361 Central Park West, Advocacy, C of A, Carrere and Hastings, Central Park West, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Landmarks Preservation Commission
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is again in the news. We excitedly noted that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) had purchased the Carrere and Hastings individual landmark from a developer. Now see the proposed changes they will...
Carrere and Hastings, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYPL
PROTECTED! On Tuesday, August 8th, the LPC designated the Rose Main Reading Room, and the Catalog Room, now known as the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room on the third floor of the Beaux-Arts Individual Landmark New York Public Library. Read more coverage of this...
361 Central Park West, Carrere and Hastings, Congregation Shearith Israel, Macaulay Honors College
On Wednesday, June 22, about 100 friends took a moment to celebrate all we have accomplished together. The truth is, we don’t do it often enough. Usually, we’re too busy moving swiftly on to the next battle. Because in preservation, it’s never over. In...
Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Carrere and Hastings, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Individual Landmark, Media, When the Process Works
There has been a lot of coverage of last Thursday’s victory for New Yorkers at the Board of Standards and Appeals where the commissioners voted 3-1 to deny the requested variances. Today’s online edition, (and tomorrow’s print edition) pick up on...
361 Central Park West, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Carrere and Hastings, First Church of Christ Scientist, Individual Landmark, When the Process Works, Zoning
VICTORY! Developers’ Speculative Development Project DENIED; New Hope for Landmark Church Today, the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals (BSA) did the right thing and voted to DENY the application for zoning variances threatening the former First Church of...
361 Central Park West, Carrere and Hastings, First Church of Christ Scientist, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk
A long series of hearings at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) will come to a close on June 2 when the Commissioners are expected to make a final decision regarding the future of the Carrere and Hastings individual landmark at 96th Street and Central Park West....
