The Leopard at des Artistes: At Home in a Historic Upper West Side Artists’ Colony
The Leopard at des Artistes formerly Café des Artistes above the Hotel des Artistes is a historic and delicious Upper West Side restaurant with fabulous murals.
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Now that New York’s ‘Temple of Power’ is named one of the city’s Seven to Save, plans are underway to turn the Beaux Arts masterpiece into the city’s next great public space.
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Cherry: A Film by Stephen Elliott
Author Stephen Elliott makes his film debut with a coming-of-age story that looks at San Francisco’s porn scene.
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Upper Manhattan: The Other Upper West Side
Explore Upper Manhattan, one of the least known part of New York City.
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A Divine Tragedy, Philadelphia’s Divine Lorraine Hotel
The abandoned Philadelphia’s Lorraine Hotel has rich history that covers racial integration, religious cults and the hand of real estate developers.
MoreBack to School in 1970s NYC
Back to School are words with the power to end summer fun for children everywhere. They also transport one New York writer back to the 1970s where she revisits an Upper West Side school as it was during one of the city’s most raucous eras.
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One Last Round for Mars Bar in NYC’s East Village [Photos]
An ode to Mars Bar, the East Village haunt, post-closing.
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“Wretchedness” and Gothic Horror meet on a Corner in New York City’s Little Italy
Two small, unassuming buildings in Little Italy hold bits of New York history and stories all their own.
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O’Neals, that “Old Man Bar,” an Upper West Side Haunt with a History
Described as “an old man bar that smells of old man sweater,” Dublin House had a colorful history of its own.
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The West End Avenue Historic District Debate: the great, the good and the opinionated (LPC Meeting Recap)
The city at its authentic best at a hearing about extending the West End Avenue Historic Debate.
MoreThe Last Candy Store on the Upper West Side
If you grew up on the Upper West Side between 1950 and 1980 you would rememeber Joe’s Candy Store.
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