Watch-Blog
Landmarks and Landmarks-in-Waiting in the e-press
The Upper West Side press has been kept busy this week covering the landmark beat! From the West Side's newest Individual Landmark, West-Park Presbyterian Church on 86th Street, to buildings deserving of landmarks status but locked in limbo, like the IRT...
A Stellar Year for LW’s Youth Education Program, Keeping the Past for the Future!
The 2009-2010 school year has been a Landmark year for LW's decade-old youth education program, Keeping the Past for the Future (KPF). The number of students experiencing KPF has sky-rocketed in a few short years. This year, we have worked with 1,600 students in...
Historic house tours 2010: Murray Hill, Mount Morris Park, and Hamilton Heights
As summer approaches, the end of the historic house tour season draws near. But fear not! There are still opportunities to step inside the hidden-in-plain-sight treasures of New York City's historic neighborhoods. Explore historic Murray Hill* or head uptown to...
Preservationists, ahoy!
On Wednesday, May 26th, LANDMARK WEST! and a group of our nearest and dearest set off for an adventure aboard the historic, National Register-listed John J. Harvey fireboat! The sun set, the full moon rose, a sister fireboat spouted a patriotic water show ... all on...
August 24th, 1967
August 24th, 1967 - On this day, The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West between West 77th Street and West 81st Street was designated as the Upper West Side's fourth Individual Landmark. Also on this day, We lost Henry J. Kaiser whose company built...
January 11th, 1967
January 11th, 1967 - On this day, West End Collegiate Church and Collegiate School at West 77th Street and West End Avenue was designated as the Upper West Side's third Individual Landmark. Also on this day, Australian actress Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu,...
September 20th, 1966
September 20th, 1966 - On this day, The Belnord Apartments at 225 West 86th Street was designated as the Upper West Side's second Individual Landmark, Also on this day, Portuguese-American musician Nuno Bettencourt, rock guitarist for the band Extreme, was born in...
July 19th, 1966
July 19, 1966 - On this day, The New-York Historical Society at 170 Central Park West was designated as the Upper West Side's *FIRST* Individual Landmark, Also on this day, Actress Nancy [Walls] Carrell (SNL, The Office) was born. Singer Frank Sinatra (50)...
