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CITY Support!
Local, City and State Electeds write in support of the 10 West 66th Street Corporation and LANDMARK WEST! zoning challenge against 36 West 66th Street. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Councilmember Helen Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard M. Gottfried...
984′ and Counting
The definition of SuperTall has "grown" as the sky is, increasingly no longer the limit. SHoP Architects has just passed the threshold into the SuperTall Club. DEZEEN (linked) writes that 111 West 57th Street, the 43-foot wide plot will rise 1,421 feet toward the...
66th Street Challenge is filed! 75 Days of Road Ahead.
Ever vigilant, LW! and Neighbors filed a Department of Buildings Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street,* today. * (the proposed 39-story building which hopes to rise 775-feet, as tall as a 77-story office building) Manhattan Borough President Gale...
215′ of Nothing is NOT okay!
LANDMARK WEST! and neighbors have filed our Department of Buildings Zoning Challenge against the CENTRAL dARK Tower, a proposed 39-story, 775-foot tall tower which includes 215-feet (equivalent to 21 residential stories!) of void space planned for 36 West 66th...
“Off-Broadway”
In 2015, LW! pressed the Landmarks Preservation Commission to maintain the original boundaries of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II. Unfortunately, after a vote, they did not, hence the "de Blasio Diet" where every building that was not...
66th Street Zoning Challenge Meeting
Mark your Calendars: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th: (1) New York State Primary Day Polls are open 6am-9pm. Please remember to vote! (2) Zoning Challenge Forum Doors open at 6:30pm. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, West 65th Street at Central Park West. LW! and neighbors...
City Planning Examines Voids
New York City's Department of City Planning, Manhattan division met with neighbors and LANDMARK WEST! this week to address mounting concerns over zoning abuses not only on the Upper West Side, but city-wide. Oft-voiced concerns pertain to unnecessary void spaces...
It is “GO” Time on W 66th St. Zoning Challenge
'Life isn't a sprint, it's a marathon' so they say -- sometimes it is BOTH. LW! and neighbors race to file Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) as long-range efforts to curb supertall developments continue. Teaming with...
Development by Loophole: UWS Block Association Explains Impact of 66th Street Development
View the West 65th and West 66th Street Block Association's video NYC" Development by Loophole which addresses the development activity at 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street).
Revolving Door: Meenakshi Srinivasan takes a turn
Round and round it goes! While there are laws in place at the state level to prevent conflicts of interest and government employees from working in similar arenas in the private sector for a certain window, the City laws are less stringent. They make suggestions but...
