For example, claiming that people dont talk with their neighbors seems like little more than an assumption Im actually friends with several people in my building, to say nothing of those I merely talk with now and then. gallery. (Photo by Steven Siegel) Demolition began later that decade, which displaced the homeless who had by that point found shelter on the elevated roadway. Ive ben on 76th since 1978. There was a reason Verdi park was called Needle Park. Miss all of the mom and pop shops. They have an enormous scotch selection, a large number of snifters, and plenty of Irish and American whiskey as well. This map of the Upper West Side shows its location relative to the rest of Manhattan. First founded in Ohio in 1980, the 1950s-style restaurant grew quickly, with about 100 locations at its peak. QE 2 Club 1980s Central Ave, Albany ny by AlbanyGroup Archive the Elbo Room 1963 Albany NY (1960s) by AlbanyGroup Archive 2 288 lark, albany, ny 1984 1980s by AlbanyGroup Archive 1 jb's theater albany ny by AlbanyGroup Archive ginos collage albany ny . Amsterdam Ale House plays sports on a few TVs, but it feels less like a sports bar and more like a casual neighborhood spot than any other place on this stretch of Amsterdam Ave. Living outside the neighborhood & city in recent years, I admit, has allowed me a greater perspective on the losses the UWS has undergone. Social workers divided the block into three play sectors, with adults playing volleyball, teenagers playing inside at a youth center, and younger children the east end. Six months later, the Times declared that the problem had been managed: Worst Is Over on West 84th Street. The solution was depopulation and destruction: The Department of Real Estate reported that 709 families had moved or been relocated from buildings due to give way for new schools. Only then it was called slum clearance and urban renewal. The Wildwood. Vague memory of the window and lady on 83rd Street. Also, bagels at H & H! We had so much fun we all agreed it's one of the best bars in the Upper West Side. A neighborhood in which people think nothing of tossing their garbage out the window is a neighborhood both literally and spiritually diseased. All the small stores have had to vacate once their leases were up and the rents were jacked up to unaffordable rents. It's China Fun now? Its a little spot decorated like a living room in a very nice apartment, and they serve top-notch cocktails. Get a table or some bar seats at Dive Bar, a dimly-lit spot with over 30 beers on tap (most of which are available by the glass, growler, and pitcher). Left for dead, he lived, the only surviving victim of a serial killer who prowled the neighborhood for a year. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. Like the other locations of Vin Sur Vingt around the city, this UWS outpost is a good spot for a quiet drink with one other person or a small group. The 24th Precinct has about the same racial and ethnic makeup it did when Lyford published his book in 1966. #20. 7388 reviews. We were absolutely terrified. Everybody got mugged. My children, who are very young, will know, as my sisters and I did, the oddity of being both entirely privileged and yet significantly poorer than most of their classmates and friends. Have a romantic date at the Arthouse Bar. When? Friday's location on the Upper East Side. For me, this building represented a huge part of not only the neighborhood history, but of my own personal history as well. Where else could you get Spanish-Chinese food? Get some house cocktails at the bar, and if you end up wanting a break from the music (or you come before the music starts), hang out at one of the sidewalk tables out front. I so miss living there and am trying to now come back from CT where I moved to be closer to Yale for medical purposes. I remember when the only Mexican restaurant anybody ever hear of was Taco Rico on 72nd. Why? Vin sur Vingt | Best Things to Do Upper West Side. Local artists sold their wares and the kids tried not to kill themselves in the slightly deflated Moon Bounce. 4. Mostly, its just a nice little bar with brick walls and a short menu of snacks, and its a good spot for a date or a low-key cocktail after work. There are so many more as I have lived here since the early 70s. 2 All-American Burger Kai L./Yelp Sadly, the older residents are slowly dying off and being replaced by younger couples who only stay two or three years. It was hardly an area to avoid. Bear Bar (east side) 1770 Second Ave. (between 92nd & 93rd St.) Manny's on Second. Funny that someone else just posted. It is an expensive place to live, but then it always was. Great projecthope it went well or is going well. Its a great spot for a big group hang, and if you live in the area, youll probably wind up knowing at least one bartender by name. If you visit Hi-Life Bar and Grill on your birthday, you get the usual complimentary dessert and a t-shirt with "NY" set in a martini glass graphic. Well, Mike Miller, Id like to inform you that starting a sentence with a preposition (as Historian did) and splitting infinitives (as you did when you said to never start) are both accepted by some of the widely used style manuals. Don't worry though there is a bar in the front and back of