Tag: verdi square

Changes might be on the way for Verdi Square on the Upper West Side.

Many of the speakers brought up ways that Manhattanites could play a large part in the November election.

Kathy Hochul, Jerry Nadler, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Adriano Espaillat are just some of the elected officials headed to the UWS this weekend.

A somber candlelight vigil was held on Thursday, January 6, in Verdi Square

Verdi Square, the mid-block park on 72nd and Broadway, has received tender loving care over the past two years from community members

Verdi Square on Broadway between 72nd and 73rd Streets has been known for lots of things over the past few decades, from heroin to rats. But a community

Upper West Siders who live in the West 70s know that when the snow melts on the Ansonia it’s time to plant the crops. And with the

Verdi Square at 72nd Street and Broadway was once part of the notorious Needle Park, an area known primarily for drug use. It's shed that nickname

West Side Rag reader Michelle Effron spotted workers placing coffee machines and refrigerators inside a kiosk on the site

Stan Solomon snapped the photos below of the singers on Sunday at the annual Verdi Square Festival of the Arts, in the park

The Film Society of Lincoln Center is screening a classic Upper West Side film, The Panic in Needle Park, on Monday night and director Jerry Schatzberg will be there to discuss the film afterward. Needle Park was the nickname of Verdi Square and Sherman Square (around 72nd street) during the ...

The Upper West Side's rat infestation took on epic proportions last year when multiple rodents were seen scurrying around Fairway on 74th street, including a cute little mouse videotaped frolicking in the olive bins. But City Council member Gale Brewer told the local community board on Tuesday night that "Fairway ...

Three sources confirm: this bronze raven sculpture in front of the subway station on 72nd Street and Broadway was facing in the other direction as of last week. Someone -- probably young, drunk and strong -- managed to flip it around (it is not light). Please sir or madam, do ...

The Church of Grace & St. Paul on 71st Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, is holding a Blessing of Animals, where you can bring your pet to be blessed at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.