Watch-Blog
It’s not every day the mail brings a letter from a four-star U.S. General…
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Gene A. Norman testifying in 1984 to protect the NYC Landmarks Law. Credit: Albany Press, January 1984 It's not every day the mail brings a letter from a four-star U.S. General... let alone a former Secretary of State! Do join us for...
Celebrating former Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Gene A. Norman
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Gene A. Norman testifying in 1984 to protect the NYC Landmarks Law. Credit: Albany Press, 1984. In 1988, Gene presided over a 16-hour marathon public hearing at the Fourth Universalist Society, which led to the 1990 designation of over...
Exploring the Lettering of the Upper West Side
Enjoy a beautiful fall weekend outdoors! Join LW! for a walking tour with typography expert Alexander Tochilovsky* The Texture of the City: Exploring the Lettering of the Upper West Side November 22, 11am-1pm $15 for LW! members**; $25 for non-members; $10 students...
Central Park West Skyline: Potential Futures
Are there new towers in the future of this skyline? This is the important and pressing question LW's study by WXY architect Claire Weisz seeks to answer. .. The urgent need to study Central Park West emerged out of a series of proposals to alter the avenue’s iconic...
Protect the future of Gansevoort Street
In 2001, a New York which seems to have existed an eternity ago, a much different New York Times addressed a much different Gansevoort Street in what was then a running column called "One Street at a Time". Author Michael Cunningham described the stretch as "a dark...
BFJ Comments on Zoning for Quality and Affordability
LANDMARK WEST! asked BFJ Planning to review Mayor De Blasio's City Planning proposals "Zoning for Quality and Affordability" and "Mandatory Inclusionary Housing". Click here for a copy of their full critique. Below are some of their key findings: Both ZQA and MIH...
Testimony in Support of the Designation of the IRT Powerhouse & St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Complex
In preparation for the November 5 & 12, 2015 Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearings, we have received many written statements in support of designating the former Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Powerhouse and the St. Michael's Episcopal Church complex,...
Time is Running Out for NYC!
Let's cut to the chase. Please sign this petition, New Yorkers for a Human-Scale City, and please add your individual name, or your organization's* name, to the growing list of co-sponsors endorsing the petition. The list is long because it strikes a chord in every...
Continuing Education: “Preservation 101” on Tuesday November 17
Above: View of West 71st Street in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District Join LW! for a full day workshop: "Preservation 101" Ideal for Real Estate Professionals (Approved for 7.5 hours M11987) The more you know about historic buildings, the...
UPPER WEST SIEGE! Neighborhood Character Under Fire
UPPER WEST SIEGE! Mayor de Blasio's rezoning plan will raise height limits. The Upper West Side among the neighborhoods hardest hit! Thanks to the efforts of neighbors like you, the Upper West Side's character is protected by hard-won Historic Districts...
