West Park Presbyterian Church Brings Passionate to Landmark Hearing
West Park Presbyterian Church (86th and Amsterdam) has become the center of a heated debate about its landmark status, with the latest in the debate at yesterday’s City Council committee meeting....
View ArticleWest Park Presbyterian Church Graffiti Gets a Makeover
The controversy over the landmarking of West Park Presbyterian Church (86th and Amsterdam) continues to divide many in the community, with the church fighting the landmark designation that the City...
View ArticleHoliday Under The Stars Begins Tonight at Time Warner with a Dessert Tasting
The Shops at Columbus Circle (in the Time Warner Center) are kicking off their 5th annual Holiday Under The Stars show tonight, where twelve 14-foot stars hang majestically above the 150 foot tall...
View ArticleMetro Theater Update — Deal In The Works
The landmarked Upper West Side Metro Theater (Broadway, between 99th & 100th), built in 1933, is moving closer to a deal to give it a tenant for the first time since 2005. MyUpperWest previously...
View ArticleUpper West Side’s Historic Churches Open Their Doors For Free Tours This Weekend
DNAinfo reports that “architecture buffs will have an unprecedented chance Saturday and Sunday to visit the city’s landmark religious institutions as part of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred...
View ArticleSome Upper West Siders Have A Huge Stick Up Their Ass
Some Upper West Siders will kvetch about anything, and apparently a peace symbol is not above the fray. The latest neighborhood absurdity revolves around a few vocal holier-than-thou/self-righteous...
View ArticleUWS Photo Of The Day: ‘Tis The Season
Click photo for full-size version — description after the jump MUW reader and local photographer Pete Labrozzi (petelabrozzi.com) snapped this shot yesterday. Three days before Thanksgiving and the...
View ArticleTwo UWS Open Houses Today Along Private/Gated Pomander Walk
Sorry for the short notice, but I’m just seeing an e-mail that MUW reader Bridget sent in yesterday evening. If you’ve ever wanted to check out the private and gated Pomander Walk (between Broadway...
View ArticleBIG Upper West Side Opening News: Vacant Metro Theater To Become Alamo...
UPDATE 1/30/13: Alamo Drafthouse Signage Goes Up At Metro Theater UPDATE 10/11: Liquor License Approved, But Opening Delayed Until 2014 UPDATE 10/1: Alamo Drafthouse Liquor License Application Notice...
View ArticleUWS Openings: Alamo Drafthouse = All Kinds Of Awesome
UPDATE 1/30/13: Alamo Drafthouse Signage Goes Up At Metro Theater UPDATE 10/11: Liquor License Approved, But Opening Delayed Until 2014 UPDATE 10/1: Alamo Drafthouse Liquor License Application Notice...
View ArticleTonight On The UWS: Free Preservation Open House Event Hosted By Landmark West
Sorry for the short notice on this… If you’re interested in UWS landmark preservation, Landmark West! is hosting a great free open house event — including refreshments and snacks — tonight at 6:00 pm....
View ArticleUWS Alamo Drafthouse Update: Liquor License Application Signage Up
UPDATE 1/30/13: Alamo Drafthouse Signage Goes Up At Metro Theater UPDATE 10/11: Liquor License Approved, But Opening Delayed Until 2014 Posted back in April that Alamo Drafthouse, a phenomenal chain of...
View ArticleUWS Alamo Drafthouse Update: Liquor License Approved, But Opening Delayed...
UPDATE 1/30/13: Alamo Drafthouse Signage Goes Up At Metro Theater Posted last week that a liquor license application had been filed for the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema slated to move into the long-vacant...
View ArticleUWS Photo Of The Day: Alamo Drafthouse, Est. 2014
It’s been almost 10 months since news first broke that Alamo Drafthouse would be opening on the Upper West Side at the old Metro Theater space (2626 Broadway, between 99th & 100th). At the time,...
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