Advocacy Roundup: 5G, Reconstruction of Stairs in Riverside Park, DOB Rule

5G, Advocacy, Community Board 7, Dept. of Buildings, Riverside Park

5G IN THE CITY By Megan Fitzpatrick Many of you have been following the 5G plans for NYC. While LW! supports accessibility to the technology, we remain steadfast that these out-of-scale 32′-towers do not belong in our historic district side...

The Counting Continues — LW! to file Article 78

#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings

This post is brought to you by the numbers: 7, 8, 9 & 10! SPECIFICALLY, Landmark West’s Article 78 & the filing clock that began 9 Mos. + 10 Days after the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) issued...

NYC’s Non-Essential Construction Grinds to a Halt

#isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, 50 West 66th Street, Dept. of Buildings, State of New York, UWS

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has ordered all “non-essential” construction to halt statewide.  This new directive, announced on Friday, March 27th, contradicts the state’s initial instruction that classified all construction as...

One Loophole, 100%

#isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, Zoning

  As towering stacks of Grape Nuts, Raisin Bran and Corn Flakes rise in the memory, there is an odd parallel in our over-consumption of 2019. LANDMARK WEST! is filing our last set of papers at the Board of Standards and Appeals tomorrow in the fight against 50...

Upper West Siders Say Luxury Tower’s Height-Boosting “Mechanical Void” is Mostly Empty Space – GOTHAMIST

#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings

Gothamist article By Elizabeth Kim Dec. 17, 2019 4:11 p.m.  Rendering of 50 West 66th Street by architecture firm Snøhetta In a challenge that could affect future applications for luxury skyscrapers in New York City, an Upper West Side preservation group is...

Support our Bravest!

#isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, Dept. of City Planning

LANDMARK WEST! has been asking #isitsafe and the FDNY has just answered: “No”. Is the Dept. of Buildings listening? When LW! first learned of the bait and switch at 50 West 66th Street – from a 292-foot, 25 story building to a...