Mending Fences
March 16, 2010 11:00 AM
Straphangers, take heart--the city has not forgotten the 10-foot section of fence outside the No. 1, 2 and 3 lines at West 72nd Street that was damaged after a taxi crashed there last summer. A temporary barricade has been erected...
Second Annual Business Survey Shows Signs of Life on West Side
March 11, 2010 12:45 PM
Business isn't booming yet, but commerce on the Upper West Side is definitely experiencing a comeback. That's the consensus emerging from local business leaders and the conclusion indicated by West Side Spirit's second business survey, conducted almost exactly a year...
A Camp That Works for Every Kid
March 11, 2010 12:45 PM
Every kid should be able to look back on summer camp as a memorable time having fun, making friends and gaining new skills and independence. Yet, as if the process of finding the right camp isn't baffling enough, parents of...
Cohen Gets Mayor's Nod
March 11, 2010 12:45 PM
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has selected a former chair of Community Board 7 to sit on a panel that will evaluate major changes for municipal government. Upper West Sider Hope Cohen, a 15-year veteran of Board 7, is one of 15...
City Week: March 12-March 18
March 11, 2010 12:30 PM
Friday, March 12 Blend--Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater presents Juntos, a series of dance pieces for the spring season. The program includes three world premiere pieces, as well as dances from the company's repertoire, which blends European and American music with...
Live Lizards
March 11, 2010 12:30 PM
A water monitor attracts students' attention at the American Museum of Natural History. Photo by Andrew Schwartz Tweet This Post...
ETHICAL CORNER
March 11, 2010 12:30 PM
The New York Society for Ethical Culture wants the southwest corner of West 64th Street and Central Park West renamed "Ethical Culture Way" to mark the 100th anniversary of the group's meetinghouse. "It's a way to honor the work that...
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS BILL PASSES
March 11, 2010 12:30 PM
In 2006, Lloyd Luntz, stepson of East Side resident Carol Rinzler, was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital with lung cancer that would eventually kill him. Luntz never signed a form that allowed family members to access medical records, forcing Rinzler...
ASSEMBLYMAN GETS COMMITTEE
March 11, 2010 12:30 PM
Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell was recently named chair of the Ethics Committee, a position that will put him at the center of one of the most hotly contested issues in Albany. In January, both Legislative chambers passed an ethics reform...
Late-Night Robbery
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
Two men staying at a West 64th Street apartment were mugged March 7 at 4:37 a.m. Police said the men, ages 25 and 23, were walking on West 64th Street between West End and Amsterdam avenues when two muggers approached....
One Day, Two Robberies
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
A man was arrested after his second robbery in the span of minutes. Police said that March 7 at 8:38 p.m., William Perry, 52, tried to steal a full tip jar from Screme Gelato Bar, at 2030 Broadway and West...
Stolen Wheels
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
A car parked on the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and West 85th Street had its tires removed March 4 some time after 8 p.m. Police said that the following day, the car owner, a 50-year-old man, found his car...
Cop Assaulted
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
A police officer was assaulted while responding to a 911 call March 1 at 10:27 p.m. The officer and his partner were in the sixth-floor stairwell inside a building on West 63rd Street and West End Avenue. Brian Byers, 41,...
Email Scam
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
A woman told police March 2 that she forked over thousands of dollars not knowing that a friend's email account was hacked. The 66-year-old woman said she received an email from a friend asking her to wire $1,492 to London...
Make Up Stolen from Car
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
A 22-year-old Brooklyn man reported that a carry-on suitcase full of expensive cosmetics was stolen from his car. The car--which had a customized license plate that read "SMACKTHT"--was parked in front of 303 W. 66th St. and West End Avenue....
Bourne a Spy
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
Green Zone comes from the British production company Working Title and English director Paul Greengrass, but it stars American actor Matt Damon and represents the new phenomenon of homegrown Anti-Americanism. Playing off their profitable Bourne Conspiracy/Ultimatum film series, Greengrass and...
The Meat Is On
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
On the night of the last big snowstorm in February, I set out for dinner, demanding to be impressed for my troubles. The challenger: year-old Argentinean steak showcase Libertador. Would I walk back out into the pelting snow too content...
Little Shop of Cheeses
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
With the weather warming--I say this as if one could will this harsh winter to be over--what a delight to get a well-crafted sandwich from tiny cheese emporium Lamazou to bring to Madison Square Park. I watched the hungry Shake...
An Oscar Sweep For Our Town's Former Staffer
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
You'll have to indulge us this week while we proudly boast about a native New Yorker who has taken Hollywood by storm with his brave story about the Iraq war and the bizarre ways men find flirting with death sometimes...
Back Up in the Air
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
"Manhattan Man" was one the characters on Sex and the City to whom I have related for many years. He was the guy Miranda dumped 10 minutes into their blind date, after he turned up his nose at her plans...
