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Walking Tour: John Tauranac, “From Dakota to Montana”
--- Please join LANDMARK WEST! and Architectural Historian John Tauranac as we explore the architecture of the Upper West Side --- "From Dakota to Montana" --- Approved for 3 hours of Real Estate Continuing Education Credit** Very limited spots available! --- When:...
A Surreal Day at the Landmarks Commission
Toto, I don't think we're DE-CALENDARED anymore... The best news first... After an unprecedented day-long series of votes, during which the public could only sit in silent witness, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission announced that 30 historic sites across New...
LW! letter to AMNH
Below is the letter sent from LANDMARK WEST! to the American Museum of Natural History regarding the latest stage of their expansion/renovation project. Please contact LANDMARK WEST! by emailing landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org with any questions. February 19, 2016 Ms....
Chinese New Year Caption Contest – FINALISTS!
HAPPY YEAR OF THE MONKEY! We requested your captions and you delivered! See the top 10 11 finalists below and email us your favorite! (NOTE, author identities obscured for privacy) 1.) Why is the middle monkey the only one with a belly button? None of your...
New York is a dynamic metropolis…it isn’t a giant Etch A Sketch
New York Times Architecture Critic Michael Kimmelman makes a timely case for NEXT TUESDAY'S BACKLOG HEARING at the LPC (1 Centre Street, 9th FL, N). In today's column, linked HERE, Kimmelman notes the pressures which pushed the backlog into effect in the first place....
Love your Landmark? Show it!
What Landmark do you love the most this Valentines Day? Show everyone how much you love your Landmark! Download the POSTER, and take a picture! Use #LoveYourLandmark to share it on Social Media!
ZQA sees its day in City Council
Beginning at 9:30 this morning, the City Council Committee on Zoning and Franchises began a hearing on the Department of City Planning and Department of Housing Preservation and Development's proposal for ZQA, or more formally, Zoning for Quality and Affordability....
‘fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can’t get fooled again’
A former President of the United States of America once proclaimed 'There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.' While the meaning of...
LPC addresses Backlog February 23
After years of being deferred, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has been in the process of reviewing 95 of its "Backlog" items that have languished on the LPC calendar for more than five years. Although they initially wanted to just remove these...
BACK OFF!
As we've shared allegations of "Kick Backs" in the form of raises, for favorable votes toward passing the mayor's Carriage Horse compromise, there is word early this morning that the vote scheduled for Friday is out of the stable- at least for this Friday. This is yet...
