Said real estate broker is Matt Harnett, a photographer and one-time teacher at the School of Visual Arts, who called the ad for retail space at the foot of 2625 Broadway an "ode to Barbara Kruger."

Published by The New York Observer on September 5, 2008.

Said real estate broker is Matt Harnett, a photographer and one-time teacher at the School of Visual Arts, who called the ad for retail space at the foot of 2625 Broadway an "ode to Barbara Kruger."

Published by The New York Observer on September 5, 2008.

The 10027 zip code, located in West Harlem/Morningside Heights and covering a chunk of Columbia University, led all city zip codes in the number of new jobs, adding 21,987.

Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.

Kelly Reynolds, 14, who recently underwent back surgery for her scoliosis condition, was denied her first-choice high school and sent to one far from her upper West Side home.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

To name a few where developers have said they are trying for rezoning and other approvals before Michael Bloomberg leaves: the $15 billion West Side rail yards project; the planned redo of South Street Seaport; and a proposed development of up to 2,500 apartments at Riverside South on the Upper West Side.

Published by The New York Observer on September 2, 2008.

One of the best views is from the Columbia, the 35-story condominium directly across Broadway at 96th Street, particularly from its 12th-floor health club. Those who work out there dwell, like most New Yorkers, in rooms with walls that are shared by neighbors and ceilings that serve as other people’s floors. In this crowded city, an attic is a rare thing.

Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.

The five-story brownstone at 131 West 95th Street near Columbus Avenue has five bedrooms and new built-in iPod connectors in the walls, a property listing said.

Published by The Real Deal on August 29, 2008.

Virginia Pepe, the principal of Public School 163, Alfred E. Smith, on the Upper West Side, said she would send someone to learn more about the testing at a coming information session.

Published by New York Times on August 27, 2008.

On the second-to-last Sunday in August, an open house for a four-bedroom, $11,000-a-month apartment in Chelsea was canceled and two Upper West Side open houses, also for rentals, were largely empty, barring the presence of nervous brokers.

Published by The New York Observer on August 26, 2008.

The driver, Walter Walker of 106 West 109th Street, has told investigators that his brakes failed, police say. He has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Published by New York Times on August 26, 2008.

The owners employed essentially the same strategy that Stellar Management used at Independence Plaza and Park West Village in Manhattan: reduce operating expenses and work to convert the rent-regulated apartments to higher, market-rate rents in order to boost profits.

Published by New York Times on August 25, 2008.

One case: On Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side, a woman left her pedigreed Maltese, Mao, in her car as she stepped away to get something to eat. When she returned, the window was smashed and the dog was gone. Rescue Ink put up fliers and checked the street’s video cameras.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

Mr. Brin, whose formal title is co-founder and president of technology, joked that New York’s offices started out in 2000 from the Upper West Side apartment of Tim Armstrong, now president of North American sales and commerce.

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

Boosting speculation about his political ambitions, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo hosted a community forum Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper West Side, accompanied by a diverse group of federal, state, and local elected officials from the area.

Published by New York Sun on August 21, 2008.

The couple waited two hours on line Wednesday at an upper West Side pantry for groceries. Natasha, who is seven-months pregnant, said between sobs, "The governor should speak to people who go through this."

Published by New York Daily News on August 21, 2008.

M.S. 246 Crossroads School, 234 West 109th Street

Published by NY1 on August 20, 2008.

At a noontime ceremony on Tuesday, city officials will formally mark the completion of the fourth of seven projected phases in the construction of Riverside Park South, a core element in the continuous West Side greenway that has been constructed along the Hudson River over the past decade.

Published by New York Times on August 19, 2008.

Wang Chen is in Beijing, playing for the United States in the Olympics, and hasn't been home in New York much lately. But her spirit, her image and the players she has coached fill every corner of the table tennis club named for her on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 17, 2008.

Shorewalkers founder Cy Adler at his home on the upper West Side.

Published by New York Daily News on August 17, 2008.

It was clear even a decade ago, Mr. Horton said, that Mr. Saakashvili was eager to return to Georgia. But he also loved New York, where he lived with Sandra Roelofs, the Dutch-born translator whom he would marry. He went to the ballet and the opera at Lincoln Center and seemed to know every restaurant on the Upper West Side.

Published by New York Times on August 15, 2008.

It is, on Broadway near 108th Street. And the chef remembers Mr. Saakashvili — not from his college days in New York, but from a visit a few years ago after he had become president.

Published by New York Times on August 15, 2008.

A NY1 crew arrived Wednesday morning to find walls cracked by water damage in four apartments at 840 Columbus Avenue.

Published by NY1 on August 13, 2008.

Council Member Gale Brewer, who represents the Upper West Side, said she introduced the bill after receiving a steady stream of complaints from constituents who were frustrated with stores that kept their doors propped open in the summer, allowing cold air to flow out of the building onto the sidewalk.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

On the Upper West Side of Manhattan, more hail and heavy rain pounded umbrellas during the lunch hour.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

It isn’t a wild surprise that Karen Hess, who died last year at age 88 after a lifetime of crotchety but widely admired culinary writing (“How shall we tell our fellow Americans that our palates have been ravaged,” one of her book’s introductions went, “that our food is awful, and that our most respected authorities on cookery are poseurs?”) left behind an amazing and odd kitchen at 285 Riverside Drive.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

...most respected authorities on cookery are poseurs?”) left behind an amazing and odd kitchen at 285 Riverside Drive...

