Thanks to relaxed zoning laws, the newest tower rising on Riverside Boulevard will be considerably glassier than its siblings to the north. The building is part of a residential cluster originally proposed almost a decade ago to rise at the former Pennsylvania rail yards between West 59th and West 72nd streets along the West Side [...]
Although the area around the Trump and Extell residential developments on the far west side of the neighborhood is currently lacking in shops and restaurants, there is hope on the horizon for Riverside South dwellers. Two establishments are in the works, with possible openings soon. Wei West, a restaurant featuring “Asian cuisine,” and The Yard, [...]
The New York Post sat down with Upper West Sider Samantha Bee, who currently appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as the “Most Senior Correspondent,” to pick her brain about some of her favorite New York City spots. Bee, who lives with her husband, fellow Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones, in the Riverside [...]
Community Board 7 held a special meeting on Thursday night to exclusively discuss the eight-acre Extell Development project, Riverside Center (59th to 61st, west of West End Avenue), and members were sure to express their dissatisfaction with Extell’s current plans. The New York Observer reports that the board voted 36 to 2 to disapprove of [...]
In the midst of a fight between Upper West Side preservationists (including many sitting on Community Board 7) and Extell Development over the Riverside Center development (on the Hudson River between 59th and 61st), Extell has moved forward with its latest residential opening. The Ashley, Extell’s building of rental apartments on 63rd near West End [...]
