Tag: recession

Commercial rents around 96th Street have boomed in the past year or so, and many local businesses in the area have shut their doors. Store owners tell us that rents have been rocketing higher in the past year, and they hold their breath every time they have to sign a ...

It's no secret that the Upper West Side has been rocked by the Recession, at least in relative terms (we're not Florida or Las Vegas). Dozens of stores have closed, and some entire blocks have the air of ghost towns. One of those blocks, on Amsterdam Avenue between 78th and ...

For those of you with a sweet tooth, a wave of new cake and cupcake shops on the Upper West Side -- including a new spot that specializes in flourless chocolate cakes -- will make you giggle in that sugar-crazed kind of way. The Upper West Side was already brimming ...

Syms Corp., which owns Filene's Basement, declared bankruptcy yesterday and will be liquidating its stores -- including the big store on Broadway between 79th Street and 80th Street -- over the holidays. Syms went bankrupt after attempting in vain to find a buyer or otherwise save the store. The liquidation ...

Two Korean delis have closed their doors after serving Upper West Siders for decades, part of a sad trend in the neighborhood and the city. Golden Boy Mart on Broadway between 98th and 99th Streets (above) closed recently after more than 30 years in the neighborhood. Sam Laroche, the owner ...