Tag: history

There are several free events coming up that celebrate local history. The following listings come from Landmarks West and the Bloomingdale

The Upper West Side in the 1930’s and early 1940’s didn’t lack for park benches where mothers could sit with other mothers and chat

In late August, confronted with oppressive humidity, blinding rays, and damp underarms, city folk turn to ice cream. Thoughts of deodorant and heatstroke are calmed

The PBS show Blackout, reliving the 1977 blackout and its aftermath, airs on Tuesday night. And it turns out West Side Rag inadvertently played a role in the production.

Now that almost all residential streets in Manhattan and many in other boroughs have trees lining the islands and streets, I realize it is fifty-two years since our efforts to

Our recent post about the Teacher's and Teacher's Too restaurants sparked lots of discussion, and inspired one reader to send us an image of a print on his wall.

McDonald's on Broadway between 81st and 82nd street closed this week and the sign is already down, revealing the ghost letters of a former occupant, the former restaurant Teacher's Too.

The New York Public Library unveiled an amazing tool on Thursday that allows users to locate old photos using a street map that can pinpoint exact locations.

John Stone sent in the photos above and below of himself and his brother David playing in the Upper West Side in the early 1970's. The top photo is of

Norman Rockwell may be known for his paintings of small-town America, but he's got urban roots. Rockwell's birthplace and first home was in a brownstone at 206 West 103rd street between

Are you curious about the history of your building, your church, your synagogue, your kids’ school? Or maybe that interesting­looking building down the block?

Schrafft's restaurants and confectioners were ubiquitous in New York through the 1960's, with more than 50 in the city and at least three on the Upper West Side.

It’s Throwback Thursday, when Upper West Siders and formers UWSers send in their photos of life in the neighborhood back in the day.

It's Throwback Thursday, when Upper West Siders and formers UWSers send in their photos of life in the nabe back in the day. Today's contribution is from Ibby Lang, who

Last week's blizzard may have fallen far short of expectations, but the city has been walloped with the real thing before. In 1996, Central Park got 20 inches of snow and the MTA kept running subways and buses. Check out the video below from Eyewitness News, which shows some great ...

We're trying a new feature out today, called Throwback Thursday. It's named after a feature on Facebook in which people post old photos of themselves. But on West Side Rag we're hoping that

The East side of Broadway between 79th and 80th street has gone through many transformations over the years, but it's always been a bustling retail thoroughfare.

Developer Kaled Management filed plans to build a new 10-story building on top of a six-story building at 95th street and West End Avenue. The new building, which

The first images we've seen of the newly uncovered Automat space since its transformation into an urgent care clinic are promising.

The facade of the Automat building on 104th street and Broadway was revealed this week after the Rite Aid sign that had blocked it was taken down.