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At the house of java, honoring the House of Wharton
Edith Wharton lives on!Today, the Historic Districts Council and the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center honored the memory of celebrated author and New Yorker Edith Wharton with the installation of a commemorative cultural medallion at 14 West 23rd Street,...
Living with Landmarks, the sequel!
Got questions? Get answers! The Upper West Side may soon be home to 800+ new landmarks, as the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) seriously considers landmark designation expansion in the area between Broadway and Riverside Drive, from 70th to 107th Street...
A Feast for the Eyes :: More photos from Sunday’s event
Sincere thanks to photographer Henrik Olund for capturing the truly magical spirit of Landmark Feast. More photos to come!
West-Park to host film screening in October
Last month, LW! staffers dove head first into the mind boggling and totally engaging world of the psychological play "The Tenant", an experiential theater production by the Woodshed Collective, taking place at the landmarked West-Park Presbyterian Church.Seeing the...
Scenes from the Feast :: Celebrating life’s essentials on the Upper West Side
Yesterday marked the inaugural Landmark Feast, an Upper West Side dining event like none other. Gathering with hundreds of our friends, new and old, LW! toasted and tasted on the Arthur Ross Terrace at the American Museum of Natural History as the sun set over...
Fun at the Festival: LW! at weekend street fair
REPORT from the FIELDBy Cristiana PeñaThis past weekend brought the annual Columbus Avenue Festival to the Upper West Side. Events like this are right up LW's alley -- it gives us the opportunity to escape the four walls of our office and mix and mingle (out on...
History to Hang on Your Wall
This weekend, let's make a deal!This Sunday, September 18th, is the annual Columbus Avenue Festival, sponsored by the West Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. LANDMARK WEST! will be there! The street fair is a great opportunity for us to share information about...
With summer’s end, a farewell to interns! (2 of 2)
With Summer 2011 unofficially behind us, we're bidding farewell to the LW! interns who have helped so much over the past few months. Scroll down for Ingrid's final post, and click here for last week's adieu to Zack!After two months interning for LW!, Ingrid leaves us...
With summer’s end, a farewell to interns! (1 of 2)
All good things must come to an end! With the summer days coming to an end (Fall will officially be here in less than a month!), we're looking back and saying thanks to those who pitched in and made Summer 2011 a memorable one! We bid adieu to one of our...
This Little Light of Mine
By Intern Kate G. Whenever you hear about Central Park, a 843 acre urban oasis, the names that immediately come to mind are Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. And rightly so, since they are the designers/brains behind the Greensward Plan, Central Park's...
