Ed Koch on the Upper West Side in 1983. Courtesy of Municipal Archives.

February 1, 2013 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 33 Degrees.

Notices:
A free Folk Art Museum concert and more on our calendar.

Kerry Butler and friends are hosting an event to benefit PS 84 on March 3. Check it out.

News:
Ed Koch is dead of congestive heart failure. Here’s his Times obit, a photo of his tombstone, and some of his most memorable one-liners. And here’s what he said about living in the suburbs in an interview with Playboy: “Have you ever lived in the suburbs? … It’s sterile. It’s nothing. It’s wasting your life, and people do not wish to waste their lives once they’ve seen New York! … This rural American thing — I’m telling you, it’s a joke.”

“The Upper West Side became liveable again” under Koch, writes Michael Tomasky. Do you agree?

The owners of a “rock and roll penthouse” at the Ariel East are looking to double their initial investment, asking $12.5 million. (Curbed)

A first look at how the mayoral candidates feel about education. They still have plenty of questions to answer, but this is a helpful survey. (Epoch Times)