Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is returning to the Upper West Side tomorrow, running through 2/14. The celebrate, the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District is once again organizing their popular “Fashion Plate Prix Fixe.” 28 restaurants located between Columbus Circle and West 70th Street are participating with a variety of dining discounts for their own mini Restaurant [...]

Mentioned yesterday that tonight is the annual “Fashion’s Night Out” event that marks the beginning of Fashion Week in New York. To celebrate, the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District has once again organized “Fashion Place Prix Fixe.” Two dozen restaurants located in and around Lincoln Center (where Fashion Week is taking place) are participating with [...]

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is returning to the Upper West Side tomorrow, running through 2/16. The celebrate, the Lincoln Center Business Improvement District is once again organizing “Fashion Plate Prix Fixe.” Just like last fall, 25 restaurants located in and around Lincoln Center are participating with a variety of dining discounts.

Police are on the hunt for an armed gunman who robbed an Upper West Side store and a fashion thief who made off with a $4,000 designer jacket.

A little later than usual, but… Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, September 15th, 2011… Film: Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience St. Agnes Branch, New York Public Library (444 Amsterdam, between 81st & 82nd) 5:00 pm (film is 50 minutes) FREE Lecture: Rebel Rebel Anti-Style (Presented In celebration Of Fashion Week At [...]

Slightly shortened “Week In Review” due to last week’s Labor Day holiday and fewer posts during the week due to some travel… A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: NYPD On The Hunt For Two Gunmen Wanted For Recent UWS Armed Robberies “Boarding School Bandit” Gets 16 Months In [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Friday, September 9th, 2011… “Fashion Plate Prixe Fixe” Various Restaurants In & Around Lincoln Center Through 9/15 Discounted lunch and dinner deals The Scene @ Tavern: Health & Race Walking Tavern On The Green, Central Park (enter at West 67th) 10:00 am FREE Walking Tour: Castle & [...]

The Global Street Food pop-up cafe isn’t the the only Fashion Week dining special in the neighborhood. Some of the Upper West Side’s best restaurants have joined together to offer “Fashion Plate Prixe Fixe” from today through September 15th. It’s open to the public and there’s no requirement that you be fashionable.

Fashion’s Night Out is sort of dominating today’s posts, and this one is no different. Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson is opening a pop-up cafe in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (Broadway & 65th) to provide “global comfort” food through 9/15.

Following up on yesterday’s post, here’s some more “Fashion’s Night Out” news. I just realized the FNO website (seems to be loading very slowly at the moment) listed Columbus Circle as a separate entity from the Upper West Side, so the previous post omitted all the participating stores in the Time Warner Center. If you’re [...]

The Fall 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is officially over, and crews have been working over the weekend to take down the tents at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park (near 62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam), along with the entrance structure.  After several questions from readers about the logistics of the seemingly floating marble-like entrance structure that welcomed [...]

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, which was held for the second time at Lincoln Center, comes to an end today after a successful run of high-fashion shows and events.  Today, we look at some of the fabulous looks that surfaced outside the tents, adding major entertainment value to cute-outfit-scouters on the Upper West Side.  Above, @AlisonBrodPR [...]

While most eyes are on the other side of Lincoln Center’s campus as the fashion industry celebrates the Fall 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Curbed took a look on the north end of campus as construction takes place on a new bridge.  Well-known local architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro are working on another “swooping sling of [...]

The Fall 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is continuing at Lincoln Center through Thursday, and each major show has been attracting a slew of celebrities interested in checking out the new trends.  Stylelist has been under the tents throughout the event, and gathered together a gallery of celeb photos at Fashion Week.  Above, they snap a [...]

It’s that lovey-dovey time of year again… Valentine’s Day is on Monday.  Whether you want to express your love of significant other or celebrate your singledom, there’s something for you to do in the city.  Here are an array of V-Day happenings on the Upper West Side. • The American Museum of Natural History (Central [...]