Paige PPD, the high-end jeans store taking the former Godiva Chocolates space on Columbus between 71st and 72nd, is now open.  The jeans run $150 and upward but promise to “lift the derriere, lengthen your legs and slenderize your hips and thighs,” so totally worth it, right?  Also open is a new Greek bakery called [...]

Most openings/closings news in the neighborhood has been coming in the form of openings lately… perhaps the economy is starting to pick up after all.  West Side Independent reports on the opening of Ditch Plains, the seafood joint run by chef/owner Marc Murphy (who also owns the Time Warner Center’s Landmarc) with a location in [...]