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There Was Once a Secret Bookstore in this Old Tenement Building

Brendan Mohler March 23, 2024 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

The majority of Upper East Siders who walked down a particular stretch of East 84th Street between 2008 and 2019 would have been oblivious to Read More...

The “Spite House” of the Upper East Side

Bobby Panza June 6, 2023 Real Estate 1 Comment

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for our main event, one of the all-time greatest real estate battles in the history of New York City. Let’s Read More...

The “Black and Whites” of East 72nd Street

Bobby Panza May 4, 2023 Odds and Ends 1 Comment

History, privacy and beauty with a cool breeze await you at the “Black and Whites” of East 72nd Street. Read More...

Winston Churchill’s Fifth Avenue Alarm

Bobby Panza March 29, 2023 Odds and Ends No Comments

The date is December 13, 1931. Winston Churchill, 57, is in New York City on a mission to recoup his losses from the 1929 stock Read More...

‘Death of a Scoundrel’ and the Unsolved Murder of Serge Rubenstein

Bobby Panza January 25, 2023 Odds and Ends No Comments

Before Bernie Madoff came a man named Serge Rubenstein. Rubenstein was many things. Most famously, though, he’s remembered as a money manipulator, draft dodger and Read More...

The Bubble House, Bursting with Individuality

Mike Mishkin January 17, 2023 Real Estate No Comments

New York City brownstones started really popping up during the first half of the 19th century. Read More...

A Twisted Tale of Twin Gynecologist Brothers Found Dead in Upper East Side Apartment

Bobby Panza December 14, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

A story so strange they had to make a second show to tell it. Read More...

Seize the Day with Squadron A: The Upper East Side’s Historic Military Outfit

Bobby Panza August 5, 2022 Odds and Ends 5 Comments

Two elite academic institutions—Hunter College High School and Elementary School at 71 East 94th Street between Madison and Park avenues—are housed in what appears to Read More...

New Book Takes us Inside Mortimer’s, A Celebrity Hangout of a Bygone Era

E.L. Danvers May 22, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Mortimer’s was the place to be for over two decades before it suddenly closed its doors in 1998. Its modest setting betrayed its infamy and Read More...

Professional Baseball Players Who’ve Lived and Played on the Upper East Side

E.L. Danvers April 10, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Happy Opening Weekend! New York City has long been a baseball haven, once home base to three big league teams. With centuries of baseball history Read More...