UPDATE: I’m having issues trying to embed the video, so I need to take you off-site — to view it click the image above or use this link. Posted a gallery of UWS photos on Saturday from space shuttle Enterprise’s historic flight over NYC on Friday. One last addition before we close the book on [...]

Posted some photos yesterday of space shuttle Enterprise’s historic flight over NYC and the UWS. Quite a few people sent in additional shots over the past 24 hours and I wanted to share some more. The photo above is by MUW reader and local photographer Pete Labrozzi (full-size version here). Taken from Pier I in [...]

(click for larger images) UPDATE 4/28: UWS Photo Gallery: Space Shuttle Enterprise’s Historic Flight Over NYC/UWS A few quick shots of Enterprise’s flight over the Hudson River and past the Upper West Side.

You may have heard this elsewhere last week as I’m playing a bit of catch-up on this, but let’s file it under “better late than never” (especially since it’s not happening for three months). The Macy’s 4th Of July fireworks are returning to the Hudson River for the fourth year in a row.

If you happened to be strolling along the Hudson River yesterday morning, you may have noticed two F/A-18 Hornets screaming through the sky. Rest assured, we weren’t under attack. The planes were practicing for a commemoration of the War of 1812 during this year’s Fleet Week celebration in May.