To read a similar account of growing up in the 30s and 40s, click here. Doubtful. Featuring live music nightly, the jazz age is still present in this dimly lit bar, which is a great swanky alternative without the gouging prices. Im pretty sure that Woolworths closed before 1990. (The church had become a hangout for drug addicts.) Lost your password? Coolsingel Street Cam, Rotterdam. A pair of cops who had been permanently assigned to the block because of previous incidents fired eight shots into the air in an effort to still the melee but were engulfed by the crowd.. At the same time, community groups planted trees on every block and strove to make it all look nice. 4. It's just happening. Over 25 years, we lived in 3 apartments, none more than 4 blocks from Fairway. It feels sort of like a big, slightly divey rec room, with brick walls, a shuffleboard table, and photos of various people named Bob up on the wall. However, it was still very nice and middle/ upper-middle class between broadway and riverside drive, at least up to about 90th street. That said, it isnt a gimmicky spot where you pretend to be an early American settler. I have lived on 111 street since 1975. It was bummy but it was awesome. 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. Local artists sold their wares and the kids tried not to kill themselves in the slightly deflated Moon Bounce. Youre on the Upper West Side, and you want to drink beer. Jacobs Pickles is great if you need an Upper West Side brunch spot or dinner meetup with someone you know will embrace the heavy bar food. John was a amazing teacher and he taught me to love learning! 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! It was a great neighborhoodbut you had to know which blocks you should avoid! The infamous Upper East Side murder has yet to fade from public memory. Columbus tween 70,71. Working there I was held up at gun point at the 85th street location and the 99th street location. Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz. We used to go to and from school on our own. What they will not have to learn, as my sisters and I and our wealthier friends did, is how to accommodate and make normal an ever-present sense of everyday menace. And in part it was due to the difficulty the media had, even in the wake of the 1960s, reporting on the details of the crime (the New York Times, in every one of the fiveonly five!articles it published on the case, referred vaguely to sexual mutilation). I love all the varying opinions and experiences. And Silk Road. Address: 322 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10023 Image Courtesy Da Capo #6. The building housed a playground on its roof, a respite for myself and many neighborhood kids. Not a longtime UWS resident (only two years) but I would warn the author against making what appear to be major overstatements. Finding a place to grab a drink on the Upper West Side is not a difficult task, however, there are some bars worth visiting more than others especially if you're looking for a specific vibe or ambiance. Living in the precincts of ones own past means that its fears and terrors are immediately accessible as well. Upper West Side Geography. There were loads of movie theaterstwo on one block between 96 & 97 street called Riverside and Riviera, and the Thalia, Symphony, Beacon (ALL local movie theaters), the Midtown, Loews 83rd street, the Edison, Nemo (both in the 100s) and of course, the New Yorker! You should know to never start a sentence with but. 1. Go to George Keeley. Raised on 104th. Not the Hollywood stars with a party pad in some flashy glass tower downtown, but the ones who really live here. I remember Zabars being a nice little store to buy deli and grocery items. I dont know what UWS Janet and Denton lived on, but it was dirty, dangerous and scary. I finally made the right connection when I discovered several glass ampules and hypodermic needles. Learn how your comment data is processed. (I hope this continues . 1) Frusen Gldj. I loved that they were open 24 hrs. Hey, Scooter Stan, they are often a pain in the neck. Theres also a stretch of Amsterdam Avenue full of college bars, where youll find things like beer pong and people tapping on multiple car windows asking if this is their Uber. The neighborhood has lost many small businesses such as delis, bodegas, pizzerias, barber shops, candy & stationery stores. Pretty good ice cream place in the early 80s. People know me from getting out, and introducing myself, instead of planting my face in my smartphone. 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. The tacos are supplemented with other obvious sports bar snacks, including corn on the cob, guac and chips, flautas, plus burritos, quesadillas, and tortas. 