Literary Imagination of Longtime UWSer Celebrated by B&N in its 1st Live-Taped Podcast
By Claudie Benjamin Writer Ed Park will be interviewed about his new book Same Bed Different Dreams, for a live taped podcast next Thursday, November 9th at 7:00pm at the Upper West Side Barnes and Noble at 2289 Broadway. Park’s work has been...
Skateboarding Cool & the Shop
By Claudie Benjamin Nothing quite like the thrill of building up speed, flipping high in the air and then landing balanced surely on your skateboard as you skate on. Christopher Vidal, a long-time skateboarder and more recent skateboard entrepreneur said,...
A brief history of the lost Mineral Springs Pavilion in Central Park
by Megan Fitzpatrick The Mineral Springs building is a 1950s design which currently houses La Pain Quotidien. Its name derives from the original 19th-century pavilion that sold park goers mineral water. The immediate need for publicly accessible mineral water came...