Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, When the Process Works
Sometimes the beauty (and the ingenuity!) is not always visible on the surface! One of the great things about the Former New York Life Insurance building at 346 Broadway is its clocktower, part of a landmark designated by the LPC in 1987. Attributed to McKim Mead and...
361 Central Park West, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
FIND MOST RECENT UPDATES HERE The past few months have brought wave after wave of news about real estate deals involving developers, their lobbyists, political contributions, and the de Blasio administration. Sometimes, the little guy wins, but too often...
Advocacy, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission
WEST SIDE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM: The Balance Between Land Use and Quality of Life Hosted byLANDMARK WEST!, Historic Districts Council’s League of Preservation Voters & Fordham University Moderated by Lesley Massiah-Arthur, Associate...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, CENTRAL dARK, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
The scale of New York is being drastically changed – not just in Midtown Manhattan, but in neighborhoods throughout the city. The tide of “supertall” towers beginning to rise in residential areas, including those surrounding Central Park,...
Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire
On Tuesday, May 23rd, the LPC denied a revised proposal brought before them by the owners of the Hopper-Gibbons House, a landmark which is part of the Lamartine Place Historic District. The district, a trim collection of twelve landmarks whose residents...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
LANDMARK WEST! has filed an Article 78 to challenge the BSA approval of special permits allowing Congregation Shearith Israel to build a community house with a stack of luxury apartments atop–luxury apartments which break with contextual zoning and are much...
