A Forgotten Upper West Side Treasure: Little Liberty
Little Liberty first was placed atop 43 West 64th Street in 1902, above an eight-story business named Liberty Warehouse. At the time Little Liberty was one of the tallest points …
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James Dean’s UWS Hollywood Escape
It could be said the original Rebel Without a Cause was born on the top floor of a yellow-brick, four-story walk-up just off Central Park on West 68th Street. Home …
A Shanty Town Along the Hudson River
The crash of the stock market in 1929 and ensuing depression wreaked unprecedented widespread devastation for the lives of millions across the country. In the winter of 1932-1933, the New …
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The Upper West Side in the Mid-1940s
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 Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues lived …
From Gilded Age to Chamber of Horrors: Dickensian Extremes at the Astor
The splendid mansions of the Upper East Side are what we think of most often when we think of the Gilded Age, but the era’s ruling real estate family, the …
New Doc Reveals UWS as Skateboarding Sanctuary of ’80s and ’90s
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 ’90s. Whether you skateboard or …
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Old Yacht Clubs of the UWS
The Hudson River shoreline is perhaps the best example that New York City is a living, evolving entity. Over the last 400 years, the Upper West Side’s riverbank has been …
Back in the Day: Tavern on the Green
Who wouldn’t be tempted to spend a night under the stars on a dance floor surrounded by trees with strings of twinkling lights? All this magic was happening to the …
Inside An Upper West Side Sex Cult
An infamous sex cult existed on the Upper West Side from the late 1950s to the early 1990s, and in 2018, a book about it was published.
3 Crazy Facts Proving the Ansonia is Absolutely Legendary
Notably one of the Upper West Side’s most infamous buildings, the Ansonia, located at 2109 Broadway between 73rd and 74th Streets, was home to quite the famous crowd and was …
