Sometimes for the bathroom. I live on W 71 myself. I dont recognize the neighborhood at all. The 24th Precinct has about the same racial and ethnic makeup it did when Lyford published his book in 1966. Vinnys! The infamous Upper East Side murder has yet to fade from public memory. We were giving up so much of our city, Myron Magnet has written in a beautiful essay on Saul Bellows great 1970 novel of Upper West Side (and Western civilizational) decline, Mr. Sammlers Planet, and how it spoke to his experience as a neighborhood resident. People know me from getting out, and introducing myself, instead of planting my face in my smartphone. I won a Halloween story writing contest at Eeyores ($25 gift certificate) and was a delivery boy for Video Connection. Today the Upper West Side is considered one of the richest, cleanest, and most expensive places to live in New York City. Caledonia is, above all, a whiskey bar. They have an enormous scotch selection, a large number of snifters, and plenty of Irish and American whiskey as well. We used to go to and from school on our own. Around 1973. A map was created of all gay bars and gay spaces from 1859 to now. He struck on 106th between Broadway and Amsterdam, a block from my building. Big flat-screen TVs behind the bar show lists of what theyre currently pouring - and there are also a few other TVs for watching sports. Today the Upper West Side is cleaner with higher rents and upwardly mobile folk who seem to rent for a couple of years before buying big houses in Montclair or Maplewood. But over the past 20 years in particular, the Upper West Side has turned into the most affluent shtetl the world has ever seen. St. James Gate is very much an Irish pub, but not in a cheesy kind of way. I remember Charivari well. Jimmys penis had been cut off. 2) Endicott Book Store. West of Broadway was less rough, but Broadway was Pay-A-Broadway after 9pm as if there was city-approved zoning for street walkers after 9. woolworths was on the high 60s on amsterdam just south of the jewish temple that is still there. We were absolutely terrified. Things change. Not many of those in Kansas. At 254 West 54th Street, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager converted a former opera house into the most notorious nightclub of the disco era. You make it sound like the wild west which it was not. 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. I was 14 in 1977 and went to see laser rock at the planetarium with a girlfriend. That one of NYC's best sushi restaurants would also be among its most expensive is mostly expected, but it was surprising when . Its a big French wine bar, and even on weeknights it gets pretty full of couples talking about their siblings and where they went to college. I was just talking about Winnifred Frocks yesterday! My wife and I had our first date there back in 85. The food was all American dishes, and I used to go there for dinner all the time. People have bidding wars over apartments that cost millions of dollars. 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. Either way, it's there, and it's good. Kyle: When I moved here, the hotspot was 8 th Avenue between 14 th and 23rd. I lived at 219 W 81st (corner of Broadway) from 1962 to 1967, when we moved to Queens because the neighborhood was becoming too dangerous! In the photo, the corner shop on 73rd was an upholstery shop, and aside from the (not so good) pizza shop, I cant remember any other store on that side of the street as being memorable. Apologies for coming to this conversation rather late but felt compelled to share my experience of the UWS. The reclamation of New York City from the forces of criminal chaos and social decay is a familiar tale by now. So no matter what type of place youre looking for, use this guide the next time you go out on the Upper West Side. Denver (/ d n v r /) is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Home to such venerable New York landmarks as Lincoln Center, Columbia University, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Dakota Apartments, and Zabar's food emporium, the Upper West Side stretches from 59th Street to 125th Street, including Morningside Heights. Theres a bar in the middle of the room, some banquette seating, and a few tables - plus floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on 72nd Street. Zabars was open until midnight. the block just south of where mc donalds is. Only in Honolulu, wrote the journalist Joseph P. Lyford, is there a greater confusion of blood, ancestry, language, and culture in as small a space. But though there were racial and ethnic tensions aplenty, and these would grow exponentially as the years passed, the division in the neighborhood was primarily one of classa division between the middle class and the lower class. It might have been the most integrated area in the United States. I walked home alone from Lincoln Center many, many times and still do without being bothered. Gone were the days when people indulged in a nice restaurant dinner only when traveling or celebrating a birthday or anniversary. Vague memory of the window and lady on 83rd Street. If you are a graduate student, you should know how to check municipal records for closing dates of stores. But not to know when a store closed? Neighbors watched out for each other, and most of the people who lived there stayed for generations, and most of the stores were family-owned businesses. They dont linger and they dont talk to their neighbors or bother to know the names of the doormen in the lobby. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. A fine and forgotten 1975 book by Barbara Gelb called On the Track of Murderit reads like a nonfiction version of Ed McBains 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 Chop-off. 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. Hey, Scooter Stan, they are often a pain in the neck. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Columbus Avenue in the 70's underwent an impressively upscale retail . . It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. Its the only nabe Ive lived in in Manhattan. And in this case, I dont mean the universal fearsa closed closet door, a dark hallway, a school bullybut rather the very specific fears that came with growing up in my small city in the midst of the big city at a very specific moment. Maybe before you retired you might have offered a no-credit seminar on at-large behavior and minding ones own business. Columbus tween 70,71. But in 1961, 84th Street was a nightmare, and something had to be done. I shopped at Red Apple Market on 100 st, which then became C Town and now is yet another bank. A neighborhood in which people think nothing of tossing their garbage out the window is a neighborhood both literally and spiritually diseased. