Students Propose Redesigned MLK High School
The plaza in front of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on Amsterdam Avenue and 66th Street is a pretty depressing and underutilized space right now, but students at the school have some ideas to make it better. Read More / Comment »
PS 9 PTA is City’s Most Generous
Parents at PS 9 gave enough money to pay for 33 teacher’s aides this year, more than any other school in the city, the Post reported. With local schools packed tight due to overcrowding, parents are trying to give their kids as much attention Read More / Comment »
Upper West Side Students Want to Tour Nazi Death Camps
It’s no vacation, for sure.
Seven students from the High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice and Amsterdam Avenue between 65th and 66th Street are raising money to take a trip to Europe. Read More / Comment »
Upper West Siders Flock to New St. Agnes Library
By Harriet Flehinger
Several hundred adults and children crowded into the newly restored St. Agnes branch of the New York Public Library on Thursday for opening day. The library, on Amsterdam Avenue Read More / Comment »
Private School’s Controversial Addition Approved by LPC
The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School’s application to build a rear yard extension on Tuesday over the complaints of neighbors who said that it would change the character or the area, Curbed reported. 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 »
Two Concerts to Benefit Haiti, Thursday and Friday
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue at 30 West 68th Street is holding a concert of Jewish music on Thursday night at 7 p.m. to benefit the AJWS Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. Read More / Comment »
Controversial Private School Expansion Gets Nod
Private school Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School won the approval of Community Board 7 on Tuesday night for an expansion into its rear yard. Read More / Comment »
CB7 to Vote on Bringing School Bake Sales Back
It’s been a long, cold, cupcake-less year, but local officials want that to change. The community board will vote Tuesday night on whether to ask the city to allow bake sales at public schools. Read More / Comment »
2010 UWS Preview: Fashion, Controversy, and Trader Joe’s
The Upper West Side will get a lot more trendy and stylish in 2010, as Fashion Week moves from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center in September. So beware walking down Broadway in the 60’s without Read More / Comment »
