The UWS and UES have long had political stigmas attached to them. If recent fundraising figured from the campaigns of President Obama and likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are any indication, those stigmas still hold true — the UWS is blue and the UES is red.

I’m not 100% sure why they chose the location, but a group protesting FreshDirect’s plan for a distribution center in the South Bronx will be holding a rally on the Upper West Side later this afternoon.

If you missed the news, President Obama rolled through the Upper West Side on Thursday as he attended a $5,000/person fundraiser on West 67th. MUW reader Lucien sent in this shot of the President’s limo heading the wrong way on Columbus (north rather than south) as it prepared to turn onto 67th Street. Apparently one [...]

It would be easy to walk past the “No Parking Thursday” signs posted on West 67th and surrounding streets and not give them a second thought — there’s always “No Parking” somewhere in Manhattan. However, the reason for these particular signs is anything but typical: President Obama is coming to the Upper West Side today. [...]

“So, Russell Simmons, Chelsea Clinton, and a rabbi walk into the JCC…” It sounds like the beginning of a bizarre joke, but it’s actually a “Conversations” event taking place on the Upper West Side next month.