Schools Face Wrecking Ball

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on February 27, 2013. Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Borough President questions how the DOE can move forward without a review process Many local residents may be surprised, as was the Manhattan Borough President, to discover that the Department of Education (DOE) is planning to destroy some local school buildings. The DOE has plans to completely demolish three schools, on the Upper East Side
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Crime Watch

Written by NYPress on April 26, 2012. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Doorman Thwarts Robbery Last Sunday, in the early morning, a 48-year-old woman from New Jersey was walking along West End Avenue when a young man approached her from behind, grabbed her and ripped her purse from her shoulder. The perp took off running, but a doorman at a nearby building saw the entire incident and
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One Degree of Kevin Bacon

Written by admin on March 22, 2012. Posted in Uncategorized

By Angela Barbuti Michael Bacon on a musical life and playing in the band with his movie star brother When Michael Bacon isn’t rollerblading in Riverside Park, he can be found in his studio on West End Avenue making music with his brother Kevin. Their band, The Bacon Brothers, is playing a show at City Winery April 25 and 26.
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MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT PROGRESSES

Written by admin on September 22, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Dan Rivoli The Landmark Preservation Commission spoke with property owners in Morningside Heights about a potential historic district in the area Monday, Sept. 20, at Riverside Church This is a crucial but informal part of the landmark designation process, similar to a recent meeting of property owners about preserving West End Avenue buildings
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PRESERVING WEST END AVE. MOVES FORWARD

Written by admin on September 15, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Dan Rivoli The Landmark Preservation Commission was scheduled to meet with West End Avenue property owners Wednesday, Sept. 15, about the designation of hundreds of buildings. The meeting, which at press time was scheduled for 6 p.m. at P.S. 75, is an informal but crucial part of the landmark designation process. The meeting is
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Ballerina Mugged

Written by admin on June 23, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A Russian ballerina and star of the Bolshoi Ballet was mugged June 15 on West End Avenue and West 63rd Street. Police said the woman, identified as 24-year-old Natalia Osipova, was walking home around 12:30 a.m. when two teens robbed her. One punched her in the face and took her pocketbook, which contained her ballet
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FOOD GRAB

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

An elderly man was mugged walking south on West End Avenue after leaving a Gristede’s Supermarket on West 96th Street and Broadway. Cops said that on Sept. 28 at 8:30 p.m., a thief snatched his green canvas bag. The 81-year-old West End Avenue resident told police he could not identify the suspect, who got away
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PRESERVING WEST END AVE.

Written by admin on October 16, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

The Upper West Side already has seven historical districts in place to preserve the neighborhood’s character. But Landmark West, a preservation group, wouldn’t mind having one more. “West End Avenue is like Central Park West of Riverside Drive: it’s one of the grand residential boulevards of the Upper West Side,” said Kate Wood, executive director
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