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. I dont agree with the statement that no one went above 72nd if they could help it. You can get food here until 2am, so keep this place in mind for drinks and a bite after a show at the Beacon Theatre a block away. I am offended by the tone in this article. I remember when only the neighbors came out to see the Thanksgiving parade. Nostalgia can be a treacherous mistress, because she glamorizes the past and downgrades the present in a way that threatens to make them both intolerable. The free outdoor summer concerts at Lincoln Center were wonderful. Usually the small cities in America that never change are the ones whose best days came half a century or more ago and are now literally rotting away before your eyes, their once-handsome houses mottling, their fences akimbo, their storefronts boarded, their grass untended, their gas stations abandoned on windblown corners. The next time youre feeling nostalgic about your college days, you could build your own beer pong table and throw out your couch to make room for it - or you could go to Jakes Dilemma. 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. 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. Barbara, that was Sarabeths Kitchen on Amsterdam between 82nd and 83rd. more proof that you dont have to be that old to look back on the past with rose colored glasses. But over the past 20 years in particular, the Upper West Side has turned into the most affluent shtetl the world has ever seen. the block just south of where mc donalds is. A couple of additions (please forgive any repetitions from other comments I havent read every single one.). But in 1961, 84th Street was a nightmare, and something had to be done. In 1964, the year the national crime spiral began, 3,228 felonies were committed. . Its a small, brick-walled wine bar where you can also get some snacks, like tartines and shareable charcuterie plates. And Big Nicks. To the commentersemail me if you would like to answer a few questions for the thesis. My friends lived in the 90s on Columbus and we used to skateboard and hang out all the time. I have lived on the UWS side (I rent) and I have no plans of moving to a big house in the burbs. 133 E. 65th St, New York. Great projecthope it went well or is going well. 3) Back in the 80s, H & H Bagels (well known demise some years ago) had lines out the door, and nicer prices for their delicious bagels. The Upper West Side is New York City's definitive neighborhood: a polyglot collection of fine architecture, bustling street life, diverse cultures and strong civic activism. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. On the spot across the street from a friends building, I freeze with the sensation of having, right there, been jumped nearly 40 years earlier by four kids as I got off the city bus from school. The whole thing about the terrible 1970s (and even 1980s) is vastly over-rated. Our parents let us run around unsupervised from the time we were like, 8 or 9. In the late 1980s, many of New York's megaclubs closed down as a result of the economic crash of 1987. 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. On the northern end, it borders W.110th street down south to Columbus Circle at W.59th street. Apologies for coming to this conversation rather late but felt compelled to share my experience of the UWS. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east, and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. This place also does Happy Hour deals every day until 8pm, including half off the whole bar on weekdays and half off beers on weekends. Does anyone remember the trendy bar in 1981-84 at the corner of 74th and Amsterdam? By signing up, I agree to the .css-bwwgd3{transition-property:var(--chakra-transition-property-common);transition-duration:var(--chakra-transition-duration-fast);transition-timing-function:var(--chakra-transition-easing-ease-out);cursor:pointer;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;outline:2px solid transparent;outline-offset:2px;color:currentColor;font-size:inherit;line-height:160%;}.css-bwwgd3:hover,.css-bwwgd3[data-hover]{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-bwwgd3:focus,.css-bwwgd3[data-focus]{box-shadow:var(--chakra-shadows-outline);}Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. I worked from 1972-77 at various Cake Masters locations from 72nd Street to 99th Street. You dont even need to go to municipal archives. Why? Also, bagels at H & H! My father was the first tenant of the building and moved in in 1929. We also went to the park alone which kids nowadays hardly ever do. Carmine's - 91st Street - NYC. Learn more about historic floods. Delicious, homey. Very different West Side. 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. Food City was also where I dreamt of having my first jobs first as bagger, then aspiring to cashier. Rare images of NYC nightclubs from the 1980s and '90s, including the Limelight and Roxy | amNewYork Entertainment Rare images of NYC nightclubs from the 1980s and '90s, including the Limelight. 