IRT Powerhouse, McKim Mead White, Media, NY Times, NYPAP, Penn Station
Protesters in front of Pennsylvania Station on Aug. 2, 1962.Photo: Eddie Hausner/The New York TimesThe architects Peter Samton and Diana Goldstein can tell you exactly where they were a half century ago, at 5 p.m. on Aug. 2, 1962: out on Seventh Avenue, tilting at...
Christopher Gray, IRT Powerhouse, NY Times, Stanford White, streetscapes, Wish List
“Its delicate Renaissance-style exterior could just as well have clothed an opera house, although the five colossal stacks gave it away.” Photo: New York City Municipal Archives, via NY Times Preservation groups are circling the deliciously decorated...
IRT Powerhouse, Riverside Park
Guest post by LW! Intern Ali K.LW’s Sarah S. and Guide Josef Szendeat Columbus CircleWhat better way to celebrate Bike Month and welcome the summer weather than with a bike tour? This past Saturday, LANDMARK WEST! cruised the Upper West Side with...
Columbus Avenue, IRT Powerhouse
A Bicycling Tour of Historic Railway, Subway & Greenway Sites and Structures on the Upper West Side Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 3 p.m.$15, $10 for LW! and American Planning Association Members Click here to RSVP or email landmarkwest@landmarkwest.orgJosef...
IRT Powerhouse, John Tauranac, Landmark Feast, Macaulay Honors College, New York City, NYC, Save the Powerhouse, Tony Robins, walking tour
From “New York from the Air”, by John Tauranac, a view of Central Park.Yesterday, LW! gathered with friends and neighbors as John Tauranac shared with us a view of New York rarely seen by the average individual: New York from the air. Images from Mr....
IRT Powerhouse, Save the Powerhouse, Wish List
Seven to Save cocktail partyMonday, April 23, 2012 / 6PM to 8PMThe River Club, 447 East 52nd StreetClick here to purchase your tickets In one week, the Preservation League of New York State will reveal its entire Seven to Save list of endangered sites for 2012-2013....
