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It CAN happen here…
There has been much press about a 800+ foot high tower planned for Sutton Place. In the wake of bankruptcy, the Bauhaus Group sold to Gamma Real Estate, and once cracks began in a neighboring building's foundation, work was halted. In the interim, the East River...
WATCH NOW: Save New York Summit
LANDMARK WEST! presents newly available footage from the night of our Save New York Summit! On June 22nd, LANDMARK WEST!, along with Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Save Harlem Now!, and Save Central Park NYC, hosted an evening's...
Electeds Weigh in on West 66th Street
Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Assembly Member Dick Gottfried and Senator Brad Hoylman have chimed in on the development site on West 66th Street. Noting that in talks between Council Member Helen Rosenthal, and the Community Board, Extell Development repeatedly...
200 Amsterdam — PROGRESS!
NEWS FLASH! The Department of Buildings has posted on its website a "Notice to Revoke" permits for the 668' tower at 200 Amsterdam! This action is in direct response to the Zoning Challenge filed by the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and...
“We Can’t Really Stop It”–but we can change it!
At Thursday, June 22nd's Save New York Summit, #VotersAgainstSupertalls rallied to support appropriately scaled development and protect our skyline for a myriad of reasons. Among the speakers was Attorney and Community Defender Michael Hiller. Below is an excerpt of...
LW! Testimony for AMNH Gilder Center DEIS
The Parks Department received testimony on Thursday, June 15th in response to their posted DEIS prepared by AKRF. The full report, posted on the PARKS DEPARTMENT WEBSITE covers various expected impacts of the Museum's proposal. LW! upheld our prior position about...
Voters Against Supertalls
New Yorkers from neighborhoods across the city came together on Thursday, June 22, 2017, for a Save New York Summit to discuss City policies that have enabled and incentivized the trend of supertall development, now threatening traditional residential neighborhoods...
Getting the Scoop on Digging
Another capacity crowd for the Brownstones series! Wednesday, engineers Don Friedman and Nidal AbiSaab "dug" into what it means to excavate a historic building's basement or rear yard. Arup once again hosted-thank you! Find all the presentations here.
Art Deco Soars on UWS
Architectural historian Tony Robins wow'd an eager crowd with the beauties of Art Deco in Gotham last night. A wonderful photo presentation of city-wide skyscrapers from the Jazz Age was followed by a walk to view several Deco gems on 103rd and 104th Streets. It was...
SAVE NEW YORK SUMMIT, Thursday, June 22, 6pm
The scale of New York is being drastically changed - not just in Midtown Manhattan, but in neighborhoods throughout the city. The tide of "supertall" towers beginning to rise in residential areas, including those surrounding Central Park, is symptomatic of the...
