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DOB Intent to Revoke Permits on West 66th Street

Name: LPC Hearing/Meeting
Start: 2019-05-21T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-05-21T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Landmarks Preservation Commission

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As DCP rolls four months behind their own deadline, W66th St. Developer becomes vested by adding additional mechanical void

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Will Central Park Become CENTRAL dARK? A supertall tower could rise on West 66th Street casting shadows on residential blocks, landmark designated buildings, and Central Park. Read more…

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LW! legal team challenges the 161-foot void: “the tallest ever attempted in the City, and if it is permitted, we can expect yet taller ones, constrained only by the limits of engineering”

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368 West End Avenue (West End Collegiate Church and School)
Pomander Walk
300 Central Park West (El Dorado Apartments)
Riverside Drive at 89th Street (Soldiers and Sailors Monument)
346 West 89th Street (Isaac L. Rice House)
540 West End Avenue (Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew)
520 West End Avenue (Leech House)
2626 Broadway (Midtown Theater – now the Metro Theater)
294 Riverside Drive (Baumgarten House)
332 West 83rd Street
2689-2693 Broadway (Marseilles Hotel)
351 Riverside Drive (Schinasi House)
455 Central Park West (New York Cancer Hospital, later the Towers Nursing Home)
2712 Broadway (Former Horn and Hardart Automat)
253 West 73rd Street (Level Club)

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De ja Vu on the UWS-New Appeal on 50 W. 66th, Possible New Landmark, and Fighting the Voids

May 14, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, Landmarks Preservation Commission, preservation

LW! has been hard at work. Read on for news about Yesterday, Today, Thursday, and the future of the Upper West Side! LAND USE YESTERDAY: LW! filed a new appeal against 50 West 66th St. De ja vu? When LW! filed a challenge with the Board of Standards and Appeals in...