Jan 8, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of City Planning, Watch List, Zoning
LANDMARK WEST! Executive Director was featured in an article in CRAINS NY (linked) alongside colleague Rachel Levy from FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts. Since both neighborhoods have similar zoning districts, they are both experiencing some of the...
Jan 7, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Central Park West, Watch List
2018 ended in a flurry, and LANDMARK WEST! met the deadline to file a Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) challenge against 36 West 66th Street (the tower replacing the Jewish Guild for the Blind and Congregation Habonim’s synagogue). 2019 begins with the...
Dec 20, 2018 | #votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
It truly is the busiest time of the year! To catch you up on three fronts for West 66th Street: 1) The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) As promised, LANDMARK WEST! was at the BSA today FILING OUR CHALLENGE against 36 West 66th Street (the tower replacing the...
Oct 31, 2018 | #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, Zoning
In conjunction with filing the Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street, LANDMARK WEST! issued an automated letter (AVAILABLE HERE) titled “215′ of Nothing is NOT Okay!” The automated email was prepared to ease communication between concerned...
Oct 4, 2018 | #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, Zoning
The Department of Buildings (DOB) has 75 days from our 9/9/2018 CHALLENGE * filing against 36 West 66th St. to respond–that means news comes after Thanksgiving! In the meantime, as the developer had their recent STOP WORK ORDER lifted, our work, too...
Sep 27, 2018 | #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK
Thankfully, there are no known reported injuries as of yet, but an excavator flipped over at the construction hole at 36 West 66th Street leading to a partial stop work order for the site. While this accident was within the site, it will just be a matter of months...
