Jan 16, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, CENTRAL dARK, City Council
“The officials highlighted developer tactics such as excessive use of “void spaces” — unoccupied floors intended for mechanical equipment — in order to create extraordinarily tall buildings and circumvent the intent of the Zoning Resolution.” The Council...
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...
