Upper West Side Past, Present & Future
A community-wide conversation about the what, why and how of preserving our neighborhood’s historic character and beauty.  Through an online survey, roundtable discussions, an exhibition, and collaboration with graduate students in Columbia University’s Urban Planning program, LW! will lead joint efforts to define and implement long-term goals for preserving the Upper West Side.

   
 

Keeping the Past for the Future
Our award-winning youth education program, currently reaching 1,500 students in 60 classrooms with fun lessons about history, architecture and civic engagement. 
This ever-growing program and its centerpiece workbook,
“My Preservation Journal,” were recently endorsed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and featured on its “Teaching Preservation”website.
   
2nd-grade students from P.S. 145 (150 West 105th St.)
show off their creations after learning about
building parts and types.
    
     
   
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Sustainable Backyards
An environmental preservation project to protect open spaces hidden behind historic rowhouses and apartment buildings.  LW! is pioneering research to promote public awareness and sound policy concerning backyards and their critical role in New York City’s sustainability infrastructure.

   
Leafy backyards between 90th and 91st Streets.
   
     
   
 

Central Park West Skyline
An investigation of the potential for tower development impacting one of New York’s most iconic skyline silhouettes.  Our expert study of threats to Central Park West is the springboard for exploring existing and innovative tools to manage change effectively—on the Upper West Side and beyond.

 

  
The "peaks-and-valleys" diversity of
the Central Park West skyline.
   
     
 
 

Wish List of Landmark Priorities
Undaunted advocacy to achieve landmark designation for 25 Upper West Side places still in need of protection.  For a full list of at-risk sites, click here and contact LW! to obtain a copy of our newly updated Map of historic sites between West 59th and 110th Street, Central Park to Riverside Park.
   
West-Park Presbyterian Church (original chapel: Leopold Eidlitz, 1884; church addition: Henry F. Kilburn, 1890),
W. 86th St. & Amsterdam Ave.
     
 

We would love to tell you more about these initiatives and others!
Reach us at 212-496-8110 or landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org. 

 
 








 
             
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