never went in but loved that name was there til the 80s. 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved. if youre going to criticize Historian, maybe it would be for being snarky. I was mugged four times before I was 14. Yes, Jeannine, there have been major changes in the neighborhood mostly for the better but, alas, I truly miss some of the stores that have fallen by the wayside. The tacos are supplemented with other obvious sports bar snacks, including corn on the cob, guac and chips, flautas, plus burritos, quesadillas, and tortas. We arent quite sure what Dakota Bar is trying to be, but its a useful place to know about if you ever need to get a cocktail with some acquaintances near Lincoln Center. I recall the Woolworth on 98th st, with its food counter and spinning stools, their comfy turquoise cushions and steel bases bolted to the checkered tile floor. 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. 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. I was even blessed to attend LaGuardia high school on 135th & Convent Avenue in its glorious Gothic, castle-like home before it moved to its prison-like building at Lincoln Center. To read a similar account of growing up in the 30s and 40s, click here. In order to reduce traffic congestion in . 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. 1. Worth a read. For me, this building represented a huge part of not only the neighborhood history, but of my own personal history as well. Miss all of the mom and pop shops. The little space is long and narrow, with a bar up front and a few tables in back, and it works for anything from date night to a drink with your parents. Working there I was held up at gun point at the 85th street location and the 99th street location. With a drink in one hand, a cigar in the other, and various critical parts of his body glued to a dark-haired woman with whom he is ostensibly dancing, Michael Barrett looks . A couple of additions (please forgive any repetitions from other comments I havent read every single one.). 1980s-1990s: Boy Bar (15 St. Marks Pl.) Was the place called Amsterdam. .) But in 1972 and 1973, Charlie Chop-off had so little resonance beyond the blocks near me that when I made mention of it in a short story I read to my eighth-grade classin a school on the Upper West Sidemy classmates hadnt heard of it. Aside from the Museum of Natural History overlooking Central Park and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial overlooking Riverside Park, the area lacks notable monuments. It is the principal city of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical . I remember Marcys deli on Broadway, the barbershop next door with its old -fashioned spinning stripe pole. The destruction and construction took years, leaving behind rubble that became at-hand weaponry for kids and gangsters and boarded-up tenements that became crime sites and drug dens. The owner was bought out by the Love Store chain, then the pharmacist went to work at a Duane Reade. I have been thinking about this since it was originally posted a couple of years ago. Also, bagels at H & H! I would recommend the author talk to some parents at the local schools to get a sense for the community now. I was born (1976) and raised on 92nd St. Btwn Broadway and West End and lived in the same apartment until I was 23 years old. I remember The Broadway Nut Shop, outside of which I shook hands with Bobby Kennedy while he was campaigning for Abe Beame in 1965, Steinbergs Dairy Restaurant, next to Irvings Candy store, the Pizza parlor and Serooties? I bought an expensive ($90) hoodie, which lasted about 20 years. 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. On the first morning after I arrived I saw a man murdered in broad daylight in the Village. I loved that they were open 24 hrs. I think this was the second time. Sometimes for the food. Not all of us move here for a few years. 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 John was a amazing teacher and he taught me to love learning! Located on Columbus b/n 81 and 82, it was beautiful inside (lots of wood), and I recall when it died out, roughly at same time of a branch of Shakespeare & Company on 81st and Bway, once the Barnes and Nobles opened (at 82nd), which of course still remains. There is a scene played for laughs where Marsha Mason gets mugged in broad daylight on a tawdry looking Columbus Avenue yes a a movie, but it was absolutely blamable at the time. The whole theater got kicked out of Lowes 84th on opening night for Friday The 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan, it was so rowdy, but Id been seeing movies there since it was the Lowes 83rd st, twin. the 90s were considered pretty scary back then, but the 70s and 80s were lovely. I can remember later that the same group opened another trendy bar call Columbus? But in 1961, 84th Street was a nightmare, and something had to be done. Editors note: Lifelong Upper West Side resident Jeannine Jones is writing her graduate thesis on how the neighborhood has changed since she was born in 1976. Have a romantic date at the Arthouse Bar. Its a good spot to eat some bangers and mash, and its perfect for when you want to sit on a barstool and watch sports with a Guinness. A neighborhood in which people think nothing of tossing their garbage out the window is a neighborhood both literally and spiritually diseased. Italian $$$$ Upper West Side. You want something obscure, because your horoscope recently told you to try new things. Despite an off-and-on economy, the 1980s was a decade in which Americans ate out more often than ever before. November 24, 2013 | 1:16 PM - Updated on June 5, 2022 | 11:30 PM, Womens History: Augusta Stetson and the Church at 96th Street and Central Park West, WEST-PARK CHURCH LEADERS WIN VOTE, PLEDGE TO REVITALIZE BUILDING, WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN: COLD SHADOWS, ANCIENT OBELISKS, A MASSIVE MENORAH, & CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, A TRIO OF JUILLIARD PERFORMANCES ON MONDAY (SPONSORED). Big Nick's Burger and Pizza Joint at Broadway and 77th Street. I was 14 in 1977 and went to see laser rock at the planetarium with a girlfriend. In 1981, I lived on 79th and West End; it was tiny but very comfortable. He lived on 75th Bet. It was known for its burgers, hot dogs, and milkshakes. at least up until the 90s. . By Carter B. Horsley. The Cherry Restaurant on Columbus Ave. on the corner of 76th St., where the Chase Bank is now, was owned and staffed by Japanese people. )Lantern (78th and Amsterdam, where Planet Sushi is now). Usually, when we talk about the differences