This Little Light of Mine

Aug 31, 2011 | architecture, C of A, Calvert Vaux, Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, parks

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...

Playtime in Central Park :: Friday Fun, Part I

Aug 5, 2011 | C of A, Central Park, Central Park app alert, parks, photography, preservation, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS

Bethesda TerraceFrom the formality of pony prancing c. 1930s (thanks again, Bruce S.!), we move on to the short-shorts and tall socks of the 1970s at Bethesda Terrace!Featuring Bethesda Terrace today is serendipitous, as the site has been at the front of our minds...

Down at the Archives :: Interns team up for building research, share their findings

Jul 20, 2011 | C of A, guest blog, Landmarks Preservation Commission

REPORT from the FIELDJointly reported by interns Kate and IngridKate writes …Design review: the definition of advocacy in action!As we’ve blogged before, our Certificate of Appropriateness (C of A) design review committee analyzes all projects on the Upper...

UPDATE from the FIELD :: Elegant 1980s at Cherry Hill, Central Park

May 5, 2011 | C of A, Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, Friends of the UES, Historic Districts Council, Scenic Landmark

UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P.In 1980, with the founding of the Central Park Conservancy, our City’s first Scenic Landmark–Central Park, designated in 1974–began a miraculous transformation.  Decades of neglect were slowly and...

UPDATE from the FIELD: AC condensers on stilts toppled by LPC

Feb 3, 2011 | C of A, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, New York City, NYC, preservation, West End Avenue

UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Max Y.At public hearing yesterday afternoon, an application to legalize conspicuous white-box AC units on the historic facade of 333 West End Avenue, a Venetian Gothic Revival apartment building designed by Emery Roth in 1925, was...

Design review committee heads to Landmarks Commission

Jan 4, 2011 | architecture, C of A, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue

For LANDMARK WEST!, the new year brings with it a new crop of proposals for work to landmark buildings on the Upper West Side.  That means a whole new calendar of Public Hearings before the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC).  Today is the first...