Sep 25, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam
200 Amsterdam Avenue received yet another stop work order — but this time, it wasn’t falling beams, but rather concrete that was hitting children. As described in the West Side Rag’s PS 199 Playground Closed After Concrete Falls From 200 Amsterdam;...
Sep 17, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK
The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) serves the UWS two rejections but still has room for more, giving LANDMARK WEST! and our neighborhood the opportunity to argue our case about misappropriated mechanical space at 50 West 66th Street, the 775-foot tower notable...
Sep 11, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
The UWS again temporarily relocated to 22 Reade Street on Tuesday morning to witness continued arguments and testify on 50 West 66th Street, the 775-foot tower* under review by the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). * A tower that, despite volumes in the public...
Sep 9, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK
At its Executive Review Session on August 6th, the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) commented on Landmark West’s Appeal (view it HERE), discussing whether or not the Zoning Text leads to ABSURD results – i.e. the 775-foot tower at 50 W. 66th Street. ...
Aug 7, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
On Tuesday, August 6th neighbors, friends, electeds and lawyers from across the Upper West Side gathered on all too familiar ground–the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). The goal? To decipher whether or not 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th...
Jul 31, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
We’ve told you about how A new breed of skyscraper threatens to devastate the fabric of New York* and now, after over four years of following West 66th Street, a home-grown “E.T.,” we have our first opportunity to publicly speak out at a city agency...
