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It’s YOUR Call: Curb Senate Bill 6760
It's YOUR call... Although removed from New York State budget negotiations, the provision to eliminate the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) cap was reconstituted into Senate Bill 6760. This bill passed the Senate Rules Committee as of...
Senators to contact re: Senate Bill 6760
While Speaker Carl Heastie has New York City's interests covered in the Assembly, concerns arise in the Senate. The following senators voted AYE to support State Bill 6760 (FULL TEXT HERE) which would raise the FAR cap leading to taller buildings in NYC. As these...
What is Floor Area Ratio?
Wondering what it means when someone refers to Floor Area Ratio or FAR? We've got you. FLOOR AREA RATIO: The floor area ratio is the principal bulk regulation controlling the size of buildings. FAR is the ratio of total building floor area to the area of its zoning...
Layla Law-Gisiko: “Affordable housing and preservation are not enemies”
In the wake of Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan's announcement of her resignation as the head of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, preservationists, developers, and concerned citizens have cast their thoughts to the...
2.5 Blocks for the Bowery
In a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, and Commissioner Corey Johnson, founder of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, David Mulkins enumerates the frustrations of his group in attempting to protect what he calls "New York City's most...
Terra Cotta Dreamin’
Terra Cotta Dreamin' Tuesday, April 17th, 9:30am-11:00am Terra-Cotta is one of the Upper West Side's most beloved materials: think the Aztec-inspired terra cotta on the Cliff Dwelling at 96th Street or the richly designed terra cotta panels of Chester Court on W. 89th...
Thanking Tom
Tom Wolfe, March 2, 1930 - May 13, 2018 It is with great sadness that we reflect on the loss of American author, journalist, and friend of LANDMARK WEST!, Tom Wolfe, who died at age 88 in his adopted home of New York City on Monday. While his New York...
Roz Chast’s UWS Utopia via Gothamist (Welcome Back!)
NYC news site Gothamist, shut down last November, has been brought back to life and to the web by WNYC. Read their "Sketchy Interview" with Upper West Side cartoonist Roz Chast to learn why the Utopia Diner on Amsterdam has her heart, and how she would save NYC by...
Save Chelsea Now
Save Chelsea sounds off about the next LPC Chair. Read Laurence Frommer's five pager on the issue HERE. A sampling of the content includes: "We feel that...working relationship with private developers and their consultants may explain how the Commission has come to...
Happy Grant Day!
On April 27, 1897, the 75th Anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth, Grant's Tomb was dedicated. The occasion was a full public holiday, Grant Day, and attracted a throng of spectators to rival Grant's funeral twelve years earlier. The dedication day parade featured...
