the 40's. (Gothamist) The Central Park Conservancy reveals the answer to Holden ...

By Karen Farber Early on Friday I was coming home from walking my dog and as I passed by 151 West 74th Street I did a double-take.  What I had originally thought was a small dog sitting outside the building waiting for its owner turned out to be a fully ...

A fellow nature lover recently told me of seeing a black squirrel repeatedly in the northern end of Central Park. So I ventured out to find it.

The Central Park Conservancy has been moving trash cans in the park, trying to get them out of landscaped areas where people congregate and push the cans to the periphery. The decision is meant to make the park more attractive, make trash-pickup more

January 26, 2012 Weather: Rain/Snow, High of 43 Degrees.

You don't want to get Alaskans angry. No one can live that close to grizzly bears and Sarah Palin and stay calm and collected for long. Just recently a few Alaskan politicians got angry, and they did something kind of...crazy! Pissed that the federal government isn't letting them drill in ...

Sledders in Riverside Park. Photo by Ernie Fritz. Given how long we've waited for snow, it's definitely time to celebrate, and one of the best ways to do that is to hop on a sled! Luckily, Upper West Siders live near some excellent sledding hills, as well as some good ...

I found this film, by Thomas Edison, on the Central Park Conservancy's website, via the Library of Congress. It was taken on Winter Drive, on the west side of the park.

January 4, 2011 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 31 Degrees.

December 29, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 37 Degrees.

Remember when it used to snow in the winter, big heaps of white fluffy snow that later became gray and yellow? A year ago today it snowed 20 inches in Central Park and the city mostly came to a halt.

December 23, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy (Chance of Rain), High of 48 Degrees.

Upper West Siders are surrounded by nature, but really most of the nearby natural world is tightly controlled, sectioned off, paved and fenced in (aside from some nasty exceptions like sewer mosquitoes and rats). Yet sometimes the animal kingdom announces its presence in a big way. And while we tend ...

December 14, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 47 Degrees.

December 9, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 50 Degrees.

Make no mistake about it: the old Tavern on the Green was cheesy, garish, over-the-top. The service and food were regularly criticized. But the place made a ton of money. In fact, its owners said it was the highest-grossing restaurant in the country, with annual revenues of $34 million. And ...

December 5, 2011 Weather: Cloudy, High of 59 Degrees.

November 28, 2011 Weather: Morning Clouds, Afternoon Sun, High of 65 Degrees.

Beefy the Upper West Side bulldog is either a testament to the marvelous talents of dogs, or the deep psychosis of dog owners. Local blogger Rebecca Baust videotaped Beefy skateboarding in Central Park around 96th Street and sent us the video (below). In addition, Beefy's owner Patrick Clemens created a ...

This weekend has been a relatively violent one on the Upper West Side, with at least two serious incidents. On Friday just before midnight, three young men were shot in front of the building at 175 West 90th Street off of Amsterdam Avenue (pictured above). Details of the shooting, reported ...