Fairway Says “No Prosciutto For You!”
by Avi - September 29, 2009 at 11:11 pm - - 3 Comments
By Virginia Tangel
If you thought the customer was always right, a sign at the deli counter at Fairway on 74th Street would like to remind you otherwise. Read More / Comment »
New Report: Upper West Side Rentals Keep Getting Cheaper
by Avi - September 29, 2009 at 11:12 am - - 2 Comments
Renters snagged two-bedroom apartments on the Upper West Side in September for an average of $3,057 a month, down from $3,212 in August, according to a new report from Read More / Comment »
Columbus Square Offering Free Rent, $1,000 for Brokers
The Columbus Square developers are either feeling antsy or desperate to sign some renters for their five glass towers between 97th and 100th Streets on Columbus Avenue. Read More / Comment »
The Subway Artist’s Work is Never Finished
by Avi - September 26, 2009 at 2:14 pm - - 3 Comments
Is a man who draws the 72nd Street subway station 400 times obsessed or devoted? Enrico Miguel Thomas, a New York artist, has felt compelled to draw and redraw the two Seventh-Avenue-line stations on 72nd Street hundreds of times Read More / Comment »
Google Engineer Hit by Tree Moved to Rehab Clinic
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, the Upper West Side father of two and Google engineer who was hit in the head by a tree limb in Central Park, has been rehabilitating at a clinic upstate Read More / Comment »
Open and Shut: Hello Peacefood, Welcome Back Maya
This week we welcome back Maya Schaper, whose Cheese and Antique shop closed down in January. Schaper’s original store was the setting for The Shop Around the Corner in the movie “You’ve Got Mail”. Well, Maya’s back now, with a Read More / Comment »
Food Review: Try Aangan’s Goat, But Skip the Chicken
Tandoori Lobster at Aangan
By Laura Weiss
If you go to Aangan, an airy new Indian eatery on Broadway and 103rd Street, go for the goat. Open since August, the 36-seat spot Read More / Comment »
Retail Sprouting on Site of Failed 92nd Street Development
Retail business is finally coming back to the west side of Amsterdam Avenue between 92nd and 93rd Streets, a couple of years after most of the stores on the block were vacated for Read More / Comment »
PETA Wants to Free Central Park’s Carriage Horses
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is stepping up its protest against Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages, urging couples to take a romantic ride in an old-fashioned car instead. Read More / Comment »
A Local Artist Captures the Life of the Streets
Julian Goldstein was raised on the Upper West Side by a hippie father and a disco-loving mother. That unique combination molded him into the artist he is today. Goldstein, who is in his mid-20’s and Read More / Comment »
