La Noche Cubana, Online Buildings Database, Upper West Side, UWS
One week from today, 446 Columbus Avenue will become the site of a friendly fiesta to celebrate 75 years of a West Side MVP (that’s “Most Valuable Preservationist”): Arlene Simon!Before “La Noche Cubana” takes over next Thursday,...
Community Board 7, NYLC, preservation, West End Preservation Society, West-Park
West-Park Presbyterian Church*As temperatures on the West Side begin to drop low, low, low, the heat at landmarked West-Park Presbyterian Church is going up, up, up!!LW! learned some BIG NEWS this morning, courtesy of our friends at the West End Preservation Society...
Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NYC, photography, Upper West Side
Monday is all about looking forward. What meetings do we have this week? What public hearings are scheduled? What progress are we hoping to make on any particular project? But this week, why not kick things off with a look back? To the Upper...
Arlene Simon, Historic District, La Noche Cubana, Upper West Side, UWS
Because of all she’s done for our West Side neighborhoods, and to celebrate her 75th birthday, LW! is throwing a party in honor of our President and founder, Arlene Simon!Because we are so grateful to YOU, our readers, for following our goings on via our blog,...
architecture, education, Lynne Funk, Rand PC, Samantha Deutsch, Unsung Heroes
As LW!’s Dir. of Education, Debi Germann, has the enviable job of exploring the West Side with local youngsters, encouraging them to look up from their shoestrings and take in the exciting architecture around them. Debi does this through “Keeping the...