Rendering of the Farley building, courtesy of Vornado. Facebook Acquires New Space on West Side As Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled last week by Congress and businesses are being forced to close due... News 06 Aug 2020 | 03:53
Council Member Keith Powers (left) and Assembly Member Dan Quart (right) on the East Side on July 29, 2020. (Photo: Assembly Member Dan Quart on Twitter, @AMDanQuart) Powers Pushes to Help Small Businesses As New Yorkers continue to struggle to get by during the pandemic and businesses are barely surviving, one elected official... News 02 Aug 2020 | 02:18
Rendering: Gilman Architects Metro Theater to be Turned into Retail A famous movie theater that was built during the Great Depression will soon be transformed into retail. In June, a developer... News 29 Jun 2020 | 10:34
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. ( Rendering: Courtesy of CMOM / FXCollaborative)) LPC Approves CMOM’s New Design UWS residents were initially thrilled with the idea that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) had a found a new home... News 22 Jun 2020 | 10:59
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