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. 7388 reviews. And the bakery that was on 72nd between Bway and West End. I came to NYC for the first time in 1979. Japanese. Please. It all started at Goddard Riverside and then onto West Side Montessori. Lifelong UWSer, born 1970 and raised on 81st between CPW and Columbus. Vanguard is one of the best first-date spots on the Upper West Side. 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. Of course I have lived elsewhere, including the Adirondacks (for college), the Catskills (for work with Goddard-Riverside Community Center residential summer camps) and Dallas, TX for work. 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. Before wine bars, bank branches, and sushi restaurants took over the East Village, there were hole-in-the-wall clubs like 8BC, a gallery and performance space on Eighth Street between Avenues B and C. Opened in 1983, the place was over by the end of 1985. I have been unable to confirm the closing date in my research. Cocktails are pricey ($12-16) but it's just too fun to miss. There was a very nice gelato place in the late 1980s, but its name eludes me. The neighborhoods smattering of Orthodox residents did little to manifest their observance publicly. Ive ben on 76th since 1978. 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. I so miss living there and am trying to now come back from CT where I moved to be closer to Yale for medical purposes. 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. And within those classes there was division as well. the very chic chain that only was located on the UWS. @Janet, I agree. Amsterdam Ale House The corner of Amsterdam and W. 76th Street has been the site of numerous popular restaurants since the late 1930's. He struck on 104th and 103rd. McGlades, a tavern across from ABC, it's a Starbucks now. There was a reason Verdi park was called Needle Park. The reason I love my neighborhood is I can walk up my street and say hello to my neighbors. And "Mambo Mouth" in the days before STOMP took over the Orpheum Theater on 2nd and 7th. They dont linger and they dont talk to their neighbors or bother to know the names of the doormen in the lobby. Email me if youd like to answer some more questions about life on the UWS. Let me correct myself for Sarabeths Kitchen was between 79th and 80th Streets on Amsterdam across from Macs. At the time, I was going to high school a block away and walked every morning past the tenements from which the airmail had been dropped on Lyfords yard. Named after the famous landmark apartment building nearby, The Dakota Bar possesses a vibrant energy all of its' own. Kelly Ramos: Favorite wings in the entire city. Sometimes for the bathroom. Tags: Big Nick's Burger and Pizza Joint, East Village Eye, East Village in the 1980s, Lou Reed, New York City 1984, old pizza parlors New York City, Upper West Side in the 1980s, Velvet Underground My favorite dart bar in 1982. They were mugged in the lobby one night after taking a taxi home from our apartment 15 blocks away. I was mugged the one time I walked from Broadway and 80th to Columbus and 80th because I crossed Amsterdam Ave. and went east on the block. gallery. The 40,000 Jews who lived there in 1960 were primarily secular and in flight from their faith. No more butcher, fish store, local drugstore, bakery, candy store, DVD rentals. I also remember the food of the neighborhood . Outdoors at Noz Market. A Manhattan townhouse complete with a 33-foot lap pool has hit the market for $17.5 million. I frankly dont recognize this overheated characterization of the 1970s-80s neighborhood. Because The Smith is always there when you need it to be. Prohibition has live music every night, so its a good option for all kinds of situations, from first dates when you want to avoid awkward small talk to quick solo drinks when youre killing time. Yes there was plenty of crime in the 80s, and the neighborhood has gone through change (for the better). There is not a day that goes by when I dont miss woolworths! Get there early (around 9:00 p.m.) to experience it because it gets a bit crowded near the stage later in the evening. Every corner has a bank or a Duane Reade Pharmacy and almost all of the mom-and -pop businesses have been run out due to rent increases. You can see the dots on the map of Manhattan, and the peak is still in the 1980s in terms of the most bars. Located on the Upper West Side on West 70th Street, the residence is less than a block from. It was hardly an area to avoid. This place gets packed during big weeknight games and all day on weekends, with the booths and tables in the dining room usually reserved days in advance. East of Broadway was a tough old neighborhood. Here is a nice trip down memory lane of the 1980's! Neighborhood volunteers took turns watching out their windows, reporting any crimes to the well-meaning, over-worked and understaffed local police precinct. Maybe before you retired you might have offered a no-credit seminar on at-large behavior and minding ones own business. But this is the case in most major cities going through development and change. 