Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Saturday, February 4th, 2012…

The national real estate market may be struggling, but apparently high-end townhouses on the Upper West Side are doing just fine.
The neighborhood is seeing an “unprecedented” rise in townhouses with asking prices over $10 million.

Yes, I know — the Apollo Theater is in Harlem. But as I’ve mentioned before, the northern border of the Upper West Side  varies depending on who you talk to and this is close enough that I thought it was worth mentioning.
The Apollo is having a free “Open House Weekend” tomorrow and Sunday, featuring dance, [...]

There are positive restaurant reviews, there are negative restaurant reviews, and then there are reviews like the one Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post wrote yesterday about Joanne (70 W. 68th), the highly-anticipated restaurant venture from Lady Gaga’s dad (aka Joe Germanotta) and celebrity chef Art Smith that opened on Wednesday (previous coverage here, [...]

Posted in December (here & here) that the Subway Sandwich shop at 2595 Broadway (between 97th & 98th) closed rather suddenly with no explanation.
Looks like they were bought out by the Westside Market slated to open next door at 2589 Broadway.