McKim Mead and White, Stanford White, Tom Miller, UWS, West 72nd Street
A recent blog post by the Daytonian in Manhattan, reveals that a prominent “alienist” -an early criminal psychologist -practiced out of 143 West 72nd Street. After playboy millionaire Harry K. Thaw murdered starchitect Stanford White (Come learn...
Advocacy, Affordable Housing, architecture, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, landmark, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, LPC, Moderism, New York City, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, REBNY, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Preservation Society
A Day of Public Outcry at the Landmarks Preservation Commission The community was out in full force yesterday at the hearing on proposed changes to the Landmarks Law. The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s hearing room was packed beyond capacity, with many...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Zoning
Read LANDMARK WEST!’s full testimony (linked) before the BSA from their March 27th Hearing. Their next hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2018. To see the proceedings from this day, watch the YouTube recording (linked). See you on June...
C of A, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, LPC, New York, New York City, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Upper West Side, UWS
Don’t Rule Out the Power of the Public In advance of the LPC’s proposal to revise their rules–up for hearing tomorrow–we wish to share our our full testimony with you, our neighbors. We will additionally be submitting to the...
Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Landmark West, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission
We Need YOU! Your Neighborhood Needs YOU! Action is Needed on 3 Major Preservation Issues: NY State legislators want to raise the FAR Cap meaning even denser developments. After years of attempts, this time it’s written into the State Budget...
Advocacy, C of A, City Hall, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire
Echoing the position of LANDMARK WEST! and several colleague organizations, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced his opposition to the proposed LPC Rules changes that LANDMARK WEST! informed you about. In his letter to Chair Srinivasan, (Full text...
Tours and Events, Upper West Side
Speaker Anthony Bellov educated, amused, and energized the room Tuesday night as he exposed the “Famous & Infamous Above 96th Street”. He was careful, however, to only spill secrets of characters from Bloomingdale’s more distant past “who...
architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings, Historic District, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, New York, New York City, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Testimony, Upper West Side, UWS
March 27th is a coin toss… With lots on the docket, one must prioritize… Attend the BSA to speak against 200 Amsterdam Avenue, a development that even the Department of Buildings doesn’t think is legal, or speak out...
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Milton Glaser
Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser was famously struck by inspiration in an NYC yellow cab in 1977 — he got in with a scrap bit of envelope and got out with the iconic “I [heart] NY” logo for the city. (The envelope with the doodle is now in...
200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, Landmark West, shadows, skyline, Upper West Side
Clear Skies or Long Shadows overhead? LANDMARK WEST! and Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, along with many elected officials, have questioned the development proposal for the former Lincoln Square Synagogue site at 200 Amsterdam Avenue....
