Rendering of entrance to Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. City Council Approves Blood Center Plan The City Council, brushing aside the objections of its member from the Upper East Side, overwhelmingly approved the New York... News 24 Nov 2021 | 06:45
Jacques Brasserie. Photo: Paul Gelsobello Studio, via jacquesbrasserie.com What’s in a Name? Naming names - Quirky restaurant names can be fun. It’s the misleading ones that bother. A restaurant named Barking Dog gives... Voices 19 Nov 2021 | 02:23
Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos Kallos: ‘This Wasn’t Really About Blood’ Ben Kallos still wants to talk to the New York Blood Center. “I am still reaching out to them asking them to come to the table,”... News 18 Nov 2021 | 06:57
Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
Breaking ground for improvements in John Jay Park on Nov. 3. Photo: Ben Kallos, NYC Council Member, on Twitter A Season of Civic Action Shopping for charity - Pre-holiday’s a good time to scope out the various charity shops for gifts. And this week it’s Fashion... Voices 07 Nov 2021 | 03:20
Inside the newly opened Chuck’s Vintage on East 91st Street. Photo: Michael Simonson A Vintage Village Comes to the UES Vintage dreams - Fashion icon Madeleine Cammarata’s memory lives on in the newly opened Chuck’s Vintage on the UES. Located... Voices 01 Nov 2021 | 11:32
From left to right: Rebecca Seawright, Gale Brewer and Barbara Chocky. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright The Conscience of a Community Leading lady leaves the stage - Since the early days of Our Town, Barbara Chocky has been an active and vital part of the... Voices 24 Oct 2021 | 10:01
Cover image of Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres for “Amici e Rivali” album. Photo: Shervin Lainez ‘Two Tenors’ Engage in a Duel of the High C’s In the twentieth century, the music world experienced a Rossini Renaissance that broadened our perception of Gioachino Rossini... News 20 Oct 2021 | 10:14
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s campaign Krueger Backs Maloney for Re-Election New York State Sen. Liz Krueger endorsed fellow Upper East Sider Rep. Carolyn Maloney on Thursday in her campaign for re-election,... News 14 Oct 2021 | 03:19
Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa. Photo via Curtis Sliwa for NYC Mayor on Twitter Coffee Booming on UES; Readers Respond to Sliwa Column Good grounds for coffee - The days of a Starbucks on every corner are no longer. Just a few here and there, but that doesn’t... Voices 26 Sep 2021 | 06:04
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
Crime Watch Shots Fired, Suspect Arrested According to police, at 10:40 p.m. on Friday, September 10, a 22-year-old man fired two gunshots... Crime Watch 18 Sep 2021 | 09:48
Left to right: Haviland Morris, Rita Wolf, Charlotte Bydwell, Matilda Sakamoto and Yvonne Woods in a scene from “What Happened?: The Michaels Abroad,” written and directed by Richard Nelson. Photo: Jason Ardizzone-West All in the Families He has created three families that may not be ours, but have come to feel like they are. Playwright Richard Nelson, at 70,... City Arts 15 Sep 2021 | 10:45
At sunrise commemoration on Saturday, the presentation of the colors, presented by David Menegon and the Knickerbocker Greys. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Bringing New Yorkers Together on 9/11 Under a clear blue sky reminiscent of the morning on the same date 20 years ago, Upper East Side residents gathered together... News 13 Sep 2021 | 11:30
City Council candidate Julie Menin speaking at rally at Carl Schurz Park. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Menin Kicks off General Election Campaign City Council candidate Julie Menin kicked off her general election campaign efforts with a rally that featured a long list... News 13 Sep 2021 | 09:38
