landmark, New York City, NYC, parks, preservation, Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
DID YOU KNOW: The monument dedicated to Joan of Arc in Riverside Park (at West 91st Street) was the first public sculpture in New York City dedicated to a non-fictional woman.DID YOU KNOW: The position of repose in which the woman rests at the Ida Straus memorial, in...
architecture, Calvert Vaux, New York City, parks, preservation, Richard Dattner, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side
Summer Is Here In A Big Way,So Get Out And Play! Recreation and play are serious art forms in Central Park! To help you plan your summer play, LANDMARK WEST! brings you a map paired with a few facts about the Central Park playgrounds! Learn about...
Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue, West End Preservation Society
Click here to view the proposed boundary map.WHAT: Public hearing to consider the West End – Collegiate Historic District Extension (West 70th to 79th Streets; proposed boundary map at right)WHEN: TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 28th; Time approx....
Individual Landmark, landmark, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, West-Park
The congregation of the Upper West Side’s newest Individual Landmark–the West-Park Presbyterian Church on Amsterdam Avenue at West 86th Street–just turned 100!It was this time of year, back in 1911, that the West and Park Presbyterian...