Tag: central park

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 ...

The Black Eyed Peas will hold a blowout concert in Central Park on September 30 to make up for the June concert that was rained out, the band announced today. People who had tickets to the original Concert 4 New York will get into the new concert, according to the ...

August 17, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 88 Degrees. Notices: There are two free outdoor movies tonight on our calendar! News: The city has created a special lane spanning nearly two whole blocks where only limos can park in front of the buildings on Riverside Boulevard overlooking the Hudson ...

August 16, 2011 Weather: Thundershowers, High of 70 Degrees. Notices: It's Korea Day today at Central Park's Naumberg Bandshell. Try traditional Korean foods and listen to music from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the bandshell in the middle of the park just south of 72nd Street. Plus, free Kimchi! ...

Landmark West, the Upper West Side historic preservation group, started a very cool little project a couple of weeks ago, asking readers to send in their photos of people playing in Central Park through the ages. So far they've gotten a nice smattering of snapshots, including this one above shot in ...

So you want to know how the other half lives? You sometimes imagine yourself living an apartment with a view more expansive than that alleyway you gaze into all day? Well, brokers at Brown Harris Stevens gave people a peek at the view you'd get if you were willing to ...

Somehow, a peacock escaped the Central Park Zoo this afternoon and made it to the fourth story of a building on 5th Avenue and 65th Street, where it preened for onlookers. Things predictably started to get silly down on the street below. Then it threatened to jump unless the zoo ...

Dozens of couples tied the knot in Central Park on the first full weekend of same-sex marriage in New York, with marathon wedding extravaganzas on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the Pop-Up Chapel group we wrote about took over the area around Merchant's Gate at the Southwest Corner of Central ...

By Katie Barry Five years ago, I joined a softball team called the Consenting Adults. They were in their 23rd year of existence, with colorful characters who were writers, psychologists, teachers, and gifted softball players. They gave me a much deeper understanding as to what it means to strike out ...

July 21, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 95 Degrees. News: Jewish Home Lifecare, an Upper West Side nursing home, had planned to relocate to 100th Street from 106th Street, but is now considering a 97th Street spot because of community opposition. But locals don't want the nursing home at ...

July 14, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 83 Degrees. News: A 13,779-square-foot penthouse with 11 full bathrooms is now for sale at 535 West End Avenue. It could set a record for the highest sale price north of 15 CPW if it sells at or near its asking price of ...