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email me if youd like to answer some more questions about life on the UWS. Back in the days prostitues freely roamed Broadway, drug addicts shot up in our basement, wed look out our living room window And see prostitues making their deals. more proof that you dont have to be that old to look back on the past with rose colored glasses. . Its hard to keep up now, tho! (212) 861-2290. Perhaps someone at the Synagogue would know as I believe it was about the same time the Synagogue was built (Prior to 1978.) But this is the case in most major cities going through development and change. I lived on W 73rd b/ Columbus & CPW from 1974-1987 and saw SO many changes the gentrification got to be too much, so I moved up to 108th Street. 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. Not how it was for me, my friends, and their families. Upper West Side Perfect For: First/Early in the Game Dates $$$$ 424 Amsterdam Avenue, New York Earn 3X Points Caledonia is, above all, a whiskey bar. And there were a great deal of elderly poor people many of them the refugees who fled Europe after WW2 who wound up on the streets with shopping wagons filled with stuff after losing their apartments for whatever reasons that happened. Tiny place, sweet lady from down south. Secondly, the food is more exciting than what youll find at other spots nearby (the fries come with chimichurri and manchego cheese, and the fried calamari is glazed with Dominican honey). The Dakota Bar - Upper West Side Romance is definitely in the air at the trendy Dakota Bar which is located on Manhattans' chic Upper West Side. The building housed a playground on its roof, a respite for myself and many neighborhood kids. The Nickel Bar all the pre-AIDS era gay bars that made the UWS a gay mecca to rival the Village, and that drew lots of interracial couples to move in and renovate buildings. A little more than a decade later, my sisters shared an apartment in a midrise next door to what had been Lyfords brownstone. The bakery was Royale, there were others as well, Eclair, and Blooms. And it was where I chose to live when I moved to Manhattan from Canarsie in 1972. Does anyone remember, like i do, the little grocery store on the corner of 74th and Amsterdam, owned by Dom?wonderful man, full of stories and gossip about the neighborhoodwhen the subway fare went up in 74 or 75, he bought me a bag of tokens so that i wouldnt have to stand in line at the 72nd St. station that Monday morning when it went into effect and everyone had been caught unawareDom always looked out for his customersa real UWS personality. (There werent many rich people on the Upper West Side then, a situation much altered today.) I worked at Sweet Asylum in the early 80s and have tons of memories about the old neighborhood: everything from the charred remains of Santeria rituals on the big rock ACROSS from the 79th st. RSD playground to routinely getting mugged. The statistics for the 24th Precinct offer the most dramatic portrait of the vertiginous rise of crime and its exhilarating plunge. Be the first to get expert restaurant recommendations for every situation right in your inbox. The space is about the size of a studio apartment, so we wouldnt recommend bringing a group, but its a decent place to watch sports alone or with a friend, especially before 7pm when drinks are half off. Some favorite places included Ruskays and Rouelles. There were great clothes stores also on Columbus on the same street, Parachute was one. Where else could you get Spanish-Chinese food? I remember The Jaunting Car Inn next to the Ritzs deli between 71 and 70th on Columbus. By 1990, there were 5,641 felonies. The Times described it as a block of decaying tenements packed with poor Puerto Rican and Negro families and the gathering place of drunks, narcotics addicts and sexual perverts. It soon became known as the worst block in the city. Mayor Robert Wagner announced a shock attack, an all-out war on the forces of crime, slum blight and poverty on the West Side. For more photos of UWS storefronts in 1982, click here. 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. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. A rush hour scene at the New York City subway. I never felt unsafe in this neighborhood, however. Here are the nine places to get your fix: Dive Bar NYC. Theres one long room with a couple of TVs for watching sports, and youll also find both daytime and late-night Happy Hours. I moved up here in 1977. Living in the precincts of ones own past means that its fears and terrors are immediately accessible as well. They've generously opened up their lobby by transforming it into a cafe and bar inspired by the aesthetic of speakeasies of the 1920's. Further back, in the 50s and 60s there was food-o-Rama, Daitch Shopwell, Nedicks, Orange Julius, and so many mom and pop shops. Two of my favorite restaurants, The All State Cafe, also, on w. 72nd and Nikos at 76th & Broadway were, sadly, priced out of existence. Ernies, and the best pizza parlor in the city, Vinnys on Amsterdam between 73 and 74th. Best Bars & Pubs in Upper West Side (New York City): See 120 Tripadvisor traveler reviews of Bars & Pubs in Upper West Side New York City. Over 25 years, we lived in 3 apartments, none more than 4 blocks from Fairway. I love that my beloved UWS is a desirable place to live but NOT at the expense of those who came before, struggled, survived and created this complicated, beautiful neighborhood. And Big Nicks. I am currently working on my graduate school thesis and have decided to write about how the Upper West Side has changed in my lifetime. 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. She shares some memories below, and asks for some of yours. To hell with nostalgia. It no longer does. The Wildwood. In the early '80s, Mimi Sheraton rhapsodized over the apps: " [The] possibilities are extraordinary, whether you choose the puffy, crisp-crusted Alsatian onion tart, the fine juniper-perfumed duck. 