LW! Partner-level Members get 2-for-1 Tickets!* Join LW! for a fascinating evening where history, crime, and architecture collide. Author and New York Times editor Dan Wakin will discuss the roots of researching and writing his first novel–set in houses he passes every day in his UWS neighborhood. Period photos and rare video and audio clips […]
On February 22nd LW! is heading across the street to the studios of the hit program “The Chew” to join the studio audience for a morning of food, flavor, and fun.
See our C of A page for information on upcoming hearings concerning the Upper West Side.
Every block has its secrets. Travel up(town) and back (in time) with master storyteller Anthony Bellov, who takes us behind the façades and deep into the provocative stories and nitty gritty tales of life above 96th Street. Historic buildings link us to an earlier era and the people who headlines–and sometimes made history. Enjoy an evening […]
Don't let them cut the public out of the process! The Landmarks Preservation Commission plans to change their rules so that applications regarding landmarked buildings and those in historic districts will no longer have a transparent, public review. Proposed changes will not have to go before the local Community Board, and neighbors and others will […]
JOIN LW! & SPEAK OUT AGAINST 200 AMSTERDAM Attend the BSA to speak against 200 Amsterdam Avenue, a development that even the Department of Buildings doesn't think is legal Tuesday, March 27th! at The Board of Standards and Appeals Hear opposition and applicant testimony and add your own voice! CITE from our linked precedents, COMMEND the DOB for seeing the light, and […]
Historian Nina Harkrader leads a discussion of "all the single ladies" who bravely forged new paths for women in early-20th-century New York City. We'll explore the women's only homes designed to offer "good moral surroundings" for young ladies, the hotels that provided independence and lady-like comforts for “business women,” and get a taste of what […]
Keeping Up with What Matters: Changing Approaches to Heritage Protection in England Roger Bowdler, Director of Listing, Historic England (formerly English Heritage) Thursday, April 5, 6:30 pm New York University Department of Art History Silver Center, Room 300 100 Washington Square East (entrance on Waverly Place) It has been a time of change in the […]