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Sep 21, 2020 | architecture, Landmark West, Tours and Events, Upper West Side

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Zoom Series

Apr 13, 2020 | Landmark West, Tours and Events

LW! Public Programs: Online Zoom Series We may have to stay in, but let’s do LW! together online via Zoom! Don’t miss out! Check the LW! Public Programs page for upcoming topics and speakers. Couldn’t attend the live online event? View the recorded...

Living Atop the Oliver Cromwell

Mar 27, 2020 | Architectural History Spotlight, Central Park West, Landmark West, West 72nd Street

In these days of staying in and laying low, we are all grateful to have a space somewhere to hunker down. A room of one’s own.  Or, in the case of a very few, a tower. Central Park West is known world-wide for its iconic twin-towered Emery Roth buildings of the...

Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library and Museum

Mar 10, 2020 | Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Information Page, interiors, Landmark West, Lincoln Center, Moderism, museum, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS

LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LINCOLN CENTER PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (aka NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS) Date: 1958-1965 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Primary Style: Modernist Façade (primary material): Travertine...

A Ray of Sunshine in NYC?

Mar 5, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, architect, architectural, architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Community Board 7, Landmark West, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NY, NY Times, NYC, skyline, State of New York, When the Process Works, Zoning

New York City’s local communities may be getting the “breath of fresh air” (and ray of sunshine) they have been fighting for over recent years.  Supertall development at the Upper West Side’s 200 Amsterdam Avenue site and along the Two Bridges neighborhood’s...

“Ill-Considered” Skyscrapers

Mar 5, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Central Park, Historic District, Landmark West, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, shadows, skyline, Uncategorized

‘Practically perfect in every way’, Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help...