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. You couldnt walk down my side street without seeing at least one car window smashed. At the same time, 86th & Amsterdam was notorious for being crime ridden. I think the owner of Trio Dinner lived in my building I thought it was called Joes?. If you want to pay college prices for that pitcher of Shock Top, come during Happy Hour (until 8pm every day). Abandoned West Side Highway, circa 1980. I also like to point it out when kvetchers say the area is too fancy now. I was born and raised on same block, in same building since 1969. I lived on 79th street from 1976 to 2011 in the rent-stabilized apartment I grew up in, and over that time I have seen the neighborhood change drastically. They were mugged in the lobby one night after taking a taxi home from our apartment 15 blocks away. Dont really remember the scary place others have described on UWS- but Central Park and the Subway were indeed scary parts of New York in those times. Broadway has become one huge outdoor mall. It was 1990 on Manhattan's Upper East Side and, after the extravagant 1980s, the neighborhood . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Although, I usually shopped at the one on 109 street, I do remember the one on 79 street. I have lived on the UWS side (I rent) and I have no plans of moving to a big house in the burbs. "Ever since I moved out of my parents' house in Astoria to live in the city, I've always lived within the same two or three blocks of the Upper West Side. I worked from 1972-77 at various Cake Masters locations from 72nd Street to 99th Street. The middle class was split between the professionals of the New York intelligentsiamedia and intellectuals and academics and psychoanalystsand more down-to-earth educated folk, public school teachers and union officials and social workers. Last Spring, a year ago this month, I watched as a staple of the neighborhood closed, Food City. Lifelong UWSer, born 1970 and raised on 81st between CPW and Columbus. 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. Not all of us move here for a few years. Although the company liquidated in 1991, there are a handful of independently owned stores left around the United States. The character of this area has changed dramatically as it has become an influx of new luxury and converted-to-luxury Mitchell-Lama buildings, over-priced coffee franchises and domestic employees. 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. They have an enormous scotch selection, a large number of snifters, and plenty of Irish and American whiskey as well. Living outside the neighborhood & city in recent years, I admit, has allowed me a greater perspective on the losses the UWS has undergone. Tuesday Trivia. I lived on 82 btw Columbus and CPW from 1976-2011. Which makes sense, seeing as the space is decorated like an 18th-century tavern, complete with a portrait of Alexander Hamilton. Via (Photo credit: Steven Siegel) Store signage at New York Times Square, around 1985. 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 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. i graduated college in 1988 and came back to NYC, and i couldnt believe that my friends that went to work in investment banking all lived in a new building (the westmont) at 96th and columbus. And "Mambo Mouth" in the days before STOMP took over the Orpheum Theater on 2nd and 7th. Vin sur Vingt | Best Things to Do Upper West Side. 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. There was also one above 100th Street that closed in the mid 90s. Sometimes for the food. Both RSD and CPW were iffy bcs you never knew who would come out of the park. I remember when only the neighbors came out to see the Thanksgiving parade. 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 you dont feel like staring into pint glasses and wondering about fermentation processes, you can play darts or foosball instead. About fifty of us stood across the street and watched, as though we were attending a wake. They are socializing, flirting, establishing their creds in a nice middle-class neighborhood BEFORE they have to get on that subway once again and go home to a neighborhood which may or may not be as sparkly-shiny as the UWS and, for anyone between 12 and 25, very possibly gang-ridden and dangerous. John was a amazing teacher and he taught me to love learning! 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. Just be aware that the whole place might smell like truffles, since they serve various truffle- and non-truffle-related snacks. Not a longtime UWS resident (only two years) but I would warn the author against making what appear to be major overstatements. Neil Simon movie and yes a movie, but does show the charm and grit of the 70s. Hello. I remember when Eeyores Children bookstore, around the corner from my apartment building, closed due to declining sales from competition with the newly opened Barnes and Noble megastore on 83rdand Broadway. 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. Indeed, everything suggested it would be. Contentsshow 1The Mermaid Inn 2Prohibition 3The Owl's Tail 4Bodega 88 5E's Bar 6Vin Sur Vingt 7Dive Bar 8Jacob's Pickles Memories of the old days. My first date with my husband was in November 1984, at Teachers, on Broadway in the mid-80s. The rental apartment upstairs from my mother, with the same layout was recently listed for $9900.00 a month. Photo of storefronts on Columbus Avenue between 82d and 83rd streets in 1982 by Daniel Weeks. I dont think the email in the article works. There were prostitutes and drug dealers on the street. Why? Monday's are all you can eat wings . 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!! On that very block in 1972 (probably two years before my mugging), a 10-year-old boy named Jimmy Wallace was found in the hallway of his apartment house with stab wounds in his back and neck. I have been unable to confirm the closing date in my research. 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. Friday's location on the Upper East Side. In 1998, that number had dropped to 2,000; last year, in 2009, only 987 felonies were committed there. I only have one photo taken on the street in the1970s but I do remember alot of the old stores. Use this guide to find all the best bars in the neighborhood. 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