Upper West Side Week In Review: 12/5 – 12/11/11

A round-up of Upper West Side news, deals, photos, real estate, and openings/closings from the past week: Upper West Side News: Basic Details About Last Sunday’s Upper West Side Shooting On West 94th Chase Branch At B’Way & 90th Targeted By Robbers Three Times Since June Fire Breaks Out At UWS Georgia’s Cafe & Bakery [...]

Central Park Ravaged By Saturday’s Freak Storm; Loss Of Roughly 1,000 Trees Expected

Saturday’s freak snowfall may have been pretty to look at, but the combination of of high winds and heavy wet snow on fully-leafed trees wreaked havoc on Central Park. The Central Park Conservancy (CPC) reports more than 400 acres of the park were damaged by the storm and estimates that 1,000 tress will be lost [...]

UWS Photo Of The Day: Columbus Circle & TWC From Overhead + 66 Other Great NYC Aerial Photos

Interesting perspective (photo taken from a helicopter) of Columbus Circle and the Time Warner Center that you don’t get to see every day (credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg). This is just one picture in a massive 67-photo gallery of fantastic aerial photography shots of various NYC landmarks (from the Denver Post of all places) — definitely worth [...]

Upper West Side Week In Review: 9/19 – 9/25/11

A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: Massive UWS Water Main Break Turns CPW Into River & Snarls Subway Service Tickets On Sale For 49th Annual New York Film Festival At Lincoln Center UWS Becomes “Wild West” Side As Horse Gallops Wildly Through The Streets Dead Body Pulled From [...]

Videos & Photos Galore From Yesterday’s Upper West Side Water Main Break

Photos and videos of the street, subway tracks, and commute home from yesterday’s water main break at Central Park West & 106th: The video at the top of the post is a compilation made by YouTube user Sheilaaliens — it includes a variety of sources and points of view. UPDATE: @NewTasteUWS just tweeted me this: Yesterday, [...]