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. He didn't take studio photography or anything like that.". 4.3. So my small city is the same and yet it is not the same, because it is today, in almost every way, better. The entrance to this Upper West Side speakeasy is right inside Burke & Wills go to the back and open the green leather door. From our award-winning Vine Burger to our Cobb Salad, Roasted Cornish Hen, Seafood and Steaks, Madison & Vine satisfies the cravings of the city's most discerning diners. Bars & Music Mama's Bar. Conservatives sometimes invoke the Upper West Side in their lists of petri-dish-like leftist enclaves along with Cambridge and Berkeley, but despite its homogeneous radicalism, it didnt then and doesnt now offer much in the way of interesting, unexpected, or comical ideological excess. The 24th Precinct has about the same racial and ethnic makeup it did when Lyford published his book in 1966. Kyle: When I moved here, the hotspot was 8 th Avenue between 14 th and 23rd. 1470 First Ave. (between 76th & 77th St.) North East Bank. So much history of the Upper West Side, resided in the strengths and ideas of its working class citizens. Amsterdam Ale House plays sports on a few TVs, but it feels less like a sports bar and more like a casual neighborhood spot than any other place on this stretch of Amsterdam Ave. You make it sound like the wild west which it was not. If you want anecdotes, thats one thing; Im happy to provide them. 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. Lecters was a tiny linen shop on the west side of Broadway owned my Mel Lecters parents till he inherited it and turned it into a yuppies dream shop! Sarabeth was a friend and I too loved her pastries and coffee. Some of that was due to the destruction of housing not only by the citys own slum-clearance policies but also by the ravages of rent controls that led to the abandonment of hundreds of thousands of apartments. Here's a spindly, stand-alone piece of the High Line that has since vanished . They took my empty wallet and the little folder containing the invaluable pass that afforded me free access that month to that bus line. The sidewalks teemed with alcoholic homeless Vietnam Vets haunted by their own nightmares and hopelessness. Vin sur Vingt | Best Things to Do Upper West Side. MacAliers Pub was across the avenue. Another location of The Mermaid Inn, another perfect first date spot. 4) Someone else mentioned it, but Ill second a nod to Teachers and Teachers, Too. I was just talking about Winnifred Frocks yesterday! It was known for its burgers, hot dogs, and milkshakes. Prohibition is an upscale bar and lounge with some of the best bar food in the Upper West Side. And Silk Road. I am still amazed thinking how that now-pristine block was so different. 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. I would recommend the author talk to some parents at the local schools to get a sense for the community now. 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. Upper West Side march protest, circa 1980. The streets were full of prostitutes and Johns cruising for them. The whole space is about the size of a subway car, though, so dont bring a big group. And every effort to cure them through large-scale government action only made matters worse, in one of the most potent demonstrations of the law of unintended consequences. Im coming into this conversation very late but I have lived in this neighborhood all my life.since 1953. Caribbean Restaurants Restaurants. Upper East Side. Would it be meaningful to a visitor in 2010 to know that Isaac Bashevis Singer lived in the Belnord on 86th and Broadway; that Singers brother Israel Joshua set the final section of his magnificent novel of German Jewry, The Family Carnovsky, at 94th and West End; that the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff spent his final years at 84th and West End? I live on 72nd and would guess off the top of my head that it contains around 50 small businesses just between Columbus & West End. They had several boutiques and I spent a lot of dough there over the years, The folded in the early 90s I think. Jimmys penis had been cut off. We neighborhood kids came to call him, with the horrible bluntness of adolescent boys, Charlie Chop-off. Tiny place, sweet lady from down south. Explore the scintillating March 2023 issue of Commentary. Everybody got mugged. . Now that the doormen from CPW no longer drink at the bar at Pizzeria Uno on Columbus & 81 (which had a cubby hole in the unfinished end where wed leave each other messages and little presents), thats one thing that Im finding difficult to nail in the neighborhood! 