Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Thanks to everyone who packed the room at the July 20, 2016, Community Board 7 meeting! – Please click here to read LW’s full statement in opposition to Congregation Shearith Israel’s (CSI’s) application for special treatment under the city’s zoning rules. – Also don’t miss NYS...
City Council, Intro. 775, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
GOVERNMENT IN THE DARK! We can’t make this stuff up. – In a surprise move, City Council fast-tracked its vote on Intro. 775-A, the developer-driven bill to change the NYC Landmarks Law and make it harder than ever to protect the places that matter most to New Yorkers. The vote – originally scheduled for tomorrow, June 9...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Uncategorized
Congregation Shearith Israel (CSI) is a powerful Upper West Side religious institution attempting to exploit the City’s zoning variance process to construct luxury condominiums as part of a new building that exceeds area height limit by nearly 100%—in a historic district, next to a significant landmark, on a low-rise...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
BAIT AND SWITCH: Congregation Shearith Israel’s planned building has changed substantially since approved in 2008 UPDATES! March 30, 2016: Department of Buildings issues Stop-Work Order April 18, 2016: Board of Standards & Appeals denies “letter of substantial compliance” that would have green-lighted this...
Anthony Robins, Art Deco, Beaux Arts, brownstone, First Church of Christ Scientist, Gregory Dietrich, OHNY, Open House, San Remo, Tours and Events
Above: The El Dorado Apartments, Photo by Steve Harmon LW! is excited to partner with Open House New York for the much-anticipated annual OHNY Weekend October 17 & 18, 2015 Join us for a two-day celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District (designated in 1990), home to over...
