Upper West Side Openings

Olde Good Things, an antique, decor, and housewares store, has opened in a permanent Upper West Side Location. The store, which has locations in Union Square and Chelsea, moved from a location at the GreenFlea market at 76th and Columbus to a storefront on Amsterdam between 81st and 82nd early last week, according to [...]

Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble to Close; Century 21 Planned to Open in its Place

A major change to the Upper West Side retail landscape is rumored.  My Upper West tipster Jim C. reports that the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble (Broadway at 66th) will be closing its doors by the end of the year.  The closing, which was confirmed with the customer service representatives at the store, is allegedly [...]

UWS Trader Joe’s Sets Grand Opening Date

Upper West Siders, rejoice!  It’s only a matter of days until one of the most anticipated openings in recent Upper West Side history.  The Trader Joe’s at 72nd and Broadway will officially open its doors on Monday, September 20th, exactly three weeks from today, giving the neighborhood an excellent new option to fulfill their grocery [...]

Street Fair Tomorrow

The weather is supposed to be in the low 80’s and sunny tomorrow, perfect for venturing out and hitting up an Upper West Side street fair.  Come to Amsterdam between 76th and 86th to enjoy some corn, funnel cakes, $2 earrings, and other random shopping at this Sunday’s Amsterdam Avenue Street Fair.  There won’t be [...]

Today: UWS Whole Foods’ First Birthday

In some ways, it feels like the Whole Foods Market at Columbus Square (Columbus and 97th) just had its grand opening yesterday.  But it has in fact been a year, and the store plans to celebrate tonight.  Come to the store from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm today to enjoy a complimentary wining and dining, [...]

Upper West Side Openings

We’ve got some more neighborhood openings to report… first, a math-specific learning center is coming to the neighborhood in a few weeks.  Mathnasium, with a location on York and 84th, is moving into the old location of do-it-yourself art shop Make, at Amsterdam between 84th and 85th.  Meanwhile, Make is opening a big store on [...]

Events Announced for Fashion’s Night Out

Fashion Week is descending upon the Upper West Side very quickly, with the official events taking place from September 9th to September 16th, and the second Fashion’s Night Out is gearing up to be a huge citywide celebration of fashion.  In addition to the FNO show, the “largest fashion show in history” which takes [...]

Upper West Side Openings

The newest Urban Outfitters, on Broadway between 99th and 100th, opened on Thursday, and Racked made a trip uptown to check it out.  After all of the hype about an “ironic” store that pays homage to NYC neighborhoods with a design that includes mini-departments fronted with UWS-style storefronts, the storefronts and irony were nowhere to [...]

HomeGoods Coming to Columbus Square

The Columbus Square development near Columbus and 97th is continuing to come to life, with the latest upcoming retail store announced for the development.  Crain’s New York reports that HomeGoods, the designer furniture and home decor chain with 300 nationwide locations, will take a 26,000 square foot space in Columbus Square.  The chain, which is [...]

Upper West Side Openings and Closings

Check out the latest photo of the soon-to-be-open uptown Urban Outfitters, coming to Broadway between 99th and 100th.  Just last week, we posted some progress photos of the store, but now that the scaffolding around the store is gone, it looks significantly closer to opening.  The chain’s website is advertising an August 12th grand opening, [...]