Late April, early May is when most of the city's trees burst into bloom. Explore the gorgeous trees, their blossoms, pollinators, and returning migrating birds around the wetland known as The Pool in the northern end of Central Park with Leslie Day, author of several field guides to the natural world of New York City.
Full Board Meeting Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 6:30 PM Mount Sinai West 1000 Tenth Avenue (West 59th Street) 2nd Floor See: Full Board Agenda See: Calendar of Events All Meetings Are Open To The Public.
FREE Jane’s Walk! RSVP via Municipal Art Society Website. The East River Fifties Alliance’s (“ERFA”) Lisa Mercurio joins Save Central Park NYC to explore megatowers in development and invading our skyline. Casting shadows on residential blocks, landmark designated buildings and Central Park, it’s a creep-like phenomenon with strong implications. Walk and explore how and why cities need to grow, why […]
Floor area ratio, R8B, and POPS, oh my! Zoning is one of the fundamental factors that shapes the look and feel of our city, but NYC's zoning resolution weighs in at nearly 4,000 pages - not exactly light reading. Led by urban planner George Janes and longtime advocate Ronda Wist, this walk will translate abstract land use concepts […]
An aspiring young model arrives in NYC and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age. He initially plays the role of benefactor, then lures her to his apartment, drugs her, and all goes dark... She goes on to marry an (unstable) millionaire playboy, who, when she confides in him about the assault, shoots […]
The second LW! walk exploring the architectural and historic riches of the Upper West Side’s northernmost historic districts. Beginning at 103rd Street, we’ll view classic early 20th century apartment buildings of West End Avenue, remarkably preserved row houses lining adjacent side streets, and an extraordinary group of townhouses along Riverside Drive — including Manhattan’s last […]
Another Side of the Upper East Side: A Walking Tour This walking tour visits some of the Upper East Side's less examined landmarks, including impressive structures associated with horses, health, and affordable housing. Led by architectural historian Matt Postal, we'll head east from the area that was originally planned as Hamilton Square to John Jay Park, […]
Landmark West! invites you for a private tour of the famed Greenwich Village townhouse of artist and collector Chaim Gross (1904-91). The sculptor and his wife purchased the 1873 building on LaGuardia Place in the mid-1960s after living and raising their children on the Upper West Side. Through a special invitation from the Renee & […]
Person Place Thing: Adi Shamir-Baron Adi Shamir-Baron Architectural historian and NYC Landmarks Commissioner Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that […]
May 29th, there will be a commissioner briefing and discussion on public comments concerning the proposed Rules Amendments during a Public Meeting session. There will be no vote on this item. See our C of A page for information on upcoming hearings concerning the Upper West Side.