WELCOME HOME Theatrical Audio Tour presents WP Theater’s past, present and future

adaptive reuse

By Claudie Benjamin Welcome Home, or Ten Tiny Snapshots of WP, presented by WP Theater, is an original work of theater in the form of an audio tour celebrating WP’s past, present and future, and grapples with the question–what does it mean to return to...

Subtle Details Enhance a Classy Showpiece

adaptive reuse

By Claudie Benjamin In NYC, an apartment with outdoor space can refer to access to a fire escape, or a rickety rooftop. It could also describe the luxury of having a well-appointed deck or a penthouse extravaganza.  Another option has been created on Amsterdam Avenue...

Out with the Mouse, In with the Mice

ABC Watch, adaptive reuse

The New York Times has reported that Taconic and Nuveen Real Estate will convert one of the ABC properties soon-to-be-vacated from their West End Avenue campus into a life science hub.  Not only will this maintain the “bones” of what was once a...

Central Park West Ahoy!

adaptive reuse, American Museum of Natural History, Children's Museum of Manhattan, First Church of Christ Scientist, museum, Upper West Side, UWS

Central Park West Ahoy! 2018 begins with a bang! Just this week we mentioned that the TIDES ARE TURNING and we have another great example to share. After a prolonged battle to protect the former First Church of Christ, Scientist built 1899-1903...

West-Park to host U.S. premier of film “The Second Meeting”

adaptive reuse, Individual Landmark, West-Park

Since even before its designation as a New York City Individual Landmark in May 2010, West-Park Presbyterian Church (Amsterdam Avenue at West 86th Street) has set the stage for an exciting array of community events.  From experimental theater productions...

Preservation Across the Globe: Inspired reuse in Holland

adaptive reuse, architecture, My Modern Met, New York City, NYC

Since LW’s Program Coordinator Sarah Sher brought this to our attention, the ladies at LW! haven’t been able to stop scrolling through the pictures and marveling in awe at this inspired adaptive reuse of a 13th-century church for a new bookstore.  ...