CENTRAL dARK, Central Park West, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List
DOWNLOAD the new printable CENTRAL dARK flyer HERE Will Central Park Become CENTRAL dARK? A supertall tower could rise on West 66th Street casting shadows on residential blocks, landmark designated buildings, and Central Park. Leading this assault on our public assets...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Central Park West, Congregation Shearith Israel, Dept. of Buildings, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Last night, at Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee meeting, CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL was at it again – balking, evading, misleading, and otherwise muddying the record in their scheme to build above and beyond zoning that protects the historic,...
361 Central Park West, Beaux Arts, Board of Standards and Appeals, Central Park, Central Park West, First Church of Christ Scientist, Upper West Side, UWS, When the Process Works
The press is already abuzz about the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals’ vote to DENY the developers’ application for zoning variances at 361 Central Park West, the former First Church of Christ, Scientist! Both the WEST SIDE RAG and NEW YORK...
361 Central Park West, Advocacy, Central Park West, First Church of Christ Scientist, Pay to Play
On March 8, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals gave a proposal to convert the landmarked former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 361 Central Park West to residential use another chance, a decision that allowed the project’s sponsors to...
Central Park West, Watch List
As the hours wind down on 2015, they formally stopped at 10:25 for a landmark clock in TriBeCa. Although the clocktower is one of just 117 Interior Landmarks city-wide (all 5-boroughs!) the Landmarks Preservation Commission ruled that it was an appropriate...
361 Central Park West, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Carrere and Hastings, Central Park West, First Church of Christ Scientist, Individual Landmark, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Watch List
Dear Neighbor: With so many critical, big-picture policy issues facing our neighborhood and city (eroding zoning protections, weakening the landmarks law, the list goes on), it’s all too easy to lose sight of the trees for the forest. A specific example of a...
