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Architect Robert Arthur King’s Favorite UWS Stonecarvings

Sep 8, 2020 | architecture, Upper West Side, UWS

By Claudie Benjamin It’s hard to imagine anyone more engaging and informed than Robert Arthur King, FIAA, Architect, on the subject of the stone carvings that ornament the facades of Upper West Side brownstones built between 1870-1930. Actually, King’s...

Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library and Museum

Mar 10, 2020 | Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Information Page, interiors, Landmark West, Lincoln Center, Moderism, museum, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS

LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LINCOLN CENTER PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (aka NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS) Date: 1958-1965 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Primary Style: Modernist Façade (primary material): Travertine...

A Ray of Sunshine in NYC?

Mar 5, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, architect, architectural, architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Community Board 7, Landmark West, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NY, NY Times, NYC, skyline, State of New York, When the Process Works, Zoning

New York City’s local communities may be getting the “breath of fresh air” (and ray of sunshine) they have been fighting for over recent years.  Supertall development at the Upper West Side’s 200 Amsterdam Avenue site and along the Two Bridges neighborhood’s...

“Ill-Considered” Skyscrapers

Mar 5, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Central Park, Historic District, Landmark West, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, shadows, skyline, Uncategorized

‘Practically perfect in every way’, Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help...

Clouds de-Parting

Mar 3, 2020 | architectural, architecture, David Geffen Hall, Designation, interiors, Landmark West, Landmarks, Lincoln Center, Manhattan, Museum of Modern Art, New York, preservation, The New York Times

Public art installations seem to be on attack, not just at Lincoln Center, but also, throughout the rest of New York City.  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has, for a long time, acted as a steward of Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture and other artwork.  However, across the...