Dear Friends, As we all adjust to new community priorities during the COVID-19 outbreak, all upcoming LW! events through April 15th have been canceled/postponed. We will continue to re-evaluate where things stand going forward. We intend to remain fully operational through remote work. Please don’t hesitate to contact us via email at Landmarkwest@Landmarkwest.org. Take care and be well!

Fighting the UWS SUPERTALLS!

Seven to Save – Richard Lippold’s “Orpheus and Apollo” at Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall

“I would like to hope that my work is like a heart or nervous system, or something that a building would lack without it.”

– Richard Lippold

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

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Location Supervisor and NY1’s Pat Kiernan talk scouting 1950s UWS before LW’s packed event with members of the show’s design team. CLICK TO VIEW

LW’s education program, Keeping the Past for the Future, is free to NYC public schools! Through lessons, walking tours, and hands-on design and building projects, LW! is raising the next generation of preservationists and community advocates. Read more…

UPDATE: 2/13/2020 COMMUNITY WINS at 200 Amsterdam!

Judge orders permits revoked, 20 floors removed! Read More

UPDATE: 1/28/2020 BSA 2-2 TIE Goes to Developer on appeal of 50 W. 66th Street.

UPDATE: CMOM Changes to First Church of Christ, Scientist head to LPC 3/3/2020

TAKE ACTION: 3 Things you can do TODAY to Help Stop Loopholes

ALERT: Developer Flips ABC West End Ave Campus – Read More

Events Calendar

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If you’d like to add your neighborhood event to our calendar, please email us for consideration.

When the Process Works

Eternal vigilance is the price of preservation…and when the process works, we all win, as when Stanford White’s IRT Powerhouse was landmarked on Dec. 5, 2017! Read more…

Upcoming Programs & Events

LW! members enjoy discounts for public programs like walking tours, insiders’ house tours, book talks, and more. See what’s coming up! Read more…

Keeping the Past for the Future

Environmental stewardship and civic engagement start early through LW’s youth education program. Read more…

Click on any image to learn more or search our online Building Database

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)

Read our Watch-Blog

NYC’s Non-Essential Construction Grinds to a Halt

Apr 2, 2020 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, 50 West 66th Street, Dept. of Buildings, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, State of New York, Upper West Side, UWS

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has ordered all "non-essential" construction to halt statewide. This new directive, announced on Friday, March 27th, contradicts the state's initial instruction that classified all construction as essential. Construction for general...