President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are coming to the Upper West Side today. The couple is taping an episode of The View at ABC’s studios in the West 60s — it is their first joint appearance on the show.

Back in June 2010, there was a flurry of interest when President Obama’s former UWS pad hit the market (it was rented less than two weeks later). After two years, it’s back on the market (with a 26% rent increase).

I’m still trying to track down details, but apparently someone robbed the Chase bank at 2875 Broadway (at 112th) yesterday afternoon, just five blocks south of where President Obama gave a commencement speech at Barnard.

UPDATE 2:00 pm: Columbia Spectator notes that Mr. Obama just finished up his speech. He’ll likely be heading south to ABC studios soon. Posted this morning that President Obama is the commencement speaker at Barnard College today. When he’s finished over there, he’ll be heading to the West 60s to tape an episode of The [...]

UPDATE: President Obama Heading To West 60s For 3 pm Taping Of “The View” Back in March, President Obama visited the UWS as part of a major fundraising visit to NYC. A few days later, news broke that he’s be returning to the neighborhood in May as the commencement speaker at Barnard College. 2+ months [...]

Haven’t done a “Week In Review” in ages — trying to get back in the habit… Here’s a round-up of Upper West Side news, photos/videos, and openings/closings from the past week:

If you missed the news, President Obama rolled through the Upper West Side on Thursday as he attended a $5,000/person fundraiser on West 67th. MUW reader Lucien sent in this shot of the President’s limo heading the wrong way on Columbus (north rather than south) as it prepared to turn onto 67th Street. Apparently one [...]

It would be easy to walk past the “No Parking Thursday” signs posted on West 67th and surrounding streets and not give them a second thought — there’s always “No Parking” somewhere in Manhattan. However, the reason for these particular signs is anything but typical: President Obama is coming to the Upper West Side today. [...]

President Obama landed at New York’s JFK Airport early this afternoon for a short NYC trip, and his travels to Harlem subsequently shut down streets on the Upper West Side.  My Upper West tipster Lilian reports seeing Central Park West from 72nd to 86th closed this afternoon, with a slew of police blocking off the [...]

The Upper West Side apartment that President Obama once rented as a Columbia student has some new tenants, according to The Real Deal.  A young couple signed a one-year lease to rent the one bedroom walkup on the third floor at 109th between Amsterdam and Columbus. The apartment, now renting at $1,900 per month, was [...]

The apartment in which Barack Obama resided while a student at Columbia University is on the rental market, according to The New York Times. The one-bedroom, third-floor walk-up at 142 West 109th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus) was listed through CitiHabitats this week for $1,900 per month. President Obama lived in the apartment with a [...]