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Magnolia Bakery Denied Permit for Sidewalk Cafe

Magnolia cupcake-lovers, your empire is in peril. Community Board 7 voted last week against renewing Magnolia Bakery’s license to have an enclosed sidewalk cafe at its West 69th Street location.  Read More / Comment »

DA Investigating Police Response in UWS Hit and Run

District Attorney Cyrus Vance is looking into the death of film editor Karen Schmeer on the Upper West Side last weekend and the police chase that preceded it  Read More / Comment »

Lincoln Center Building New Theater for Young Artists

Lincoln Center unveiled the design on Thursday for a new theater dedicated to the work of emerging playwrights and directors. The 131-seat Claire Tow Theater will actually sit on top of the Vivian Beaumont Theater just off  Read More / Comment »

Convicted UWS Sex Offender No Longer Has Apartment Keys

Phew! William Barnason, the superintendent to 3 Upper West Side buildings with child sexual abuse convictions on his rap sheet, does not have keys to those apartments anymore, a lawyer  Read More / Comment »

Famous Spanish Chef to Open Tapas Restaurant on 69th

A Spanish chef famous for innovative dishes — including shark and deer carpaccio, as well as ostrich and gazelle — is opening a restaurant on the Upper West Side. Jesus Nunez, called  Read More / Comment »

Trader Joe’s to Complete Renovation on 72nd by August

Construction at the new building on the corner of 72nd Street and Broadway is ongoing, and there are still no signs of Trader Joe’s imminent arrival on the ground floor, but that should change in a few months. Trader Joe’s will  Read More / Comment »

Woman Killed in Hit and Run was Award-Winning Film Editor

Karen Schmeer, the 39-year-old woman run down Friday night by thieves allegedly escaping a pharmacy heist, was a well known film editor who had worked on major documentaries like Errol Morris’ “Fog of War”.  Read More / Comment »

Woman Killed in Hit and Run on 90th Street

A trio of thieves suspected of stealing drugs from a nearby pharmacy ran over a woman carrying groceries on 90th Street and Broadway Friday night, killing her  Read More / Comment »

At Long Last, Upper West Side to Get a New School

The Department of Education has finally responded to parents who complained about overcrowding in Upper West Side elementary schools, agreeing to open a new school on the Upper West Side this fall.  Read More / Comment »