Extra! Extra! FRIENDS’ Fall 2018 Newsletter

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 12/11 5:52A FRIENDS

Read all about it! Click the image below to read all the latest news from FRIENDS x INSIDE THIS ISSUE: x FRIENDS on the Front Lines Contesting Overdevelopment pg. 2 x Shaped by Immigrants  in Print...

There’s Still Time to Order Your Holiday Copy!

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 12/6 9:33A FRIENDS

A book that celebrates the soul of our community. FRIENDS is delving into the boundless historical, cultural, architectural, mercantile and ecclesiastical treasures of Yorkville at a time that...

2019 ANNUAL AWARDS Call for Entries

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 12/5 6:16A FRIENDS

2019 ANNUAL AWARDS     Call for Entries Deadline Monday, January 7th     2018 Distinctive Achievement Award:  MTA Arts & Design: Second Avenue Subway Art  x This spring, FRIENDS of the Upper East Side...

What’s on TV Monday: ‘Always at the Carlyle’ and ‘Finding Joy’

NYTimes.com (Arts) 12/2 6:00P SARA ARIDI

Watch a documentary on the famed Carlyle Hotel. Or stream an Irish comedy series about a newly single, reluctant vlogger.

The Perfect Gift For The Upper East Sider in Your Life

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 11/29 7:08A FRIENDS

Outside of a dog, a book is a man s best friend. Inside of a dog, it s too dark to read . -Groucho Marx With the holidays rapidly approaching , we think it is safe to say that Groucho Marx would have...

Tommy Rowles, 78, Dies; Bartender to the Prominent (and Others)

NYTimes.com (Most Shared) 11/22 3:38P JAMES BARRON

For 53 years, Mr. Rowles served drinks at Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle hotel. His drink menu eventually included one named after him.

More than 700,000 1940’s Tax Photos Now Available Online

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 11/13 8:37A FRIENDS

Hundreds of Thousands of 1940 s Tax Photos  are Now Available to View Online! RKO Proctor s 86th Street Theatre, Designed by Thomas W. Lamb Source: NYC Municipal Archives From 1939-1941, every...

Now Available! Get Your Copy of Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 11/7 7:48A FRIENDS

Regular Price: $30 CURRENT FRIENDS Member Price: $20 Regular price $30.00 USD Member price $20.00 USD Purchase your Copy Today! FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts  is proud to present ...

David Sakowitz, Eddie Torres

NYTimes.com (Weddings/Celebrations) 10/27 5:10P

The couple met seven years ago at a bar on the Upper East Side Bar of Manhattan.

BSA Update: Second Public Hearing for 180 East 88th Street

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 10/26 5:06A FRIENDS

180 East 88th Street to Have Second  Board of Standards and Appeals Public Hearing (Left) L-Shaped building lot pre-construction (Right) Rendering by DDG FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic...

Glaser's Interior

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York 10/23 12:28A noreply@blogger.com (Jeremiah Mo

Everything we love will become salvage. The Demolition Depot just announced they're selling the interior of Glaser's Bake Shop, closed earlier this year after 116 years on the Upper East Side. via...

A Wave of Child Sexual Abuse Accusations Against a Doctor, and Hospital Says It Knew

NYTimes.com (Most Viewed) 10/18 4:55P CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM

Rockefeller University Hospital said it has credible allegations of inappropriate behavior by a research doctor who treated children with growth problems.

Gracious Home founder dead at 83

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/12 5:31A Tom Acitelli

Natan Wekselbaum, the Cuban immigrant who founded what became  on the Upper East Side in 1963 and who left the business in 2010, died earlier this month at his Manhattan home from kidney failure. [] To view the full story, click the title link.

Gracious Home founder dead at 83

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 10/12 5:31A Tom Acitelli

Natan Wekselbaum, the Cuban immigrant who founded what became  on the Upper East Side in 1963 and who left the business in 2010, died earlier this month at his Manhattan home from kidney failure. [] To view the full story, click the title link.

Gracious Home founder dead at 83

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 10/12 5:31A Tom Acitelli

Natan Wekselbaum, the Cuban immigrant who founded what became  on the Upper East Side in 1963 and who left the business in 2010, died earlier this month at his Manhattan home from kidney failure. [] To view the full story, click the title link.