Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Dept. of Buildings, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Last night, at Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee meeting, CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL was at it again – balking, evading, misleading, and otherwise muddying the record in their scheme to build above and beyond zoning that protects the historic,...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
On Friday, October 14, the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) held its first public hearing on Congregation Shearith Israel’s (CSI’s) application to proceed with construction of a noncompliant 9-story building (with five floors of condominiums on...
American Museum of Natural History, C of A, Gilder Center, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List
Although the Community Board overwhelmingly approved the American Museum of Natural History’s proposed expansion, there are still many valid concerns that the Community has voiced over the past eleven months since this proposal concept was made public....
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
On Sunday, August 28, 2016, LW! attorney (and board member) David Rosenberg emailed Community Board 7 (CB7) to call for Congregation Shearith Israel’s application to construct an inappropriate new building on the midblock of West 70th Street (in the Upper West...
Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Watch List
You may have noticed the new kiosks sprouting along Broadway and seemingly every other corridor in NYC, some with peel-away stickers promising super fast, free WiFi, others already activated bleeding piercing diodes of light into an evening stroll advertising even...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List, Zoning
As follow up to last Wednesday’s Community Board 7 Land Use hearing about a SECOND extension for Congregation Shearith Israel, the WEST SIDE RAG has a run down of what transpired. Properly noting that “few if any of the 70 participants at the...
