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How Close Did We Come to Not Getting THIS Central Park?
Once most of the original property that would become New York's Central Park had been acquired, the Central Park Commission called for a public design competition. A small classified advertisement was placed in The New York Times of October 30, 1857 and the race was...
April is National Poetry Month! Meet Sara Teasdale, Upper West Sider and Pulitzer Prize Winner
By Claudie Benjamin and Andra Moss Born in St. Louis Missouri in 1884, Sara Teasdale lived a sheltered life, but from a young age was committed to writing lyric poetry. She was also determined to one day live in New York City. Deciding to marry St. Louis businessman...
That’s One Take…
There is plenty to worry about these days, and we are all being bombarded with news and updates. It's not always easy to decipher fact from speculation and definitely necessary to consider the source. We provide this message in response to the many concerned...
NYC’s Non-Essential Construction Grinds to a Halt
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has ordered all "non-essential" construction to halt statewide. This new directive, announced on Friday, March 27th, contradicts the state's initial instruction that classified all construction as essential. Construction for general...
Announcing KPF Landmark Explorers at Home!
LANDMARK WEST! has run Keeping the Past for the Future (KPF) our youth education program in schools for a quarter century, serving thousands. With distance learning, we are adapting to continue serving our students of all ages! Together, yet for now, apart. Made...
Living Atop the Oliver Cromwell
In these days of staying in and laying low, we are all grateful to have a space somewhere to hunker down. A room of one's own. Or, in the case of a very few, a tower. Central Park West is known world-wide for its iconic twin-towered Emery Roth buildings of the...
Central Park Tower (CPT) on CPR?
The Commercial Observer is reporting that Extell Suspends Construction on Central Park Tower, Not Brooklyn Point. In the article of the same name, Chava Gourarie cites the Corona Virus as cause for the pause but acknowledges that other developments by the same...
Did You Know? SANITA HILLS CAMP
The Fate of the 9th Avenue Elevated Train Cars? LW! History Snippet by Claudie Benjamin The 9th Avenue Elevated train line, known as the "el", had its inaugural downtown run in 1871. By 1879 it ran all the way up to 104th Street, a large-scale urban project devised...
We’re With You!
On a given day, LANDMARK WEST! is on the front line, leaning on City Agencies to follow the written laws -- intentions of the zoning resolution, public trust doctrine, landmarks law, etc. Today, for the first time in LW's 35-year history, we find ourselves in...
A Ray of Sunshine in NYC?
New York City’s local communities may be getting the “breath of fresh air” (and ray of sunshine) they have been fighting for over recent years. Supertall development at the Upper West Side’s 200 Amsterdam Avenue site and along the Two Bridges neighborhood’s...
