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Rookie USA, a new children's sporting goods and apparel chain, is opening a store at 808  Columbus Avenue (99th Street) in the Columbus Square complex this fall. The chain currently doesn't have any stores, but will be launching this fall in multiple locations, according to its website. "In the Fall ...

The city released a set of more than 800,000 photos from the municipal archives earlier this year in a searchable Internet database. The archive is frankly pretty incredible -- there are photos from the NYPD, the parks department, the mayor's office, and many more agencies, as well as shots taken ...

The brownstone at 120 West 74th Street has inspired anger among neighbors and creativity among artists since it went downhill a few years back. Rats were constantly seen scurrying around the abandoned building, nibbling on trash. The scene even inspired an artist to paint the words "The Rat House" on ...

June 22, 2012 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 93 Degrees.

June 15, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 77 Degrees.

June 4, 2012 Weather: Rain, High of 64 Degrees.

Artisanal coffee roaster Irving Farm Cafe opened its first Upper West Side cafe today at 224 West 79th Street. The spacious cafe (1,300 square feet) can hold 74 people and will serve some very fancy-shmancy coffee indeed -- the Kalita Wave coffee drippers were imported from Japan and the espresso ...

Angry locals convened at Goddard-Riverside community center last week to demand action from the city about the mosquito madness that has plagued sections of the neighborhood for years. A mosquito problem that began in the sewers below West 84th Street a couple of years ago has infested Upper West Side ...

May 21, 2012 Weather: Rain and Thunder, High of 62 Degrees.

A quick reminder that the food fest "New Taste of the Upper West Side" is this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and there are still tickets available to many events, including a vegetarian extravaganza at Dovetail, a Comfort Food tasting smorgasbord, and the main event: the Best of the West tasting, ...

West Side Rag has been around for one year. I'm sure you're thinking "How did I ever live without the Rag?" Somehow you survived, but your life was much colder and emptier. This Wednesday marks a year to the day that we published our first story about meeting Newark mayor ...

Note: West Side Rag columnist Richard Kriheli decamped earlier this year for Harlem, seeking more space and cheaper rent. But the relocation (thankfully) was temporary...

May 4, 2012 Weather: Scattered thunderstorms, High of 78 Degrees.

By Kimberly Lew Forget groundhogs-- it seems that the best indicator of the changing seasons is when Shakespeare begins emerging in all shapes and forms around the city. The Upper West Side alone hosts all sorts of summer Shakespeare fare, from Shakespeare in the Park to Shakespeare in the Parking ...

Sambuca, the Italian restaurant at 20 West 72nd Street famous for its heaping family portions and gluten-free pastas, is turning up the music and turning on the sex appeal. Sambuca's owner Liza Wetanson recently redesigned the front of the restaurant and is looking to spice the place up -- she's ...

The city has drafted a plan to redesign the streets from 55th Street to 86th Street, making them safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, and smoother for drivers. The plan, which will be presented at a meeting Wednesday night at John Jay College at 6 p.m., is 98 pages long. A ...

April 23, 2012 Weather: AM Clouds, PM Sun, High of 55 Degrees.

By Clare Smith Marash The brownstone at 120 West 74th Street has seen better days. Walter Tillow sold the building in November 2010 to an entity known as the 553 West 174th St. LLC. The company went bankrupt a year later without renovating or reopening the building. It has remained ...

April 20, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 71 Degrees.

A tribute to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic, which occurred 100 years ago today, drew a special guest to Straus Park on 106th Street. Brett Gladstone, the great-great-grandson of Isidor and Ida Straus, who died when the ship sunk, returned to the park named in their honor on Sunday.