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City plans phaseout of 'dirty oil'

Many Upper West Side residential buildings burn No. 6 oil, also known as residual fuel oil or unrefined sludge. No. 4 and No. 6 oils emit toxic soot and nickel, substances that have serious negative consequences on health and on the climate.

Many Upper West Side residential buildings burn No. 6 oil, also known as residual fuel oil or unrefined sludge. No. 4 and No. 6 oils emit toxic soot and nickel, substances that have serious negative consequences on health and on the climate.

Boulud sets 'Bar' high while Gray’s Papaya feeds students low on cash

Home to an increasingly diverse crowd of affluent businessmen, growing families, and young professionals, the UWS offers a wide variety of excellent, affordable restaurants to adventurous individuals willing to venture out of the Columbia bubble.

Home to an increasingly diverse crowd of affluent businessmen, growing families, and young professionals, the UWS offers a wide variety of excellent, affordable restaurants to adventurous individuals willing to venture out of the Columbia bubble.

'"The Blue Rider" in Performance' brings new media to Miller

“‘The Blue Rider’ in Performance” featured music for solo piano and piano with voice by Schoenberg, Webern, and other contemporaries, and closed with a Schoenberg work for string quartet and voice. To accompany the music, abstract visualizations emerged on a cave-like backdrop behind the musicians.

“‘The Blue Rider’ in Performance” featured music for solo piano and piano with voice by Schoenberg, Webern, and other contemporaries, and closed with a Schoenberg work for string quartet and voice. To accompany the music, abstract visualizations emerged on a cave-like backdrop behind the musicians.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ calls the New York Film Festival home

With the 70th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” approaching quickly, accompanied by a screening on Saturday at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center and a new edition of the movie on DVD due to be released next week, people all over the world will be reciting those memorable words: “There’s no place like home.”

With the 70th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” approaching quickly, accompanied by a screening on Saturday at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center and a new edition of the movie on DVD due to be released next week, people all over the world will be reciting those memorable words: “There’s no place like home.”

Music venue brings intimate feel to the bustle of the UWS

The recently renovated Merkin Concert Hall attempts to produce the rare connection between performer and audience through its relatively small size and relaxed atmosphere.

The recently renovated Merkin Concert Hall attempts to produce the rare connection between performer and audience through its relatively small size and relaxed atmosphere.

Primping for a new season at the New York City Ballet

Lincoln Center, located on 66th Street and Broadway and just off the 1 train, is one of the most famous performing arts centers in the world, and the New York City Ballet is its crown jewel. With the spring season starting on April 28th, the full-length classics Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, and Coppelia are returning to the stage, as well as 40 other works and two world premieres.

Lincoln Center, located on 66th Street and Broadway and just off the 1 train, is one of the most famous performing arts centers in the world, and the New York City Ballet is its crown jewel. With the spring season starting on April 28th, the full-length classics Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, and Coppelia are returning to the stage, as well as 40 other works and two world premieres.

Play with the best at UWS Tournaments

If you’ve been following my surveys of various New York neighborhoods and their gaming scenes over the past few weeks, you know that the best places in the city for constant gaming competition are downtown. But if you’re stuck uptown in Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side, you’ve still got a shot to get in on some competition.

If you’ve been following my surveys of various New York neighborhoods and their gaming scenes over the past few weeks, you know that the best places in the city for constant gaming competition are downtown. But if you’re stuck uptown in Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side, you’ve still got a shot to get in on some competition.

Get your prix-fixe of eating on the town

Manhattan is an island of choices, and the daily decisions inherent to living here are often followed by regret. Eating out means $50 no longer in the bank. Seeing a new borough or neighborhood means 45 wasted minutes on the subway.

Manhattan is an island of choices, and the daily decisions inherent to living here are often followed by regret. Eating out means $50 no longer in the bank. Seeing a new borough or neighborhood means 45 wasted minutes on the subway.

Historic sculptures shape uptown landscape

Zabar’s, H&H Bagels, The American Museum of Natural History, and Lincoln Center are just a few things that automatically come to mind when thinking of the Upper West Side. Yet within the intellectual, baby-stroller-filled streets of this neighborhood, inhabitants can find exciting and surprising works of art—easily accessible and absolutely free.

Zabar’s, H&H Bagels, The American Museum of Natural History, and Lincoln Center are just a few things that automatically come to mind when thinking of the Upper West Side. Yet within the intellectual, baby-stroller-filled streets of this neighborhood, inhabitants can find exciting and surprising works of art—easily accessible and absolutely free.

New housing rises in Park West Village

“I wake up every morning to this,” said Marion Billings, a resident of newly constructed properties comprising the Columbus Village development, which began in the fall of 2006.

“I wake up every morning to this,” said Marion Billings, a resident of newly constructed properties comprising the Columbus Village development, which began in the fall of 2006.