Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 9/8/11

A baker’s dozen of free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, September 8th, 2011…
Summer On The Hudson Presents Human Chess
Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park (Riverside Drive & 89th)
3:00 - 5:00 pm
FREE
A Practical Guide To Buying a Co-Op, Condo, or House
Bloomingdale Branch, New York Public Library (150 W. 100th, btw. Ams. & Columbus)
5:45 [...]

Free Upper West Side History Lecture Tonight Focusing On Former Insane Asylum On Columbia Campus

DNAinfo reports that an insane asylum used to stand on the current Columbia University campus. Hobbyist historian Michael Susi will shed light on the prestigious school’s unusual history at a free talk this evening at 6:00 pm entitled “The Remnants of the Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane.” Per DNAinfo: