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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 40m

Local artists are invited to submit original designs to a poster competition promoting the Gottesman Rink in Central Park. Also: UWS school hit hard by increase in students needing English help. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/13/m...

Monday Bulletin: UWS School Hit Hard by Increase in Students Needing English Help; Artists Invited to Enter Design Competition f

A bird's-eye view of Columbus Circle. Photo courtesy of WSR archives. Today is Monday, October 13th, 2025 The forecast calls

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 22h

Spooky season? More like spooky all year long on the Upper West Side. Watchers in the walls, staircases to nowhere, witches who never leave—the uncanny is among us year-round. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/11/s...

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 1d

There are some days when I feel like the statue and other days I feel like the pigeon. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/12/u...

Upper West Side Retribution

By Gary Martin There are some days when I feel like the statue and other days I feel like the

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 2d

Strange things began creeping into my consciousness. Turns out, they’re among us all year. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/11/s...

Spooky Season? All Year Long on the Upper West Side

Photographs by Yvonne Vávra. By Yvonne Vávra There’s a little boy sitting in my building’s lobby, ready to chew on

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 2d

Both sides of the debate surrounding whether to knock down the UWS landmarked church met on Thursday night. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/10/p...

Process Begins to Determine Fate of Upper West Side Landmark Church

Michael Hiller, who represents the Center at West Park, presenting to Community Board 7 members. Photos by Gus Saltonstall. By

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 2d

See some silent-movie masterpieces as they were intended to be viewed — with live music — this weekend at Symphony Space. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/10/u...

UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood

  Graphic. By Tracy Zwick October 10th through 12th Watch “Karate Kid: Legends” Under the Stars: Friday, October 10th from

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 3d

It's a veritable safari. Click to find out what's going on. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/10/w...

WSR Cartoon: More Wild Animals on the UWS

By Bob Eckstein Find out what's going on -- HERE. About the cartoonist: Bob Eckstein is a writer, illustrator, author, and contributor

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 3d

Two more crosstown bus routes that service the Upper West Side are getting new technology. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/09/2...

2 More UWS Bus Routes to Get Automated Camera Ticketing System

The M96 bus pulling out of a stop. Photo Credit: DOT. By Gus Saltonstall Change is coming to a pair

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not exactly business as usual. Saul Zabar, the man behind the Jerusalem of delicatessens, died Tuesday at age 97. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/09/u...

Upper West Side Deli Kings Mourn Loss of Saul Zabar

Even Zabar's can't escape scaffolding. Photo by Gus Saltonstall. By Eric Schwartzman Zabar’s is a full-contact sport. You can’t shop

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 4d

What would you do with the sentence “One percent of my classmates ____ (loves, love) grammar”? www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/09/g...

Grammarmath!

By Ellen Jovin When I was in third grade, I bombed a quiz on commas. It wasn’t about commas in

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 4d

No Palestinian commemoration was allowed on the grounds, nor were members of the press, but students supporting Palestine protested outside the university gates. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/08/a...

A Day of Mourning and Protest at Columbia University On October 7th Anniversary

Photographs by Pauline Ann Catherine Gallon. By Pauline Ann Catherine Gallon On the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks on

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 4d

The Upper West Side has a new traffic light. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/08/m...

Mid-Block Traffic Light Installed on Busy Upper West Side Thoroughfare

The new traffic light on West 72nd Street. Photo by Gus Saltonstall. By Gus Saltonstall A new mid-block traffic light

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 4d

With the interior torn out, the space offers a blank slate to create a new cinema from scratch, without compromise. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/08/n...

New Name of UWS Metro Theater to Be Revealed on October 28; Preliminary Plans Detailed Here

The UWS Cinema Center sign at the Metro Theater. Courtesy photo. By Noëlle de Leeuw The art deco theater at

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 4d

"It has always been my dream to open a gelato business one day.” — Fuat Turan, owner of Rito Gelato. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/08/o...

Openings & Closings: Rito Gelato; Levitate Studios NYC; The Cashmere Sale; It’s Sugar; Yoyo Chicken; The Jewel Boutiq

Photo by Lisa Kava. By Lisa Kava and Sara Lewin Lebwohl Rito Gelato, a gelato and sorbet shop, opened at

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 5d

“Family and an invested interest in the community" set the store apart from others, Saul Zabar once told the Rag. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/07/s...

Saul Zabar, Legendary Upper West Side Figure, Dies at 97

Saul Zabar visiting the store in 2024. Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Reingold. By Gus Saltonstall Saul Zabar, the longtime leader of

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 5d

Multiple Upper West Side streets will be closed to cars on Halloween night and in days leading up to it. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/07/h...

Here are the UWS Street Closures for Halloween This Year: ‘Trick or Streets’

A Halloween-decorated stoop on the Upper West Side. Photo by Gus Saltonstall. By Gus Saltonstall Spooky season is upon us

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 6d

These photos were taken on the UWS, sometime in the past. Do you know where, when, and what they show? www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/07/u...

Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 11

By Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Welcome to another installment in the Rag’s Historical Photo Challenge. The

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 6d

Its focus is the underlying drive: the need for approval that fueled Jerry Stiller’s tireless documenting and performing. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/06/b...

Ben Stiller Sells Parents’ UWS Apartment, Preserves Legacy in New Documentary

Screenshot from trailer. By Eric Schwartzman Anne Meara’s voice comes early in the film, a blend of affection and exasperation.

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 6d

A coffee shop looks to set to take over the iconic Cafe Lalo UWS storefront. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/06/c...

Coffee Shop Set to Replace Iconic UWS Cafe Lalo

The former Cafe Lalo storefront on the Upper West Side. Photo by Gus Saltonstall. By Gus Saltonstall The Upper West

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 6d

Arayes are the Levantine equivalent to sliders, in which meat patties are stuffed into pitas, and which are then toasted. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/06/h...

Here’s the UWS Dish: Eshel’s Lamb Arayes

Arayes - the Levantine equivalent to sliders - are a Middle Eastern street food classic, with likely origins in Lebanon.

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 7d

The first rendering of an 18-story tower planned for the former location of The Mermaid Inn is now available. Also: There’s drama as a new dean is installed at UWS cathedral; and you can now track the fall foliage in Central Park. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/06/m...

Monday Bulletin: Renderings Revealed for New UWS Building at Former Site of Mermaid Inn; Drama as New Dean Is Installed at UWS C

Buildings glow in an UWS sunrise. Photo by Laura Muha. Monday, October 6th, 2025 Today's weather: Warm and sunny; high

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 7d

Death had a point, though it rarely got credit for its sense of irony. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/05/p...

Philosophical Musings on the Upper West Side

By Gary Martin Death had a point, though it rarely got credit for its sense of irony. Gary B. Martin is

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 8d

The best way to spend a day on the Upper West Side? Don’t plan it. Don’t perfect it. Don’t even try. Let the city flirt with you a little, and the day will find you. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/04/d...

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 8d

On her UWS walks, columnist Yvonne Vávra finds hiding-in-plain-sight aspects of the neighborhood that the rest of us miss. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/04/r...

Rag Radio: Walking the Upper West Side’s Streets With Yvonne Vávra

By Claire Davenport Every Saturday, West Side Rag columnist Yvonne Vávra seems to have uncovered some hiding-in-plain-sight aspect of the

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 9d

You’ve got to take a low-key approach — especially on the Upper West Side, the city’s unpretentious, charming, slightly neurotic side. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/04/d...

Dare to Not Have the Perfect Upper West Side Day

Photographs by Yvonne Vávra. By Yvonne Vávra Many years ago, when I was living in Spain, my best friend and

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