Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL’S W. 70TH STREET LUXURY CONDOS DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN… Back in 2003, the late Peter Jennings (a West 70th Street neighbor) wrote: The synagogue gives the impression of having worked to bypass the neighbors, to have its way whatever the neighbors think… [T]hose of us who harbor...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Dept. of Buildings, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Last night, at Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee meeting, CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL was at it again – balking, evading, misleading, and otherwise muddying the record in their scheme to build above and beyond zoning that protects the historic, predominantly brownstone-scale West 70th Street midblock. The meeting...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
On Friday, October 14, the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) held its first public hearing on Congregation Shearith Israel’s (CSI’s) application to proceed with construction of a noncompliant 9-story building (with five floors of condominiums on top of a new community house) on the brownstone-scale midblock of West 70th...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL’S W. 70TH ST. MIDBLOCK CONDO PROJECT UNDER SCRUTINY COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, starting at 10am NYC Board of Standards & Appeals 22 Reade Street, Manhattan (map here) SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION Please join LANDMARK WEST!, your neighbors, and other concerned...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
On Sunday, August 28, 2016, LW! attorney (and board member) David Rosenberg emailed Community Board 7 (CB7) to call for Congregation Shearith Israel’s application to construct an inappropriate new building on the midblock of West 70th Street (in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, and adjacent to the Spanish &...
