Bruce Stark, Ellen Gabe-Stark and Steven Stark with Bru, the store's mascot. ( Photo: Courtesy of Beacon Paint & Hardware) It's All Over Now for Beacon Paint Beacon Paint & Hardware was a staple on the Upper West Side for more than a century. Sadly, on Monday, Feb. 17, it closed... News 20 Feb 2020 | 03:54
Olive Freud (left), president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at Monday's press conference. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'Off With the Floors!' Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign against the... News 17 Feb 2020 | 03:34
A rendering of the future home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the former Christian Science church on Central Park West on 96th Street. It shows a new roof atop the landmark, complete with a walkway and performance space, as well as new transparent windows that would replace the 120-year-old stained-glass windows. ( Rendering: Courtesy of CMOM / FXCollaborative) Raise High the Roof Beam, CMOM Upper West Siders rolled out the welcome mat in early 2018 when it was revealed that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan had... News 11 Feb 2020 | 11:05
Owner Nancy Bass Wyden, seen here with her father, Fred Bass, is excited about expanding to the UWS. ( Photo: Courtesy of Strand Book Store) Here Comes The Strand The Strand Book Store, an iconic institution in Greenwich Village for nearly a century, opens a new chapter next month when... News 10 Feb 2020 | 10:58
David Dubal's series showcases young pianists performing the world's greatest piano pieces. ( Photo: Nina Wurtzel) 'No Art, No Life' In the United States, classical music is facing major challenges. Because public schools are cutting their arts programs... News 29 Jan 2020 | 01:44
The author with faculty member Raj Bhimani turning pages. ( Photo: Mark Whitaker) A Week at Piano Camp – For Adults The morning begins at 9:15 with coffee and conversation in a paneled room of the Bloomingdale School of Music. The students... Camp Guide 26 Jan 2020 | 06:26
Neighbors rallied in support of the doomed bookstore on January 9. ( Photo: Ema Schumer) The Bell Tolls for Book Culture After having a city marshal’s lock placed on the door of its 450 Columbus Ave. location two weeks ago, Book Culture announced... News 24 Jan 2020 | 12:17
Residents turned out last week to show their support for Book Culture. ( Photo: Ema Schumer) A Neighborhood Loses Its Bookstore A bookstore on the Upper West Side found itself in a hole it could not climb out of. After Book Culture fell more than $100,000... News 17 Jan 2020 | 03:37
Fairway at 74th Street and Broadway. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Farewell to Fairway? As shoppers picked through produce outside the Upper West Side’s iconic Fairway Market Monday afternoon, they did so with... News 06 Jan 2020 | 05:33
Scaffolding provides some shelter for the homeless at the corner of Broadway and 73rd St. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) In the Shadow of the Ansonia Below the surface of the Great City a delicate and generally tolerable balance of rules and laws and social norms allows... News 06 Jan 2020 | 11:31
A group of homeless people have set up an encampment on the corner of 73rd Street and Broadway in front of the North Face store on the Upper West Side. According to a concerned group of residents it’s one of the several spots in the neighborhood where they no longer feel safe. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Seeking Safer Streets Over the last year, Elizabeth Carr has witnessed a shift in her neighborhood on the Upper West Side. She and others have... Newsletter 20 Dec 2019 | 02:13
Susan "Mac" Macaluso with young artists in a ballet class at the Bernie Wohl Center. ( Photo: Nelly Gomez) A Lasting Arts Legacy Dinaw Mengestu, the well-known Ethiopian-American novelist and writer, would regularly walk past the Bernie Wohl Center of... Newsletter 16 Dec 2019 | 03:54
The former Barneys store near 76th Street, which closed in early 2018, is one of a number of vacant storefronts on Broadway in the West 70s. ( Photo: Michael Garofalo) The Rent Isn't Too Damn High Anymore Looking to rent a vacant storefront in the iconic retail corridor running up Broadway between West 72nd and 86th Streets?... News 09 Dec 2019 | 10:54
Vacant storefronts were the topic at the crowded meeting on the Upper West Side. ( Photo: Nick Smith-Koblitz) An SOS for Local Shops The grassroots advocacy group UWS Save our Stores, aptly referred to as “SOS,” hosted its first town hall meeting on “Vacant... News 09 Dec 2019 | 10:52
The author in the brace she had to wear after an automobile accident. ( Photo: Courtesy of Anna Bookstaber) The Healing Powers of the Upper West Side When I first saw the brace I was to be confined in for a month, I passed out. The humiliation of having to wear a chunky... Voices 06 Dec 2019 | 10:24
