Watch-Blog
Styling Endures
By Claudie Benjamin Upper West Sider Scott J. Buchanan, owner of Scott J. Aveda salon at 257 Columbus Avenue, has been in the beauty business for 40+ years. Scott maintains an office above the salon, which occupies the ground floor. He is an engaging man, very...
Vietnamese Street Food served at Pho Shop on West 72nd
By Claudie Benjamin "We survived Superstorm Sandy and 9/11," says Allen Ng, co-owner of Pho Shop at 141 West 72nd Street. No question: the restrictions on restaurants, combined with escalating anxieties related to the Covid pandemic, are taking a toll on everyone. ...
Zen Medica Offers Relief Via Advice and Nutritional Medications
By Claudie Benjamin In the first hour after Zen Medica opened for the day one Sunday, customers- maintaining distance- entered just as the previous ones left. They were regulars, comfortable and eager about the visit. Coming into the big, clean shop, they briefly...
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...
