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Big Bag is Better Than Ever
Seung Min Lee's enthusiasm for work and for life in general is hugely refreshing to anyone who speaks with her. It is not surprising to hear her say that she gains energy from interacting with customers. For 10+ years Seung has been partners in business with Sang Lan...
PRESERVATION BAKE OFF!
Too often people say preservationists are crusty--now's your chance to show 'em! GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY LANDMARK WEST! is participating in a City-Wide PRESERVATION Bake-Off! Do you ever walk around the Upper West Side and think that pressed tin cornice would look better...
The Counting Continues — LW! to file Article 78
This post is brought to you by the numbers: 7, 8, 9 & 10! SPECIFICALLY, Landmark West's Article 78 & the filing clock that began 9 Mos. + 10 Days after the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) issued a 2-2 tie vote on LW's appeal against the 775-foot tall,...
The Count Goes On
As we all seek updates and hit refresh on vote counts, we are reminded of the importance of the democratic process and the faith we place in a system intentionally built with checks and balances. But what about when a governmental body purposefully impedes the...
Out with the Mouse, In with the Mice
The New York Times has reported that Taconic and Nuveen Real Estate will convert one of the ABC properties soon-to-be-vacated from their West End Avenue campus into a life science hub. Not only will this maintain the "bones" of what was once a Chrysler showroom,...
UWSider Téa Leoni’s UNICEF Halloween
by Claudie Banjamin Remember knocking and shouting "Trick Or Treat for UNICEF!"? That tradition began on Halloween 1950--children could not only enjoy dressing up and amassing a huge haul of candy, but also bring along little orange cardboard collection boxes to...
On the UWS: A Sugar Bowl Evokes a Long-gone Era
by Claudie Benjamin An elaborate 1892 Gorham double–lidded nickel-silver sugar bowl that was recently sold online may be among the only tangible relics that remain of the Hotel Regent-Sherman Square Hotel, once located between 70th and 71st Streets and Broadway. This...
Batter Up! The UWS’s World Series Pitcher
by Claudie Benjamin It's autumn and baseball thoughts are turning to playoffs, wild cards and an eventual World Series. Did you know that the Upper West Side has its own local baseball star--a starting pitcher in the World Series? True, it was a few years back......
Judge Sides with Common Sense
Community WINS in Supreme Court of State of NY! -- Developer vows to Appeal the Decision Late on Friday, September 25, the Honorable Judge Arthur F. Engoron of the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued his findings regarding 36 (aka 50) West 66th...
On the UWS: Creator of the USPS Suffragette Stamp
by Claudie Benjamin Upper West Side illustrator Nancy Stahl has designed about 30 US Postage Stamps. Her depiction of a Snowy Egret, a first class stamp that sold 8 billion, was among the all-time best selling issues of the USPS. Just out is her stamp celebrating the...
