architecture, education, Historic District, iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, N-YHS app alert, parks, preservation, stables app alert, Upper West Side, UWS
It’s here! LW! proudly introduces the first ever iPhone walking tour app of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, using technology to offer a uniquely local perspective on NYC history, architecture and future. Click here to download the app for free,...
25th Anniversary, architecture, Historic District, Isaiah Sheffer, landmark, New York City, NYC, preservation, R.O. Blechman, Robert A. Caro, Tom Brokaw, Tom Wolfe, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS
It was an indescribable sensation to stand among our friends Tuesday evening, in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse in the Rose Building at Lincoln Center. In a room suspended among snowflakes, we gathered to celebrate a quarter century of an organization truly...
Landmarks Preservation Commission, stables app alert
The New York Times City Room blog reported last night that Roberta Brandes Gratz was removed from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission as of October 26, 2010. Gratz – journalist, preservationist, and most recently author of The Battle for Gotham: New...
25th Anniversary, education, Historic District, iPhone app, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC, parks, Upper West Side, UWS
Check out this online article in the West Side Spirit, sharing a bit of info about LANDMARK WEST!’s quarter century of preservation advocacy on the Upper West Side. **Spoiler alert!** Some of our favorite lines, below …”We don’t...
Calvert Vaux, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, NYC, parks, preservation
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P.Central Park’s iconic Loeb Boathouse was recently in the market for an outdoor bar redesign. Suburban mall kiosks and beach-front rest stations need not apply!The Design Commission on Monday morning reviewed...
Tours and Events
Reserving your ticket for LANDMARK WEST! events just got a whole lot easier! It’s simple:(1) Hear about an intriguing upcoming LW! event by email.* Like Mosette Broderick’s “Architecture (and Scandal!)” next Monday, or our 25th...
architecture, New York City, NYC, The New School
Come celebrate Roberta Brandes Gratz, Jane Jacobs, and fellow defenders of New York City at the annual Bard Birthday Breakfast Benefit on December 1 – details below! (Required reading is last week’s New York Times City Room blog post about...
Tours and Events
Music at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church begins its 2010-2011 SeasonHear music at this Landmark church (designated in 1990 as part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.Click here for more information. Creating a West Side Landmark:...
landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, NYC, parks, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Mary N.Following up on our October 1 blog post …This past Tuesday morning, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) met to review for the second time an application regarding the replacement of the existing bar and...
iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, Landmarks, Upper West Side, UWS
First came the funding campaign … On August 17, 2010, LANDMARK WEST! announced the launch of its Kickstarter online funding campaign to raise monies for the first ever iPhone walking tour app of the Upper West Side. For 35 fun, maraca-filled...
