Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
Sep 29, 2020 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, CENTRAL dARK
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...
Sep 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
Sep 8, 2020 | architecture, Upper West Side, UWS
By Claudie Benjamin It’s hard to imagine anyone more engaging and informed than Robert Arthur King, FIAA, Architect, on the subject of the stone carvings that ornament the facades of Upper West Side brownstones built between 1870-1930. Actually, King’s...
