Mar 20, 2018 | architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings, Historic District, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, New York, New York City, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Testimony, Upper West Side, UWS
March 27th is a coin toss… With lots on the docket, one must prioritize… Attend the BSA to speak against 200 Amsterdam Avenue, a development that even the Department of Buildings doesn’t think is legal, or speak out at the Landmarks Preservation...
Mar 16, 2018 | 200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, Landmark West, shadows, skyline, Upper West Side
Clear Skies or Long Shadows overhead? LANDMARK WEST! and Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, along with many elected officials, have questioned the development proposal for the former Lincoln Square Synagogue site at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. Slated to rise...
Mar 16, 2018 | 200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings
The law does not make an agency repeat past mistakes. The DOB’s recent defense of their actions of issuing permits to SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America is that although flawed, and they won’t do it again, they are standing by their decision to...
Feb 21, 2018 | #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, New York City, Upper West Side
Big things are happening in NYC–and they are not all good. LANDMARK WEST! has teamed with various community groups across the city to curb the creep of the supertalls into our residential districts. One of our partners is ERFA, the East River Fifties Alliance...
Jul 12, 2017 | #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 space and...
Jun 28, 2017 | #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings
Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Assembly Member Dick Gottfried and Senator Brad Hoylman have chimed in on the development site on West 66th Street. Noting that in talks between Council Member Helen Rosenthal, and the Community Board, Extell Development repeatedly...
