Shapiro gets a fifth bite at the apple

Shapiro gets a fifth bite at the apple

An ever-growing roster of neighbors were joined by dozens of former congregants from the Crenshaw Christian Center East (CCCE) and their (now) Atlanta Georgia-based Pastor Terry and Mrs. Lynda Starks at yesterday’s fourth Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) hearing on the future of Carrère and...
Time keeps on tickin’…or does it? >>UPDATED

Time keeps on tickin’…or does it? >>UPDATED<<

As the hours wind down on 2015, they formally stopped at 10:25 for a landmark clock in TriBeCa.  Although the clocktower is one of just 117 Interior Landmarks city-wide (all 5-boroughs!) the Landmarks Preservation Commission ruled that it was an appropriate re-use for the building to be relaunched as luxury apartments.  A similar tale...
The future of a NYC treasure is at stake

The future of a NYC treasure is at stake

Dear Neighbor: With so many critical, big-picture policy issues facing our neighborhood and city (eroding zoning protections, weakening the landmarks law, the list goes on), it’s all too easy to lose sight of the trees for the forest. A specific example of a landmark in peril – as a direct result of our city’s developer-catering...
LW! & Open House New York Celebrate the Upper West Side!

LW! & Open House New York Celebrate the Upper West Side!

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...