Black History Month, Individual Landmark
By Megan Fitzpatrick On the first day of Black History Month, we’re taking a deep dive into 137 West 71st Street – an Individual Landmark! This rather unremarkable-looking building has quite a history behind it. 137 West 71st Street was designated...
5G, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks at Risk, New York Landmarks Conservancy, public design commission
LW! has a long history as an adversary for the out-of-scale 5G-towers proposed for the streets of our city. In our 2020 and 2021 testimony before the Public Design Commission, we spoke out lamenting the ungainly proportions and unattractive design. Now that...
