Tag: throwback thursday

The streets of the UWS were awash with color and character attributable in great measure to the people who 'lived by them.'

Everyone had a unique look and character and a palpable dignity and humanity that I tried to capture with my camera.

More nostalgic images of the UWS in the 1970s and 80s by world-class photographer Stephen Harmon.

Into the massive files of photographer Stephen Harmon, who has been documenting the Upper West Side since 1978.

Here's an story written in October, 2020, when a global pandemic shut down the NYC Marathon.

Sheila Greenwald, an award-winning children’s book writer and illustrator, has lived on the Upper West Side since 1936.

The snow did not disappoint on a Thursday in December, 2020, and Upper West Siders sent in some good shots.

I am often asked why I refer to my photos of people from the 1980s as photos from a "vanished time." My answer is, please look at them.

"...the clientele was considered by non-bettors to be unattractive, lazy or just unsavory. I, however, did not see it that way..."

I think most people thought she was a crazy old lady, but I knew that was not true, because

A few months ago, a new website developed by John Jay College caught my attention. Like many institutions of higher education, the College

Macy's started holding a Christmas parade through the city starting in 1924, and switched it to a Thanksgiving parade three years later.

In these challenging times of the pandemic, I reflect back on what life was like for me on the Upper West Side, my favorite place in the world

Our tipster Debra was throwing some old matchbooks out when she decided to line them up and snap a photo. "Remember these?" she wrote in an email to us.

Doc Rich Weiss found some old menus and sent us a photo of them, writing a little about what makes those memories special. The restaurants featured include

The New Yorker Theater at 2409 Broadway at 88th Street was one of the great Upper West Side movie houses of the 20th century. Woody Allen also

Mark Futral has photographed Upper West Siders for decades, and he sent us some of his shots from the 1970s and 80s, along with some

The photo and hand-coloring above are by Joan Menschenfreund, who has lived on the Upper West Side for 51 years. The women were sitting in the Broadway

Stephen Harmon took hundreds of pictures of the neighborhood in the 70's and 80's and thankfully he still has many of them. Check out some

Way back in the day, people would take a dip on a hot day in the swimmin' holes in Central Park. This photo from the Museum