Upper East Side

El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

A Museum, A Community, A Festival

Liz Neumark | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


Liz Neumark

How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.

Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

Have the Jews Left the Synagogue?

Rabbi Leah and Rabbi Perry Berkowitz | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Rabbi Leah and Rabbi Perry Berkowitz

You can't practice Judaism with your grandfather's heart but must approach these days with a new, fresh, different and vibrant style that speaks to someone who lives and struggles in the 21st Century.

New Apartments Are Too Little, Cost Too Much For Residents Losing Homes To Second Avenue Subway Work

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York


Finding an apartment in Manhattan can be tough. Just ask the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Next year, dozens of New Yorkers in some of the c...

Bandit Bankers and Mrs. Madoff's Money

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Given what we now know, thanks to the efforts of Andrew Cuomo, one might well ask: are all scams created equally, or are some scams more equal than others?

Starbucks Bombing: Teen Inspired By Brad Pitt's Fight Club Character Charged In Case

New York Daily News | Alison Gendar and Dave Goldiner | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- A 17-year-old mimicking Brad Pitt's "Fight Club" character, who plans attacks on corporate America, was arrested for masterminding a ...

3 NYPD Cops Wounded By Ricocheting Police Bullets Fired At Pit Bull

New York Daily News | Bob Kappstatter, Simone Weichselbaum, Alison Gendar and Leo Standora | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


Three cops were hit with ricocheting bullets Wednesday night while blasting away at a pit bull attacking them in a narrow passageway of an upper East ...

NYPD Sergeant Charged With Drunk Driving, Hitting Pedestrian

New York Daily News | Simone Weichselbaum, Kenny Porpora and Bill Hutchinson | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York


An NYPD Sergeant has been quietly charged with driving drunk and mowing down an upper East Side man who had just picked up his morning coffee, the Dai...

45 Minutes (and 400 Miles) Till French Toast

Eric Kuhn | Posted 08.05.2009 | New York


Eric Kuhn

In what other city in the world would people starve themselves to have the perfect pancake or bagel?

An Apiarian Incident

Alex Henry | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York


Alex Henry

Strolling down Lexington Avenue in the 80s last night, I encountered what appeared to be a crime scene.

More Brickbats Than Bravos For "NYC Prep"

WSJ | Lucy Boyle | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York


Good morning, Upper East Siders: Bravo is turning its arriviste lens on the world of New York City private schools, and you may not be very happy abo...

Some Rich New Yorkers Still $helling It Out

New York Times | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 07.13.2009 | New York


In the blocks around Bloomingdale's on the East Side of Manhattan, where ladies who lunch often head afterward to the showrooms of furniture and fauce...

Bardwil, Linen CEO Beat His Maid: Cops

New York Post | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business


The CEO of the nation's largest linen company went berserk and brutally beat his housemaid in his posh Upper East Side apartment -- leaving her with s...

Harvey Milk Lives -- in Albany

Jim Luce | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics


Jim Luce

Handsome, dedicated, and driven, Micah is the disabled with cerebral palsy, Jewish progressive, openly bisexual, who represents a swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Falling Cranes and New York's Growing Pains

Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

Events like this morning's disaster will happen again and again because in Bloomberg's New York a crane hangs dangerously over the world below every few blocks.

Ex-Penthouse Publisher's NYC Pad Sells For $49 Million

New York Post | Braden Keil | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Upper East Side mansion seized from former Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione has been sold by his creditors for a very sexy price. Accord...

Manhattan Town House On Sale For $64M, A Record If Met

AP Via CBS News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


t may not be a palace, but a Manhattan town house on the Upper East Side is going for royal prices. The 15-bedroom Henry T. Sloane Mansion on East 68...

Director Protests, Screens Film Outside Home Of Financier Kravis

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Bells will be ringing, and carolers will be greeting the Upper East Side neighbors of Henry Kravis this morning. It may be Christmastime, but the rev...