{"id":182695,"date":"2026-04-01T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182695\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:23:10","slug":"upper-west-side-historical-photo-challenge-bonus-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182695\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge: Bonus Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-23.5.01.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-100758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-23.5.01-1024x595.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-23.5.02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-100759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-23.5.02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"753\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to another installment in the Rag\u2019s Historical Photo Challenge. This week we feature a real treat\u2014 two images of the Upper West Side from a private collection, which the owner believes have never been published before. Can you figure out where and when they were taken, and what they show? Look closely; this week\u2019s challenge photos, like the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/author\/rob-garber\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0others in the series<\/a>, include clues that will help you identify the scene, if you\u2019re a dedicated UWS history sleuth. And even if you don\u2019t recognize the pictures\u2014not to worry! I\u2019ll decode them for you, show you the clues that help identify them, and\u2014best of all\u2014tell you a story the images unlock, because this column isn\u2019t just a test of your neighborhood knowledge; it\u2019s also a rolling celebration of the people, buildings and events that wove the tapestry of the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n<p>Ready? If you think you know where and when the photos were taken and what they show, post your answer as a comment on this column.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve missed any columns in this series,If you\u2019ve missed any pictures in this series, here is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/author\/rob-garber\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">complete collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>About the author:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/author\/rob-garber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rob Garber<\/a> has lived on the Upper West Side since the late 20th century and is a member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group. To learn more, visit their website at <a href=\"https:\/\/upperwestsidehistory.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upperwestsidehistory.org<\/a>. All photos in Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge are used by permission.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to West Side Rag\u2019s FREE email newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/westsiderag.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=5772ebf2a0a585445f1188785&amp;id=f50755d5f9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. And you can Support the Rag\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/support-west-side-rag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Welcome to another installment in the Rag\u2019s Historical Photo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-182695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}