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Terra Cotta Dreamin’
Terra Cotta Dreamin' Tuesday, April 17th, 9:30am-11:00am Terra-Cotta is one of the Upper West Side's most beloved materials: think the Aztec-inspired terra cotta on the Cliff Dwelling at 96th Street or the richly designed terra cotta panels of Chester Court on W. 89th...
Thanking Tom
Tom Wolfe, March 2, 1930 - May 13, 2018 It is with great sadness that we reflect on the loss of American author, journalist, and friend of LANDMARK WEST!, Tom Wolfe, who died at age 88 in his adopted home of New York City on Monday. While his New York...
Roz Chast’s UWS Utopia via Gothamist (Welcome Back!)
NYC news site Gothamist, shut down last November, has been brought back to life and to the web by WNYC. Read their "Sketchy Interview" with Upper West Side cartoonist Roz Chast to learn why the Utopia Diner on Amsterdam has her heart, and how she would save NYC by...
Save Chelsea Now
Save Chelsea sounds off about the next LPC Chair. Read Laurence Frommer's five pager on the issue HERE. A sampling of the content includes: "We feel that...working relationship with private developers and their consultants may explain how the Commission has come to...
Happy Grant Day!
On April 27, 1897, the 75th Anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth, Grant's Tomb was dedicated. The occasion was a full public holiday, Grant Day, and attracted a throng of spectators to rival Grant's funeral twelve years earlier. The dedication day parade featured...
The Next LPC Chair…
There has been much speculation of who might take the place of Meenakshi Srinivasan who announced--somewhat suddenly--that June 1st would be her last day of public service. CRAINS featured an opinion piece by the president of the Real Estate Board of New York calling...
Landmark West’s Kids Education Program at CMOM!
Last Saturday, Landmark West embarked upon our first ever collaboration with the Children's Museum of Manhattan in our own Upper West Side. Landmark West's Education Director, Rudie Hurwitz, coordinated with Nellie A.V. Chaban, the Director of School Programs &...
LPC Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan Resigns
Put Your Preservation Hats Back On! Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, announced today that she will step down in the face of significant opposition to proposed changes to the LPC Rules. Since her appointment by Mayor de Blasio four...
Joint Statement about LPC Rules Changes
LANDMARK WEST! along with the the Brooklyn Heights Association, The City Club of New York, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, The Municipal Art Society of New York, The...
Rats on W. 74th Street!
An enthusiastic crowd was treated yesterday to a remarkable crash course in terra cotta by expert Susan Tunick. After sharing the history, manufacture, and artistry of architectural terra cotta, Susan showed our LW! group an eye-popping collection of UWS terra cotta...
