Obama vs. Romney = UWS vs. UES?

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.

Upper West Side Week In Review: 12/19 – 12/25/11

A round-up of Upper West Side news, deals, photos, real estate, and openings/closings from the past week (Abbreviated Christmas Edition):

Russian Billionaire’s 22-Year-Old Daughter Buys $88 Million Upper West Side Apartment At 15 CPW

Meet your new UWS neighbor: Ekaterina Rybolovleva. She’s your normal, run-of-the-mill, 22-year-old daughter of a Russian billionaire, and she just bought an $88 million dollar apartment on the Upper West Side.

UWS Real Estate: 15 Central Park West Penthouse On The Market for $88 Million

UPDATE 12/21: Russian Billionaire’s 22-Year-Old Daughter Buys $88 Million Upper West Side Apartment At 15 CPW Pretty nice view to wake up to every morning, right? It can be yours for just $88 million dollars. Let me say that again: Eighty-eight million dollars.

New Upper West Side Wine Bar = No More Human Feces At Columbus & 71st?

According to a member of the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District, the corner space at Columbus & 71st has become increasingly shabby over time since former tenant Penang closed. Owned by a wealthy Spanish clothing designer who doesn’t maintain the building, apparently a homeless person used to (still does?) regularly defecate in front of the [...]