#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Zoning
Read LANDMARK WEST!’s full testimony (linked) before the BSA from their March 27th Hearing. Their next hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2018. To see the proceedings from this day, watch the YouTube recording (linked). See you on June...
REBNY, State of New York, Zoning
UPDATE: As of June 15, 2018 Success! S. 6760 will not be acted on and the Assembly will not take up the issue! Many thanks to all who contacted their State Assembly Members and Senators to push back against efforts to remove the existing cap on height...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Upper East Side, urban planning, When the Process Works, Zoning
The East River Fifties Alliance (ERFA) has the extraordinary news that the City Planning Commission has adopted their rezoning efforts. The East River Fifties is the area from East 52nd Street through East 59th Street, east of First Avenue. Their goal was to update...
#votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, shadows, skyline, Upper West Side, Zoning
Snohetta’s intention for the revamped CPW skyline viewed from south east. Image from Snohetta website. Design Intent for 50 West 66th Street Revealed UPDATE: Read further coverage in WEST SIDE RAG, ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER, DEZEEN This...
City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Grand Central, Zoning
In “De Blasio’s Huge Midtown Giveaway”, an op-ed in today’s NY Daily News, LW! Board member, Jeffrey Kroessler, and John West protest proposed zoning rules stripping daylight and landmark protections from a 78-block area around Grand Central...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Dept. of Buildings, Zoning
UPDATE: The Department of Buildings (DOB) has issued an official “notice of objections” and an “intent to revoke” in response to the community Zoning Challenge. Specifically in question is the developer’s calculation of open...