adaptive reuse, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, 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...
361 Central Park West, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
FIND MOST RECENT UPDATES HERE The past few months have brought wave after wave of news about real estate deals involving developers, their lobbyists, political contributions, and the de Blasio administration. Sometimes, the little guy wins, but too...
First Church of Christ Scientist, how the west was won, Landmarks, OHNY, When the Process Works
Don’t panic! This article from The New York Times is from May 1982…nearly 35 years ago. Today, the majestic structure of the (now) First Church of Christ, Scientist[1] is a landmark protected as part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West...
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 top...
Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Pay to Play
The New York Post reports that the mayor is off the proverbial sauce. After MONTHS of reports about his ties to lobbyists and pay-to-play politics, Mayor de Blasio claims he “was” a friend of James Capalino but that they are no longer in contact....
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...
