adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, New York, Zoning
By LANDMARK WEST! A State-level bill titled the “Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act” has the potential to override local landmark laws protecting the architectural and cultural integrity of historic religious structures. This legislation would...
Advocacy, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission
by Sarah McCully In case you missed it, our Executive Director Sean Khorsandi guested on this week’s “Living for the City” segment on WBAI 99.5, New York City’s local radio station specialing in progressive art, music, and news. Michael G....
Advocacy, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, New York City, preservation, When the Process Works
The Next Step LPC to Hold Hearing for Revised Rules Changes Earlier this year, LANDMARK WEST! joined neighbors and fellow advocacy groups to speak out in opposition to the Landmark Preservation Commission’s proposed rules changes. LW! had four major...
Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, New York City, preservation, Tours and Events, When the Process Works
Last week, LANDMARK WEST! co-sponsored a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Penn Central v. City of New York — the U.S. Supreme Court case that helped protect Grand Central Terminal — and upheld New York City’s (at the time recently minted)...
Advocacy, Landmarks, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire, When the Process Works
Taking Exception to the Rules Public Impact on the Proposed LPC Rules Changes The Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing room was busy, hot, and brightly sunlit yesterday afternoon. One rumbling A/C unit tried,...
Advocacy, Landmark West, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, preservation
Put Your Preservation Hats Back On! Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, announced today that she will step down in the face of significant opposition to proposed changes to the LPC Rules. Since her appointment by Mayor de Blasio four...
