Tag: central park

November 15, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 64 Degrees.

After the freak October snowstorm a few weeks ago, it seemed like we might not get fall at all this year. But fall happened this weekend in a big way. Check out some pictures of Central Park:

November 9, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 65 Degrees.

November 2, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 56 Degrees.

November 1, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 56 Degrees.

The snowstorm that slammed the Northeast on Saturday, only to dribble away on Sunday, caused a major impact in the city's parks. In fact, the Central Park Conservancy is estimating a toll of almost 1,000 trees; organization director Douglas Blonsky called it the worst devastation he's seen in his 27 ...

October 31, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 52 Degrees.

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 ...