Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, When the Process Works
Sometimes the beauty (and the ingenuity!) is not always visible on the surface! One of the great things about the Former New York Life Insurance building at 346 Broadway is its clocktower, part of a landmark designated by the LPC in 1987. Attributed to McKim Mead and...
Backlog 95, Individual Landmark, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, When the Process Works
(revised) It is with great excitement that LANDMARK WEST! can report that the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate the IRT Powerhouse, McKim Mead and White’s 1904 city-beautiful Beaux-Arts style edifice on Eleventh Avenue...
Individual Landmark, landmark, Landmark West, New York City, NYC, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS
As we draw closer to the holiday season, take time to mark a special day on your calendars! On November 15th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, LANDMARK WEST! will be hosting a celebration at the Belnord Apartments, located at 225 West 86th Street. We gather both to...
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...
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...
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....
