Historic District, landmark, LYL, New York City, preservation, Riverside Drive, West End Avenue
125 Riverside DriveI love the many undulating curves of the building’s facade — it makes for such an amazing interior layout!Love,Kate GilmoreLW! Graduate Intern, Columbia University Revisit some of Kate’s earlier contributions to the...
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....
adaptive reuse, architecture, My Modern Met, New York City, NYC
Since LW’s Program Coordinator Sarah Sher brought this to our attention, the ladies at LW! haven’t been able to stop scrolling through the pictures and marveling in awe at this inspired adaptive reuse of a 13th-century church for a new bookstore. ...
Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NYC, photography, Upper West Side
Monday is all about looking forward. What meetings do we have this week? What public hearings are scheduled? What progress are we hoping to make on any particular project? But this week, why not kick things off with a look back? To the Upper...
Individual Landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West-Park
West-Park Presbyterian Church165 West 86th StreetSince its induction into the West Side landmark family in 2010, the community has filled West-Park Presbyterian Church with helping hands; we’ve seen it filled with intrigue and theatrical flair and with heavenly...
New York City, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue
Top to bottom, left to right: Batya Lewton, Melissa Elstein,Victor Gonzalez, and Dee Rieber.All photos by West Side Spirit.Protecting the special character of our Upper West Side neighborhood is a never ending effort, and one shared on the shoulders of many. ...
