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Central Park tennis bubbles: an electrical outlet away from reality?
UPDATE :: Central Park tennis bubbles, two months laterAs reported by Cristiana P.The West Side Independent picked up on LANDMARK WEST's email blast yesterday reminding the public about the brief yet intensely focused and ultimately successful battle waged this past...
Urban Outfitters to Metro Theater: “Howdy, neighbor!”
It seems as though the Metro Theater won't be welcoming Urban Outfitters as a new retail tenant after all.For some time, it was speculated that Urban Outfitters (UO), the clothing and random-grab-bag-o-merchandise chain store already at home on the West Side at 72nd...
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...
November 11th, 1987
November 11, 1987 - On this day, the Upper West Side's 351-355 Central Park West Houses were designated as the Upper West Side's thirty-first individual landmark. Also on this day, Japanese singer, actor, and television personality Yuya Tegoshi was born in Yokohama,...
September 15th, 1987
September 15, 1987 - On this day, the Upper West Side's Beresford Apartments were designated as the Upper West Side's thirtieth individual landmark. Also on this day, Actor Christian Cooke was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and “I Just Can't Stop Loving You”...
March 31st, 1987
March 31, 1987 - On this day, the Upper West Side's San Remo Apartments were designated as the Upper West Side's twenty-ninth individual landmark. Also on this day, Ted Lasso actor Philip Dunster was born in Northampton, England, and NCIS: Los Angeles actress Andrea...
February 10th, 1987
February 10, 1987 - On this day, the Upper West Side's Hotel Belleclaire was designated as the Upper West Side's twenty-eighth individual landmark. Also on this day, “Livin' on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi was the number-one song in America, and Oliver Stone's "Platoon"...