the house in case it gets too crowded. Sure, it isnt the fanciest bar in the world, and if you order a sazerac here, you might get a weird look - but its a nice little place to hang out with a beer, and theres a sitting area in the back with a couch and some armchairs. By 1990, there were 5,641 felonies. The very idea that it might once have been considered the citys worst is very nearly science-fictional today, as it bustles with high-end baby strollers pushed by parents hurrying to homey restaurants on Amsterdam or Columbus or making their way to Central Park. Are the changes to the neighborhood for the better or for the worse? The Cozy Bar (The Dead Poet) 4) Someone else mentioned it, but Ill second a nod to Teachers and Teachers, Too. Get the latest in beer, wine, and cocktail culture sent straight to your inbox. That mugging was nothing unusual. I have lots of memories of specific shops, and just as many holes in my memory! was racking my brain trying to come up with the name of the pub/restaurant on west side of Columbus b/ 70th & 71st when I came upon your posting. If youre with a few friends near the northern end of the Upper West Side, and youre looking for a very normal bar where you can hang out for any length of time while you have some inexpensive drinks, go to Bobs Your Uncle. Finding a place to grab a drink on the Upper West Side is not a difficult task, however, there are some bars worth visiting more than others especially if you're looking for a specific vibe or ambiance. Abandoned West Side Highway, circa 1980. Some memories: Twice a week I would go out back (after a few beer bottles whizzed past my head I wore my tin hat from World War II) and shovel up three or four days accumulation of chicken bones, pieces of rancid fowl, chop bones, half-empty cans of beans and other vegetables, eggshells, bags full of fat, condoms, and bloody bandages, which I at first mistakenly thought were battle dressings for the victims of fights I had been hearing. Life is rough on everyone. On the other hand, nowadays, I stay away from the South West corner of W. 71st Street in the late afternoon, as rowdy teenagers hang around the corner in front of MacDonalds and create a nuisance. Hi Life Bar & Grill. Carmine's - 91st Street - NYC. The entrance to this Upper West Side speakeasy is right inside Burke & Wills go to the back and open the green leather door. Now no reason was needed at all. And in part it was due to the difficulty the media had, even in the wake of the 1960s, reporting on the details of the crime (the New York Times, in every one of the fiveonly five!articles it published on the case, referred vaguely to sexual mutilation). I figured I was unemployed at the time, had nothing to be stolen. It was a great neighborhoodbut you had to know which blocks you should avoid! the 90s were considered pretty scary back then, but the 70s and 80s were lovely. Eventually the projects were built, but by this point the displaced residents of West 84th and others like them had been moved like chess pieces around the New York City board to other neighborhoods, worsening them. They have an enormous scotch selection, a large number of snifters, and plenty of Irish and American whiskey as well. This seasonal (May-October) outdoor bar has a bunch of umbrella-covered tables that might make you think youre in Madison Square Park, except for the fact that you can see the Hudson River and New Jersey. Working there I was held up at gun point at the 85th street location and the 99th street location. In 1983, a sociologist named Richard Shafer told the New York Times, The West Side is a neighborhood that always seems to embarrass the fashionable. Its most attractive streets were and are no match architecturally or decoratively for the boulevards of the East Side, Fifth and Park Avenues. A fine and forgotten 1975 book by Barbara Gelb called On the Track of Murder it reads like a nonfiction version of Ed McBain's glorious 49-year series of police procedurals about the 87thPrecinct, a lightly disguised version of the real-life 24th Precinct on the Upper West Sidetells the story of the homicide squad formed to catch Charlie He didn't take studio photography or anything like that.". You'll be lead upstairs to a fancy little space with luxurious seats and bespoke cocktails. )Lantern (78th and Amsterdam, where Planet Sushi is now). People make the mistaken assumption that if you are new to a building and have children that means you are new to the UWS and probably a neo-con, yuppie, Wall Street-type, which isnt always the case. And it was where I chose to live when I moved to Manhattan from Canarsie in 1972. @Janet, I agree. There is not a day that goes by when I dont miss woolworths! They had delicious burgers. As Lyford wrote in 1966, a twenty-block site of a multimillion-dollar urban renewal program laying between Eighty-seventh and Ninety-seventh streets and bounded by Central Park on the eastand Amsterdam Avenue on the west was the fulcrum of this massive slum-clearance plan, involving the loss of 6,344 households. I now live on the upper east side, but will always remain true to my rootsthe West side is the best side! In the 60s, it was only open to the high class and the rich, like authors up on the Upper East