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. They had delicious burgers. At least when talking about fairly genteel nabes as we are here. My high school boyfriend lived on 82nd and Broadway. Abandoned West Side Highway, circa 1980. Not how it was for me, my friends, and their families. Come here when you want to watch college or NFL football, and bet pitchers of light beer on the outcomes of beer pong games with friends. 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. 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. Les Routiers on 89th the bar next to them. However, the Upper West Side has a higher percentage of housing that falls between $500 and $6000 per month, while the Upper East Side has more housing above $9000. The food was all American dishes, and I used to go there for dinner all the time. It's interesting to watch the shifts in neighborhoods. Please enter your email address. That one of NYC's best sushi restaurants would also be among its most expensive is mostly expected, but it was surprising when . The Upper West Side of my youth was in no way a fabled or especially notable area. Over the course of the next four years, 20 houses on the block would be demolished and replaced with a high school named for Louis Brandeis and a relocated elementary school. Police flooded the area. Although the Upper East Side is generally considered the more expensive side, when it comes to renting in 2022, the Upper West Side takes the cake. They have a bunch of beers on tap that you definitely wont find on the shelves at Whole Foods, and the dark space works well for a low-key drink with a couple friends. Yorkville, Manhattan photos from the 1980s. We dont mean this as an insult to the land above 59th Street, but The Owls Tail is the sort of place you expect to find downtown. You want to watch sports with some friends, and maybe share a couple pitchers of beer - ideally something other than Hoegaarden or Goose Island. The citys population shrank by nearly a million people between 1960 and 1980, with 300,000 gone from Manhattan over the course of those 20 years. It might have been the most integrated area in the United States. Aside from the Museum of Natural History overlooking Central Park and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial overlooking Riverside Park, the area lacks notable monuments. The Arthouse Hotel is a bit of a hidden gem in the Upper West Side but not for long. Open in Google Maps. I remember The Jaunting Car Inn next to the Ritzs deli between 71 and 70th on Columbus. The Upper West Side ( UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Things change. 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. Now its a zoo. Fancy. In 1981, I lived on 79th and West End; it was tiny but very comfortable. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. Restaurants. I loved visiting the pet dept downstairs there and often dreamt of freeing all the fish and parakeets to Central Park down the block. 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. Its about equal parts bar, restaurant, and lounge - and it looks sort of like a place where lawyers would hang out on a Friday night in a 90s sitcom. I was born in 1965 and moved away in 1977 (returned later). In the 60s, it was only open to the high class and the rich, like authors up on the Upper East Side. Bear Bar (west side) 2156 Broadway (between 74th & 75th St.) Beer Hall. Either way, it's there, and it's good. Remember Winnefred Frocks on bway in the 70s. I won a Halloween story writing contest at Eeyores ($25 gift certificate) and was a delivery boy for Video Connection. If you are interested in answering a few questions email me at: jeannine.j@gmail.com. I grew up in. Several times a year the 79th Block Association shut down the street and organized a street fair. By 1990, there were 5,641 felonies. It is the same one in which I grew up four decades ago, and its buildings and landmarks and topography are almost entirely unchanged. 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. There were great clothes stores also on Columbus on the same street, Parachute was one. By 1968, there were a whopping 85 bars on the Upper East Side, most of them singles bars. 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. I also went to IS 44 and was blessed with being part of the Lab School which was the vision of Mr. John Gatto. The bakery was Royale, there were others as well, Eclair, and Blooms. This article is so one-side. Further back, in the 50s and 60s there was food-o-Rama, Daitch Shopwell, Nedicks, Orange Julius, and so many mom and pop shops. 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