Search Results for: 1980s

Hippo Playground Spring Fair Returns to Riverside Park

Mike Mishkin March 24, 2022 Events No Comments

After a two-year pandemic-related hiatus, the 37th annual Hippo Playground Spring Fair is scheduled for Sunday, May 1 from 10am-4pm (at the Hippo Playground, 91st Read More...

Picked Last But Proud

Bob Lamm March 12, 2022 Community No Comments

I always feel a certain sadness as spring approaches, for my volleyball game is no more. Read More...

The Upper West Side in the Mid-1940s

Claudie Benjamin March 8, 2022 Community No Comments

In some ways, the avenues and side streets of the Upper West Side during the mid-1940s resembled a village. The owners of many stores on Read More...

New Doc Reveals UWS as Skateboarding Sanctuary of ’80s and ’90s

Bobby Panza March 6, 2022 Arts & Entertainment 3 Comments

If you love Upper West Side history, Greg Navarro’s new nine-and-a-half-minute documentary provides viewers with a unique perspective of the neighborhood during the ’80s and Read More...

Ed Schoenfeld’s Chinese Food Journey Began on the UWS

Wendy Blake January 17, 2022 Food & Drink, Community 4 Comments

Ed Schoenfeld, who was a driving force in introducing New Yorkers to the delights of Chinese regional cooking, died on Friday at the age of Read More...

Dairy Visitor Center Restored and Reopened

Mike Mishkin November 16, 2021 Community No Comments

This article was first published on eastsidefeed.com. Earlier this month, Central Park’s Dairy Visitor Center and Gift Shop reopened after a year-long renovation. Located mid-park Read More...

The Upper West Side’s Elite Colonial Club

Sam Neubauer November 4, 2021 Community No Comments

The Upper West Side is known for its rows of historic brownstones and large, prewar apartment buildings. As a result, the structure on the southwest Read More...

Hello and Goodbye to Life on the 79th Street Boat Basin

Guest Author October 24, 2021 Community 2 Comments

Dr. Nalyn Russo Marcus is a New Yorker and grateful marina alumna. An ex-Pat practicing in Pennsylvania, Nalyn is a Chiropractor, writer and mom, and Read More...

In Awe of Divine Cheesecake: Remembering Miss Grimble’s Bakery

Claudie Benjamin October 13, 2021 Food & Drink 5 Comments

“Breathless” just begins to describe how print media like The New York Times and New York Magazine of the 1970s and ’80s described Miss Grimble’s, Read More...

The Upper West Side Renaissance of the ’60s & ’70s – and the Neighborhood Today

E.L. Danvers September 29, 2021 Community 2 Comments

Maybe it’s a bias, but the best part of New York City is the Upper West Side. The list of why goes on and on. Read More...