West Side
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The cupcake fervor hit its peak when Crumbs, which had started as a single bakery on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 2003, went public in a reverse merger worth $66 million in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
Erica Prier’s daughter Izzy became so enamored with sushi that the Upper West Side mom hired a private chef to teach her daughter and friends how to make sushi for Izzy’s 8th birthday in April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
The judges decided to send Cope, who performed a salsa to Dance At The Gym from West Side Story, home.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
The Upper West Side apartment, where she’s staying while starring in the Broadway play “Marjorie Prime,” was overrun with birthday flowers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
Their grandparents’ store had the best fruit on the West Side of San Antonio.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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