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

The Westmont is home to large numbers of young Orthodox Jews, and because pressing elevator buttons is forbidden on the Sabbath, which begins Friday evening, the many young people who had been invited to dinners in the building were hiking up multiple flights to reach their destinations.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

When Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and his wife, Lisa Exler, decided to move with their daughter to Washington Heights from the Upper West Side, they resolved to bring some of their friends with them.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

Dubbed New York's "Academic Acropolis" because of the many schools that call the area home, Morningside Heights boasts a vibrancy and diversity infused with the spirit of higher education.

Published by amNY.com on August 7, 2008.

A 91-unit apartment building at the corner of West End Avenue and 101st Street has traded for $83 million, an uplifting note in an otherwise dreary market.

Published by The New York Observer on August 6, 2008.

A 91-unit apartment building at the corner of West End Avenue and 101st Street has traded for $83 million, an uplifting note in an otherwise dreary market.

Published by The New York Observer on August 6, 2008.

An entity called Sterling American Property Fund IV bought the building, 845 West End Avenue, from Nostra Realty Corp on July 24, according to a deed that entered city records yesterday.

Published by The New York Observer on August 6, 2008.

It’s been 23 years since the Upper West Side first gasped at Donald Trump’s plans for a series of soaring towers that would contain 7,600 apartments and a 150-story headquarters for NBC on the 75-acre Penn Central rail yards.

Published by The New York Observer on August 5, 2008.

A 91-unit apartment building on the Upper West Side at 845 West End Avenue at 101st Street sold for $83 million.

Published by The Real Deal on August 5, 2008.

According to city records, Mr. Hertzan and his wife, Beth, just spent $1.72 million on a condo at 240 West 98th Street, a slightly above-average apartment for Manhattan, but a modest spread by LX.TV’s standards. Not that Mr. Hertzan particularly cares. “I think this apartment is responsibly high-end and comfortably luxurious,” he said, “not ostentatious or ridiculous large.”

Published by The New York Observer on August 5, 2008.

The 20-year-old sex abuse allegations stem from when Monsignor Wallace Harris was at Manhattan's Cathedral Prep Seminary, a now defunct all-boys school on the Upper West Side.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 4, 2008.

On Monday, 07-21-08 in Riverside Park, near Riverside Drive and W. 93 St. within the confines of the 24 precinct, a victim was approached by 10 male blacks who assaulted him and attempted to remove his book bag.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 2, 2008.

The most recent strike was Wednesday, when police said 10 men assaulted a 28-year-old man in Riverside Park and stole his back pack.

Published by WNBC on August 2, 2008.

On Wednesday 07-23-08 in Riverside Park, near Riverside Drive and W. 103 St., a victim was approached by 10 male blacks who assaulted the victim and removed his back pack.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 2, 2008.

The New York City police department is asking the public's assistance in identifying the young suspects wanted for a sting of robberies in and around Riverside Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 2, 2008.

Once dominated by small shops, bodegas and frat-boy bars, Amsterdam Ave. on the Upper West Side is quietly becoming a hot spot for retailers.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

This is a tough time for sellers who are moving for job-related reasons. Rabbi Tom Gardner, who recently accepted a job at a synagogue in Baton Rouge, La., needs to sell his one-bedroom on Riverside Drive at 101st Street.

Published by New York Times on August 1, 2008.

Despite the time pressures he faces, Rabbi Gardner is reluctant to yield on what he believes is the inherent strength of the unit he owns. “I think there’s still a certain value to an apartment in a full-service building on the Upper West Side,” he said.

Published by New York Times on August 1, 2008.

...Court against developer Kent Swig after he defaulted on a pair of tenement buildings at 201 West 92nd Street. Swig had financed the purchase through Fremont in 2005. However, he abandoned his bid to...

Published by The Real Deal on July 31, 2008.

...Court against developer Kent Swig after he defaulted on a pair of tenement buildings at 201 West 92nd Street. Swig had financed the purchase through Fremont in 2005. However, he abandoned his bid to...

Published by The Real Deal on July 31, 2008.

London and his partner stopped Walter Harvin, 28, as he tried to enter the DeHostos Apartment on W. 93rd St., where Harvin's mother lives, about 1:15 a.m.

Published by New York Daily News on July 31, 2008.

"They should come here, because I'm not going over there," said Nat Pappagallo, 60, of the Upper West Side. "There's a lot of money to be spent and a lot of money to be made. We just have to grin and bear it. It'll be our turn to go to England and France again."

Published by amNY.com on July 30, 2008.

Talay is perhaps the only Manhattan destination I've been to that's most easily arrived at by car, its valet parking proving an alternative to wending down on foot through Riverside Park.

Published by New York Sun on July 30, 2008.

The proposal to build a Costco store in an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side is gaining an important supporter: Mayor Bloomberg.

Published by New York Sun on July 30, 2008.

One of the biggest of the big box stores may be coming to Manhattan. There's talk of putting a new Costco store on the Upper West Side.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 29, 2008.