LANDMARK WEST! was founded in the wake of WEST PRIDE, a preceding community effort which challenged Trump City and the redevelopment of the West Side Rail Yards. Seeing increased development pressures on the neighborhood and after a series of inappropriate developments along Central Park West our founders turned their attention towards greater landmarking and land use protections to ensure the neighborhood character and quality of life of the Upper West Side. These concerns are still core to our mission, even as we’ve expanded to address a wider array of issues facing our community.
Latest Positions
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Application is to modify a curb and pathway.
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Application is to install taller safety barriers.
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Application is to construct a rear year addition. Updated design.
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Application is to remove a plinth and install a new sculpture.
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Land Use and Housing
Landmarks Preservation Commission
Certificate of Appropriateness
Landmarks Preservation Commission
Landmark Wish List
Department of City Planning
ABC Rezoning
FCC & Public Design Commission
LinkNYC Towers
Mayor & Dept. of City Planning
City of Yes Proposals
Landmarks Preservation Commission
West-Park Hardship Application
Billionaire’s Cluster?
Silverstein Properties Buys, Holds, and Flips Following a competitive bidding war, and a July 2018 purchase with a 5-year sale/lease-back agreement with the Walt Disney Corporation, Silverstein Properties flips the ABC Columbus Avenue Campus for $930M without even...
Activists Attract
By Claudie Benjamin By the time Nina and Dan met in 2006, they both had explored activism in different ways. They met while each was working on a series of anti-war hearings. Dan was a reporter, writer and teacher. He had worked tirelessly on the battle for the...
Tip Your Hat, But Don’t Raise the Cap!
In her State of the State Address Gov. Hochul called for more housing And we support this action! There is a homelessness crisis and her plan offers several solutions which have merit--such as converting unused office and hotel space to residential use. We...
Made for the Job
By Claudie Benjamin Hard to imagine someone more perfectly made for the work of a progressive activist in the NY Legislature than State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried. First elected in 1970, he will have held this position for 52 years when he retires at the end...
Colleague’s Letter to Governor Kathy Hochul
In Governor Kathy Hochul's recent State of the State address she outlined a number of ideas to solve the affordable housing crisis. While several ideas have merit and we can fully support them, we are concerned with lifting the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Cap. What would...
