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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Lincoln Arcade: An Artist Incubator
Today’s Upper West Side is not where you’d expect to nab a cheap studio with a skylight. But, starting around 1904, that’s just what brought
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Central Park’s Hooverville: Depression-Era Squatter Colonies on the Great Lawn
Since the late 1930s, the Great Lawn has been home to softball games, sunbathing and picnics, making it one of New York City’s most beloved
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