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I am still going, I believe, through the grace and goodness of other people.

Do you have a fruit guy? Mine’s better unless it’s the same guy.

WSR has received a number of poetry submissions recently. The latest came

You may have seen him on MSNBC where he is a public health analyst -- or in Tal’s where he loves to buy bagels. Upper West Sider Dr. Irwin Redlener is a nationally

“I did it, Jeff! I’m free!” he shouted, raising his fist in the air. I knew instantly what he meant.

Before you head for the hills or suburbs, you might want to read this cautionary tale, shared by Upper West Sider Maureen Cross

When I was a child, I played reporter. I would sit at a beat-up, maple, child's secretary – the pull-down desktop missing, the hinges bare – in the basement

By Katie Barry Trapped in the Manhattan snow globe, I frolicked for hours: sledding, dancing, crashing a friend's bachelor party, and winning

Before its citywide takeover, Fairway belonged to the Upper West Side. The O.G. (Original Grocer) of our neighborhood hung its proverbial plaque on 74th and Broadway, and the rest

By Joelle Berger When searching for a New York City apartment, we evaluate the neighborhood: subways, laundromats, grocers, schools. We carefully, prudently, weigh

Editor’s Note: As part of a regular West Side Rag series, artist Michelle Hill interviews and draws Upper West Siders. This is the fifteenth installment in our Portrait of a Neighbor series.

Editor's note: Tessa Abrahams will profile the Upper West Side's doormen for the West Side Rag. This is the first in her series.

By Maria Gorshin The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Balloon Inflation wasn’t always an event that drew tens of thousands of visitors