Jonah Gleeman with donations. ( Photo: Ben Gleeman) Help for Households in Need When COVD-19 arrived, a group of UWS residents launched a service to aid those who are financially affected by the coronavirus... News 27 May 2020 | 11:54
Council Member Ben Kallos told Our Town that he prefers people stay home and quarantine, but if they must go out, outdoor cafes are a viable option. ( Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos) Outdoor Cafes for Social Distancing After numerous people on the Upper East Side disobeyed social distancing last weekend and converged in front of bars, elected... News 22 May 2020 | 10:31
Benny in the pediatric intensive care unit in early 2019. ( Photo courtesy of Gary and Jennie Landsman.) Taste Wine to Close He has spent 15 years in the wine business, but now Gary Landsman is putting his family first. With two chronically ill sons,... News 18 May 2020 | 09:48
Photo courtesy of Lucas Cohen UWS Teen Creates Volunteer Connections Lucas Cohen, 17, told the West Side Spirit he had plans to do a community service project this summer, but when COVID-19... News 05 May 2020 | 11:24
Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos. Learning Without Laptops As students have been home virtually learning for nearly two months because of COVID-19, the question remains: were they... News 03 May 2020 | 07:08
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, October 2019. ( Photo: 1103 NYC, via flickr) Should the Beaches Open? As temperatures begin to rise and summer is around the corner, the question remains will NYC open its beaches amid COVID-19?... News 25 Apr 2020 | 06:57
Danny Sze (left) with customers. ( Photo courtesy of Danny Sze) The Lox Kings are Back A staple on the UES for 30 years, Sables Smoked Fish had never closed its doors. Not for Christmas, Thanksgiving or New Year’s.... News 19 Apr 2020 | 05:36
Citibike station on West 76th Street. ( Photo: Alexis Gelber) The Push for Street Space On the heels of Community Board 7 passing a resolution aimed at implementing short-term measures for safety during the COVID-19... News 15 Apr 2020 | 11:23
Second Avenue, Church of Nativity, 1865 (approximate). ( Photo: Digital Collections, The New York Public Library) Church of the Nativity Sold For five years residents of the Lower East Side campaigned to have the former site of the Church of the Nativity turned into... News 06 Apr 2020 | 12:55
OTTY Honoree 2020 Brian Larkin: A Friend in Blue Brian Larkin is a second-generation member of the NYPD – his father served as a narcotics detective in Brooklyn – who almost... People 03 Mar 2020 | 10:59
City Council candidate Seth Rosen has lived on the Upper West Side for 20 years. ( Photo: Courtesy of Seth 2021) An LGBTQ Voice for the UWS? He’s never run for public office or served as an elected official, yet Seth Rosen, a 20-year resident of the UWS, is hoping... News 28 Feb 2020 | 03:20
Sara Lind, co-secretary of Community Board 7, is also a board member of her local Democratic club. ( Photo: Tall Paul Olkowski. Courtesy of Friends of Sara Lind) Politics is Women's Work Though she has only lived in New York City for six years, Sara Lind has immersed herself in her Upper West Side community... News 24 Feb 2020 | 10:47
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
A wintertime photo of the Harlem Meer in Central Park, looking south and east, with the twin ovals that comprise the existing Lasker skating rink. ( Photo: Courtesy Central Park Conservancy) Petition Pushback on Lasker Pool and Rink Plan The Central Park Conservancy has a plan to replace the pool and ice rinks at the northeast corner of Central Park, but thousands... News 17 Feb 2020 | 01:04
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
