Riverside Drive, Unsung Heroes, UWS, walking tour
by Megan Fitzpatrick This past Saturday, LANDMARK WEST! was invited to attend an event at 370 Riverside Drive to celebrate not only the birthday of Hannah Arendt, but to see the recently installed medallion honoring her memory and work while she lived in the...
UWS Highlight, walking tour
By Megan Fitzpatrick J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with being the founding father of the American School of Theoretical Physics and the creation of the Atomic Bomb that decimated two cities in Japan during the Second World War. He was very much an Upper West...
John Tauranac, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, walking tour
To get from Dakota to Montana out West, simply step across the border. Getting from the Dakota Apartments to the Montana Apartments on the UWS is a slightly longer trek, but it’s a wonderful walk. Along the way are some of the grandest apartment houses in the...
Landmark West, Tours and Events, walking tour
Up…up….up we went! From the magical Lotus Garden hidden atop a parking garage to a 10th floor rooftop paradise at West End Ave to a 14th floor perch above Broadway with views of the Hudson, the “Rooftop Garden Tour of the UWS” group enjoyed...
Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
Beautiful fall weather on Halloween Eve inspired a great turnout for a “spirit” inspired LW! walking tour. West 69th Street put on a great stoop show (begging the question “where do you store a giant fuzzy spider in the off season?”) and guide...
interiors, OHNY, walking tour
Six Upper West Side buildings are open for viewing during Open House New York! Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 Open House New York is this weekend and the Upper West Side is offering up a handful of beauties to be explored. LW! helped organize three of the...