Side. In 1964, the year the national crime spiral began, 3,228 felonies were committed. This big bar on Amsterdam Ave feels like the kind of place you might have gone junior year, complete with foosball, pool tables, and, yes, intense games of beer pong. I do remember cake masters on 99 street, party cake on 110, teachers, the gold rail, the American restaurant on 85 & Broadway. We also went to the park alone which kids nowadays hardly ever do. That was true between broadway and central park west. The block in question was 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. The circle of progress. Eeyores bookstore, Woolworths, Greens, Morris Bros, Mancy pharmacy, Kandela pizzeria, Leroy pharmacy, The Library restaurant up our block, the movie theater on 89th and bway, Anchor savings bank, H & Hso many memories its crazy. (212) 861-2290. When the mental institutions disgorged their populations, the UWS got more than our share. jeannine.j@gmail.com. Columbia university kept the neighborhood more desirable. Barbara, that was Sarabeths Kitchen on Amsterdam between 82nd and 83rd. I take issue with the notion that people tried to avoid living above 72nd street. I remember The Red Baron and Food City and Victors Cafe Here's a spindly, stand-alone piece of the High Line that has since vanished . The neighborhoods smattering of Orthodox residents did little to manifest their observance publicly. Maybe before you retired you might have offered a no-credit seminar on at-large behavior and minding ones own business. I know Im not imagining it existed. The area continues to be among the nations most integrated. Williamsburg is like New York in the 70s. I live on 80th and Columbus, and 79th and Amsterdam was the most dangerous corner in the precinct. The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland [nedrlnt] ()), informally Holland, is a country located in northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Es Bar is one of our go-to spots in the neighborhood, because they do so many things right. Another location of The Mermaid Inn, another perfect first date spot. Huge packs of kids just playing in the park after school or even at lunch (with a letter you could leave 87 or 44 and go get a slice somewhere). We would remember it now as we remember the Son of Sam, and the Washington snipers, and the Hillside Strangler. I remember the shoe repair shop between 71st and 72nd on Columbus, and Books, Pictures, and Things, and then Betsey Johnson replacing it. Over 25 years, we lived in 3 apartments, none more than 4 blocks from Fairway. If you dont feel like staring into pint glasses and wondering about fermentation processes, you can play darts or foosball instead. Columbus and Amsterdam avenues were to be avoided though we had to cross them to hang out in Central Parkmostly by the fountain. Lyford then dumped the refuse over his fence onto the concrete apron outside the offending tenements so that their superintendent could collect it, bag it, and leave it for the garbage men. Free or royalty-free photos and images. He murdered and castrated four boys. Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz. Neil Simon movie and yes a movie, but does show the charm and grit of the 70s. There was also one above 100th Street that closed in the mid 90s. This live HD webcam overlooks the cityscape and Coolsingel, a major street in the city centre of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, as shown on the map further down the page. I lived on the UWS from 1972-1994: 85/WEA, 79/Columbus, 82/Amsterdam, several other addresses. She opened a restaurant on Madison Ave and 84th a few years later.It might still be there. Sometimes for the bathroom. Tuesday Trivia. .css-gdccrc{font-family:var(--chakra-fonts-condensed);font-weight:700;font-size:1rem;line-height:0.9;letter-spacing:0.08em;margin-top:var(--chakra-space-0);margin-left:var(--chakra-space-0);margin-right:var(--chakra-space-0);margin-bottom:var(--chakra-space-0);text-transform:uppercase;}@media screen and (min-width: 20rem){.css-gdccrc{line-height:0.9;}}@media screen and (min-width: 23.4375rem){.css-gdccrc{line-height:0.9;}}@media screen and (min-width: 37.5rem){.css-gdccrc{line-height:1;}}Bryan Kim & Matt Tervooren.css-1a7ccww{font-family:var(--chakra-fonts-body);font-weight:400;margin:var(--chakra-space-0);padding:var(--chakra-space-0);font-size:0.6875rem;letter-spacing:0.1em;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase;}@media screen and (min-width: 37.5rem){.css-1a7ccww{font-size:0.75rem;letter-spacing:0.12em;}}October 4, 2018. I am looking for long-time residents of the Upper West Side to answer some questions about how they think the neighborhood has changed and what they remember. Long gone is the divine Eclair Bakery on W. 72nd St. and the Royale. Fancy. We neighborhood kids came to call him, with the horrible bluntness of adolescent boys, Charlie Chop-off. Grew up in Lincoln Towers in the 70s and 80s. Restaurant 222 - on 79th St. Yes there was plenty of crime in the 80s, and the neighborhood has gone through change (for the better). Caribbean Restaurants Restaurants. This is a consistently crowded restaurant on the Upper East Side that works for everything from date nights to fun group dinners, but the separate bar