West Side Rag
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The Upper West Side's source for news, events and opinions. Written by locals for locals.
Once upon a time, the Upper West Side danced until sunrise. Think cabaret queens, celebrity clubs, ice-skating parties, and the occasional flying cake. It was glamorous, chaotic… and then gone. Is the party really over? Can we turn it back on? Tap here: www.westsiderag.com/2025/11/15/u...
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Once upon a time, the Upper West Side danced until sunrise. Think cabaret queens, celebrity clubs, ice-skating parties, and the occasional flying cake. It was glamorous, chaotic… and then gone. Is the party really over? Can we turn it back on? Tap here: www.westsiderag.com/2025/11/15/u...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Do you know where to get what you want on the Upper West Side? Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/11/08/u...
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Do you know where to get what you want on the Upper West Side? Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/11/08/u...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
[Sponsored Post] Honk If You Need to Learn! WayPoint Driving School. A modern, digital-first school that's now offering lessons to teens and adults right here on the UWS at 72nd and Broadway. www.waypointdriving.com
Happiness overload yesterday for Doggy Trick-or-Treat Night on Columbus Avenue 🎃🐾 Here’s to a week just as full of smiles and treats!
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happiness overload yesterday for Doggy Trick-or-Treat Night on Columbus Avenue 🎃🐾 Here’s to a week just as full of smiles and treats!
We see snapshots of people’s lives and tell ourselves stories: everyone but us has found their people, has their social life all figured out. And then, boom. Someone says it out loud—I’m lonely. I want friends—and the whole UWS erupts: Me too: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/25/h...
October 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We see snapshots of people’s lives and tell ourselves stories: everyone but us has found their people, has their social life all figured out. And then, boom. Someone says it out loud—I’m lonely. I want friends—and the whole UWS erupts: Me too: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/25/h...
The longer I looked at the old pilings in the Hudson, the deeper I slipped into a soft spot in time, back to the UWS’s industrial heyday, when they held up huge piers, and people bustled around tracks, smoke, clatter and whistles. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/18/r...
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The longer I looked at the old pilings in the Hudson, the deeper I slipped into a soft spot in time, back to the UWS’s industrial heyday, when they held up huge piers, and people bustled around tracks, smoke, clatter and whistles. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/18/r...
Spooky season? More like spooky all year long on the Upper West Side. Watchers in the walls, staircases to nowhere, witches who never leave—the uncanny is among us year-round. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/11/s...
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Spooky season? More like spooky all year long on the Upper West Side. Watchers in the walls, staircases to nowhere, witches who never leave—the uncanny is among us year-round. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/11/s...
The best way to spend a day on the Upper West Side? Don’t plan it. Don’t perfect it. Don’t even try. Let the city flirt with you a little, and the day will find you. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/04/d...
October 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The best way to spend a day on the Upper West Side? Don’t plan it. Don’t perfect it. Don’t even try. Let the city flirt with you a little, and the day will find you. Read our weekend column: www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/04/d...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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How pretty our Upper West Side streets are! But that’s not all—they’re generous, too. Read our weekend column, a curbside saga of second chances and sidewalk serendipity: www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/27/c...
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
How pretty our Upper West Side streets are! But that’s not all—they’re generous, too. Read our weekend column, a curbside saga of second chances and sidewalk serendipity: www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/27/c...
Wednesday gave us our last post-7 p.m. sunset. The sun is turning a cold shoulder—showing up late, leaving early, barely making eye contact. On the bright side, fall on the Upper West Side? That’s when we really shine. Tap here:
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/20/a...
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September 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wednesday gave us our last post-7 p.m. sunset. The sun is turning a cold shoulder—showing up late, leaving early, barely making eye contact. On the bright side, fall on the Upper West Side? That’s when we really shine. Tap here:
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/20/a...
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/20/a...
Pomander Walk, a storybook lane lined by little dollhouses no full-sized Upper West Sider could possibly live in, was only ever supposed to be an easy-to-raze placeholder. But every now and then, a fairy tale gets away with it. Read our weekend column:
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/13/a...
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/13/a...
September 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pomander Walk, a storybook lane lined by little dollhouses no full-sized Upper West Sider could possibly live in, was only ever supposed to be an easy-to-raze placeholder. But every now and then, a fairy tale gets away with it. Read our weekend column:
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/13/a...
www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/13/a...
“The day had just begun, and I already needed a break from it….” Read our weekend column for steam stacks, tourist blobs, and the glorious joy of being collectively annoyed. www.westsiderag.com/2025/08/30/i...
August 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“The day had just begun, and I already needed a break from it….” Read our weekend column for steam stacks, tourist blobs, and the glorious joy of being collectively annoyed. www.westsiderag.com/2025/08/30/i...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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August 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
[Sponsored Post] Grand Opening MedSpa in the heart of the Upper West Side (42 West 72nd Street). Come by and enjoy our New Client Promos. We are excited to meet with you. Check out the comments to see our promotions. Book on our website, or give us a ring: 212-680-4069.
www.FutureFaceAndBody.com
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Have a wonderful day!
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August 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Have a wonderful day!
📍Riverside Park
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Did you know the Upper West Side was once Planet Cool? This was the neighborhood where the cool people came to get dressed—and where some of New York’s most dazzling style icons turned heads. What about today? How are we making the neighborhood look? ➡️ www.westsiderag.com/2025/08/02/p...
August 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Did you know the Upper West Side was once Planet Cool? This was the neighborhood where the cool people came to get dressed—and where some of New York’s most dazzling style icons turned heads. What about today? How are we making the neighborhood look? ➡️ www.westsiderag.com/2025/08/02/p...
Not that long ago, the entire Upper West Side was farmland. But while the bucolic dream is over, the farmers are still among us: www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/26/d...
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Not that long ago, the entire Upper West Side was farmland. But while the bucolic dream is over, the farmers are still among us: www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/26/d...
The UWS is full of quiet survivors. Nobody notices or bothers to remove them. On your walks, how much of what you see is the world in front of you, and how much is the movie in your mind, playing anxiety, fantasy, or what-I-should-have-said reruns? Read more: www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/19/d...
July 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The UWS is full of quiet survivors. Nobody notices or bothers to remove them. On your walks, how much of what you see is the world in front of you, and how much is the movie in your mind, playing anxiety, fantasy, or what-I-should-have-said reruns? Read more: www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/19/d...
In a new biweekly column, Ellen Jovin, the UWS's own grammar guru, muses on our language lives. Up first: the Oxford comma. www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/17/i...
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In a new biweekly column, Ellen Jovin, the UWS's own grammar guru, muses on our language lives. Up first: the Oxford comma. www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/17/i...
The sculpture will reside at the corner of West 97th Street and Columbus Avenue for the next six months. www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/16/b...
July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The sculpture will reside at the corner of West 97th Street and Columbus Avenue for the next six months. www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/16/b...
Playtime’s over at the corner of 84th and Amsterdam. The West Side Kids are not alright. After 44 years in business, the toy store is closing for good. One of the killjoys? Online shopping. That’s on us. Time to show up for our neighborhood: www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/12/t...
July 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Playtime’s over at the corner of 84th and Amsterdam. The West Side Kids are not alright. After 44 years in business, the toy store is closing for good. One of the killjoys? Online shopping. That’s on us. Time to show up for our neighborhood: www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/12/t...