A Walk Back Through the 1970’s on the Upper West Side

Heading North on 8th Avenue in 1970.

By Maria Gorshin
What was the Upper West Side like during the 1970s? Ask people who lived here at the time and you’re likely to hear conflicting opinions. Read More / Comment »

Looking Back: Growing up on the UWS in the 70’s

The old site of the P&G Bar on 74th Street.

Editor’s Note: Upper West Side writer Maria Gorshin has begun a series of pieces about what it was like to grow up in the neighborhood in the 1970’s. She will also publish the columns on her blog, City Girl Writes.

By Maria Gorshin
What was it like to grow up in New York? I’ve been asked that question so many times that I know what to expect Read More / Comment »

JD Salinger’s Childhood on the Upper West Side

J.D. Salinger, who died this week, lived in Harlem with his parents during his early childhood, but when he was 9 years old the family moved to 221 West 82nd Street and he attended a private school called the McBurney School. Read More / Comment »

Fighting to Preserve West End Avenue

By David Xia
It is not the most exalted avenue in New York, nor the most scenic. But residents who live on West End Avenue and historic preservationists want to Read More / Comment »

Pioneering West Side Skateboarding Legend Dies

Andy Kessler, who turned the Upper West Side into a free-form skateboarding Mecca in the 1970’s and later brought his vision for a skate park in Riverside Park to life, died this week, Read More / Comment »

Amsterdam Houses Veterans Remember Integrated Project

Stanley Becker, principal of PS 191 from 1960 to 1980, reuniting with some of his former students.

Current and former residents of Amsterdam Houses gathered together this weekend for the annual Amsterdam Family Day Read More / Comment »