MUW readers can always be counted on! On Thursday night I posted about a mystery storefront at 2381 Broadway (between 87th & 88th) and asked for help with identifying it. On Friday, MUW reader Betsy came through with the answer.

UPDATE 11/29: Syms/Filene’s Increases Liquidation Sale Discount: Everything Now 20% – 40% Off UPDATE 12/4: Syms/Filene’s Increases Liquidation Sale Discount Again; Now Starting At 25% Off The beginning of the end… If you missed the news earlier in the month, Syms and its subsidiary Filene’s Basement filed for bankruptcy and announced they were closing all [...]

A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: UWS Woman In Critical Condition After Being Struck In The Head By Shopping Cart Thrown From Above More Details Emerge About UWS Shooting: Cop & Suspect Exchanged Gunfire Central Park Ravaged By Last Weekend’s Freak Storm; Loss Of Roughly 1,000 Trees Expected [...]

It takes a pretty big set of balls to name your bakery “The Best Chocolate Cake In The World.” Upper West Siders will soon be able to judge for themselves as to whether or not the one pictured above meets that lofty claim — I’m guessing it doesn’t, but am willing to give them the [...]

Big corporate bankruptcy news today that has a direct impact on the Upper West Side: Syms, and its subsidiary Filene’s Basement, have announced they plan to close all 46 of their stores. This of course means there will be a massive vacancy on the east side of Broadway, between 79th & 80th, where a Syms/Filene’s [...]

UPDATE 9/8: Related Post — More Than 30 Participating Retailers Under One Roof At UWS Time Warner Center “Fashion’s Night Out,” the annual shopping event marked by parties, discounts, celebrities, and other events, is nearly upon us. If you haven’t mapped out your plan for Thursday night, there’s still time.