area up front is also useful when you're just looking for drinks. Although, I usually shopped at the one on 109 street, I do remember the one on 79 street. I went to PS 84 and IS44 (before there were flea markets and before there was a Benetton on every corner). Not a longtime UWS resident (only two years) but I would warn the author against making what appear to be major overstatements. Worth a read. But Malachy's a fixture on West 72nd Street off Columbus Ave. since the late '80s is the kind of place people like "because it's old and ugly," insisted Mike Mishkin, owner of . Ive lived on the UWS for twenty five years now, and when we moved into our current place a few years back, it was the long-term residents who were the most unfriendly, and one who was just downright hostile!! I remember as a kids being able to walk and take buses alone and feeling very independent. Broadway has become one huge outdoor mall. Attended PS 9 and JHS 44. So a volleyball net was erected. 12 Lost Gay Bars of New York City Michael Ryan. 4.3. The broken windows theory propounded by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in 1983 has entered into the realm of clichthe idea that if you dont replace a broken window on an abandoned building, more of the windows will be broken and the area around them will decay as well. Please. Theres also a big stack of board games in one corner, and, with its giant fish tank and mismatched wall decor, the space feels almost exactly like the common area of an off-campus house where six college seniors live. 3) Back in the 80s, H & H Bagels (well known demise some years ago) had lines out the door, and nicer prices for their delicious bagels. Gone were the days when people indulged in a nice restaurant dinner only when traveling or celebrating a birthday or anniversary. 85th St.; 212- 877-0961. Awesome to read all the comments and Tnx to all my neighbors for taking time to reminisce West 72nd here from early 70s to 2012 Forgot so many places but this jogged a great deal to share nostalgically with my family I miss Eclaires, La Fortuna and laser rock of the early 80s and the many times I saw John and Yoko walking in the park as a kid .. Or the 72nd st Kung fu magazine store on the 2nd Memories are all we ever truly have. Where Fairway is there was DAgostinos, and a really good drug store, was it buy right or loves? 1) Frusen Gldj. Contentsshow 1The Mermaid Inn 2Prohibition 3The Owl's Tail 4Bodega 88 5E's Bar 6Vin Sur Vingt 7Dive Bar 8Jacob's Pickles Apple Upper West Side Opens at 9:00 a.m. Shop by drop-in available Shop by appointment Reserve a shopping session Order pickup in store Learn more Genius Bar by appointment Make a reservation Today at Apple in store Find a session See all in-store and online services Address 1981 Broadway New York, NY 10023 (212) 209-3400 See map and directions You make it sound like the wild west which it was not. I've always been a pretty good cook, and I could make these very good dinners in this tiny kitchen. The Upper West Side is New York City's definitive neighborhood: a polyglot collection of fine architecture, bustling street life, diverse cultures and strong civic activism. At least when talking about fairly genteel nabes as we are here. They have over 30 beers on tap, many of which are unusual options from relatively small domestic and international breweries, and the space tends to fill up with big groups drinking and sharing bar food. 210 W 94th St, New . DSNY 'Snow Alert' Runs From Monday at 4PM to Tuesday at 9AM; Here's What it Means Dog Slips From Collar and Runs 34 Blocks in Traffic; Wait Till You See Where She Ends Up They also have jello shots, so your night here can either be very tame or full of colorful, gelatinous alcohol. It went badly. My building was surrounded by SROs; one on 92nd btwn Riverside and West End, one directly across the street from us and one on 92nd btwn Broadway and Amsterdam. Loved growing up there. Arts & Entertainment. The Upper West Side of Manhattan is sandwiched in between Riverside Park to the west & Central Park to the east. I was mugged four times before I was 14. They had several boutiques and I spent a lot of dough there over the years, The folded in the early 90s I think. What other stores or restaurants have closed that you miss? Re: I stay away from the South West corner of W. 71st Street as rowdy teenagers hang around in front of MacDonalds and create a nuisance.. The great surprise, perhaps, is that while it is no longer the home of the Jewish intelligentsiain part because the Jewish intelligentsia doesnt exist as it once didit is, if anything, even more distinctively and vibrantly Jewish. However, the Upper West Side has a higher percentage of housing that falls between $500 and $6000 per month, while the Upper East Side has more housing above $9000. Located on the Upper West Side on West 70th Street, the residence is less than a block from. An article on the front page of the New York Times on July 6, 1961, reported: Street fighting involving 400 Puerto Ricans and Negroes broke out in a West Side trouble block. Two women began arguing over a man, and a brawl erupted. Residence is less than a block from the time, had nothing to be stolen,... 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