STRINGER’S GOP CHALLENGER

Written by admin on March 30, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Determined not to leave Borough President Scott Stringer unchallenged, local GOP-stalwart David Casavis said he has filed with the city’s Campaign Finance Board to run against the incumbent this November. Unlike other Manhattan GOP candidates, Casavis will be more than a name on the ballot, even if he has only one campaign message: to eliminate
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WHEN THE ANSONIA WAS PLATO’S RETREAT

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

If The Ansonia were an opera performer—and the building’s long-term residents include many opera and musical folk due to its proximity to Broadway—she would be an old grand dame, her caked-on makeup concealing wrinkles, aches and pains—the toll that drama has taken over the years. The building is rumored to be haunted by ghosts, and
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A RELIABLE AUTHOR

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

In his new novel, A Reliable Wife, author Robert Goolrick unveils a dark saga set in rural Wisconsin in the early 20th century. Goolrick, a former advertising exec turned writer (he’s widely known for his memoir The End of the World As We Know It), explores the difficulties of “simple” married life and the dark
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THAI FOOD FOR TOUGH TIMES

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Five Thai restaurants—drawn by the promise of hungry students—are rapidly forming a “Little Bangkok” on upper Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway. Wallet-friendly prices and a focus on authentic Bangkok street cuisine keep them hopping at night as other restaurants struggle to lure diners. “The first time we opened,” said Jane Manprasong, manager at Thai Market, “it
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THIS LITTLE PIGGY SAVED SOME MONEY

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Students from P.S. 167 pose with the head of what will be a giant piggy bank. The project, organized with members of the Learning Through an Expanded Art Program (LEAP NYC), is meant to stress the importance of staying in school, saving money for college and other goals. When finished and combined with the body
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METRO-NORTH CONSIDERS W. 60s STOP

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Riverside South, the mega development between West 59th and 61st streets along the Hudson River, is being considered by Metro-North as a location for an Upper West Side railway stop. The MTA has long studied the possibility of connecting Metro-North’s New Haven and Hudson lines, which terminate in Grand Central Station, with Penn Station. But
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OLLIES SETTLES WITH WORKERS

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Tsu Yue Wang, owner of nine Asian food restaurants across the city, has agreed to pay $2.3 million to 813 workers after an investigation by the state Department of Labor. The settlement averages out at just over $2,800 per person. The state agency found that the restaurants, which include Ollies Noodle Shop and Grille at
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LOCAL WINS SLOAN AWARD

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Kim Estes-Fradis, an Upper West Side resident, won the Sloan Public Service Award, the highest honor given to a city employee. Estes-Fradis, an employee at the Department of Environmental Protection, was one of seven city workers who won this year’s award. Estes-Fradis joined the department in 1988 as the director of education. Now the deputy
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TOUR HISTORIC ARTIST COLONY

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Landmark West, a preservation group, will host an inaugural Spring House Tour of private homes within the West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic District. Visitors will be taken inside the home of an artist, a restaurateur’s kitchen and the art collection of an art historian. The tour will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April
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SCHUMER CRITICIZES FED ON CRANE SAFETY

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to hold off on moving forward with a proposal that would give the agency, rather than municipalities, the power to approve stop-work orders for unsafe cranes. For New York City, that means taking that power away from the Department of Buildings, whose rules
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