Watch-Blog
Learning from Mistakes
The law does not make an agency repeat past mistakes. The DOB's recent defense of their actions of issuing permits to SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America is that although flawed, and they won't do it again, they are standing by their decision to issue the...
State of NY Wants to Remove Building Height Limits
UPDATE: As of June 15, 2018 Success! S. 6760 will not be acted on and the Assembly will not take up the issue! Many thanks to all who contacted their State Assembly Members and Senators to push back against efforts to remove the existing cap on height limits on New...
Passing of Lee Harris Pomeroy
On February 18th, architect and LW! friend Lee Harris Pomeroy passed away. His full obituary is available in the New York Times. For many years, Mr. Pomeroy was an Upper West Sider, and he did great things for our local landmarks. He left his mark city-wide, but...
Dan Wakin Captivates with Stories of Riverside Drive
A crowded house of Upper West Side enthusiasts soaked up the fascinating stories Dan Wakin brought to life last night--tales of industrialists, showgirls, and even hoodlums who inhabited Riverside Drive in the early 20th century. In conversation with Connie Rosenblum,...
LWers @ The Chew
If you're watching ABC's "The Chew" today (1pm) you might catch sight of the LW crew in the studio audience! It was crazy fun to see how many people make a daily show happen-from the hosts to the prep cooks to the comedian who pumps up the audience, cracking jokes and...
Kalikow: Cat’s Out of the Bag!
Big things are happening in NYC--and they are not all good. LANDMARK WEST! has teamed with various community groups across the city to curb the creep of the supertalls into our residential districts. One of our partners is ERFA, the East River Fifties Alliance who...
The IRT Electrical Substation No. 14: A Report from Daytonian in Manhattan
Today, as on every Tuesday, an exploration of a fascinating Upper West Side building was published by Tom Miller--LANDMARK WEST's good friend who runs the blog "Daytonian in Manhattan". This Tuesday's subject was IRT...
Victor’s Cafe, Penang, Cafe Tallulah, Oxbow Tavern…just keep the relief mural!
Wide eye'd pedestrians may have noticed earlier this week when signs went up on the glass of 240 Columbus Avenue at 71st Street announcing the closure of Cafe Tallulah, wanting to "thank all of our guests for five years of merriment, laughter, conviviality, and fun!",...
Author Seeks Photos of Former Eclair Bakery on W. 72nd
An author researching German-Jewish immigrants in New York from the 1930s to 1980s has reached out to LW! in hopes that our membership can help him with photos--inside or outside--of the Viennese inspired Eclair Bakery, an UWS icon at 141 W. 72nd Street for more than...
Seneca Village Emerges Vividly from the Mists of Time
Genealogist and historian Aaron Goodwin had a packed room on the edge of their seats Thursday as he worked his research magic in search of one of the founding families of the lost Seneca Village. Goodwin fascinated the crowd with details he unearthed about Andrew...