in American life between past and present, there is a moment in which we feel compelled to denounce todays pathologies in comparison with the moral certainties of older times. We were absolutely terrified. Remember Winnefred Frocks on bway in the 70s. Fancy. As an 80s kid, the name cracked me up, it sounded so dated, and even then I could see they where from another time, and I appreciated that. We also went to the park alone which kids nowadays hardly ever do. Source. The UWS was terrible then. When I moved to West 83rd Street, pushers hid their crack vials in the planters outside the building I lived in. I won a Halloween story writing contest at Eeyores ($25 gift certificate) and was a delivery boy for Video Connection. I now live on the upper east side, but will always remain true to my rootsthe West side is the best side! The Upper West Side ( UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. (I had mussels, he had short ribs). Via (Photo credit: Steven Siegel) Store signage at New York Times Square, around 1985. Girl Scout's Cookies Are a Hit at West Hollywood Gay Bars February 16 2023 5:27 PM. Maybe before you retired you might have offered a no-credit seminar on at-large behavior and minding ones own business. Denver (/ d n v r /) is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Be the first to get expert restaurant recommendations for every situation right in your inbox. Now no reason was needed at all. The drug store on 74th and Broadway was Ritob. I remember Charivari well. If you want to pay college prices for that pitcher of Shock Top, come during Happy Hour (until 8pm every day). I need a hot tip on a small apartment! They had delicious burgers. That one of NYC's best sushi restaurants would also be among its most expensive is mostly expected, but it was surprising when . Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz. Jimmys penis had been cut off. West Side Story restaurant on 95th By 1968, there were a whopping 85 bars on the Upper East Side, most of them singles bars. Arts & Entertainment. He struck on 104th and 103rd. As first Columbus Avenue, then Broadway, and finally Amsterdam Avenue began to gentrify we were gratified to witness a steadily improving quality of life, but sidewalks teem[ing] with alcoholic homeless and residents knew to be inside their locked apartments by nightfall? I also remember that the Upper West Side was a true neighborhood, and I remember the slow and then really fast gentrification of the neighborhood in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. so i guess we are 3 black kettles since i am being pretty snarky, too. The block in question was 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Like Caledonia, the Hamilton has a very serious whiskey selection - although the focus here is more on American whiskey. A fellow life-long UWSer and Harvard doctoral student. The Wildwood. First of all, the TV situation here is pretty great - each booth has its own screen, and then there are multiple big screens over the bar. 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. (Photo by Steven Siegel) Demolition began later that decade, which displaced the homeless who had by that point found shelter on the elevated roadway. My car was broken into 3 times in my first year here. I lost the gold watch my father gave me for my college graduation. Im trying to jog my memory about a pastry cafe that always had recorded opera music playing and photos of opera singers on the walls I believe it was below 74th and above 66th and between Columbus and CPW. 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. It did. #20. At the same time, community groups planted trees on every block and strove to make it all look nice. In part that was because the then-senescent New York Post hadnt brought new life to tabloid journalism and forced the fat and happy and rich New York Daily News to follow it, which is what happened in the summer of 1977, when the Son of Sam went on his rampage. Yorkville, Manhattan photos from the 1980s. Which makes sense, seeing as the space is decorated like an 18th-century tavern, complete with a portrait of Alexander Hamilton. Whether you have opinions on mosaic versus cascade hops or you dont know IBUs from IPAs, check out Gebhards. Nestled on the Upper West Side, Bodega 88 features many big screens behind the bar and smaller individual screens at every booth. In a striking sentence reflective of the fatalistic attitude of the time, she writes, Crime prevention was, of course, the Police Departments first priority, as preventive medicine was the primary concern of health administrators. However, it was still very nice and middle/ upper-middle class between broadway and riverside drive, at least up to about 90th street. Monday's are all you can eat wings . In 1964, the year the national crime spiral began, 3,228 felonies were committed. The SROS were filled with mentally ill people. 226 W 79th St, New York, NY 10024. But on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, my small city, social pathologies began to run rampant half a century ago, long before they broke into the wider culture. These are the moments, large and small, recounted by 36 writers, artists, fashion designers, musicians and more who. I lived on 82 btw Columbus and CPW from 1976-2011. After fire damage temporarily shut down the place earlier this year, e's Bar is back in business, boasting new banquettes and the . Its the only nabe Ive lived in in Manhattan. Why should people be made to feel uncomfortable/unwelcome in a neighborhood they created over decades, with their hard work & fortitude? 114 tips and reviews. This is exactly what I am looking for. One could argue either side, and that inspired me to write about it. It's China Fun now? Everybody got mugged. I grew up in. There were prostitutes and drug dealers on the street. Some favorite places included Ruskays and Rouelles. Others would doubtless claim that because the victims were black and Hispanic, there was less interest than there would have been had the victims been white; more likely, there was newsroom concern about stigmatizing thesebeaten-down povertystricken populations. 1470 First Ave. (between 76th & 77th St.) North East Bank. 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 There was a very nice gelato place in the late 1980s, but its name eludes me. Learn more about historic floods. 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. There are cocktail bars with live music, lots and lots of sports bars, and wine bars with people on first, second, and fiftieth dates. 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