The landmark Metro Theater is being renamed Uptown Film Center and will include five screens and about 470 seats.
Category: Upper West Side (Manhattan, NY)
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To Honor the King of Lox, Lots of Lox
The spread at Saul Zabar’s shiva.
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How Sarah Paiji Yoo, the Co-Founder of Blueland, Spends Her Sundays
Sarah Paiji Yoo, the co-founder of Blueland, spends her Sunday hunting for ice cream, avoiding single-use plastic and getting a foot massage with her husband.
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How Brandon Kazen-Maddox, an American Sign Language Artist, Spends Their Sundays
Branden Kazen-Maddox makes time for mud massages, meditation and aerial hoop adventures.
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Upper West Side Theater Is Sold After Governor Allocates $3.5 Million
A nonprofit bought the landmark Metro Theater after receiving financial support from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and Steven Spielberg’s foundation.
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How a Driving Instructor to the Stars Spends Her Sundays
Shanti Gooljar grabs some coffee before eight hours of heart-racing driving lessons around New York City. She caps off her day by having dinner with her son.
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$7 Million Deal Is Reached for Upper West Side Movie Theater, Nonprofit Says
A nonprofit group says it has reached an agreement to buy the shuttered Metro Theater from its owners, but the deal is contingent on raising the money by the end of the year.
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Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater
Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005.
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An Upper West Side Home With Wallpaper Murals and Terrazzo Everywhere
“We were pushing it,” the architect said of the design, which includes a hidden playroom and a soaking tub where you wouldn’t expect it.
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Buddy Duress, Who Came Off the Streets to Find Stardom, Dies at 38
He was a homeless heroin dealer when the Safdie brothers put him in their movies, and the critics raved. But the recklessness that gave his acting authenticity thwarted his career.
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Inside Roz Chast’s Connecticut Home
The New Yorker cartoonist has trouble making decisions about décor. Anyone who has seen the art collection in her home may not notice.
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I Started Playing My Sax Outdoors. Then the Fans Came.
When your rehearsal space is the bank of the Hudson, the audience is a bit unconventional.