May 5, 2017 | architecture, Book Culture, book signing, book talk
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Justin Davidson, an uber-fan of the UWS, (shown with Landmark West! President Kate Wood) drew scores of readers to Book Culture last night for another successful LW! authors night. The standing-room only crowd enjoyed Wood and Davidson in...
Feb 16, 2017 | architecture, Columbia Universtiy, Events, Uncategorized
Architect and Landmark West! volunteer Maggie Hui is sharing her PhD research on Eastern Tibetan Vernacular Architecture this Friday at Columbia. All are welcome! Free and open to the public. Friday, February 17, 6:30-8:30pm From House Space to Monastic Settlement at...
Dec 15, 2016 | architecture, book signing, Central Park, Hermes Mallea, interiors, Landmark West, Uncategorized
Still shopping? Give your friends and family the gift of escape into the pages of a good book from the LANDMARK WEST! Bookshelf. Enjoy special “members-only” pricing on titles exploring architecture, design, history, photography, film and –...
Jul 18, 2016 | Andrew Dolkart, Andrew S. Dolkart, architect, architectural, architecture, brownstone, design, Lamb and Rich, Neo Renaissance, New York, New York City, West End Avenue
On Tuesday, July 12, about 45 friends joined LANDMARK WEST! for a tour of 351 West End Avenue, a beautifully-preserved Lamb and Rich row house dating to the early 1890’s. Andrew Dolkart, professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, led an...
Mar 17, 2016 | Advocacy Archives, architect, architecture, Building Database, history, Renaissance, Upper West Side
by: Elizabeth Canon In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we want to tell you about a fellow Irishman and builder in New York City, Edward Kilpatrick. Not only was Kilpatrick born in Ireland, but he was also a close personal friend of New York character, Horace Greeley, who...
Dec 11, 2015 | architecture, C of A, CookFox, Dutch Revival, Landmark West, NYC, preservation, Rick Cook, Robert W. Gibson, West End Collegiate Church, West End Collegiate School
While buildings in NYC seem to come and go–and with increasing expedience–it is very rare for major alterations to take place within an historic district. The Upper West Side has 12 such districts, and when word first came of demolition plans, our...
