demolition, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, Upper West Side, UWS, Watch List
As a 93 year-old UWS synagogue is threatened with demolition, LW! President Kate Wood urges preservation over condo development. Watch Kate’s NY1 interview and read more about community opposition to Congregation Shaare Zedek’s demolition plans for its...
Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
Beautiful fall weather on Halloween Eve inspired a great turnout for a “spirit” inspired LW! walking tour. West 69th Street put on a great stoop show (begging the question “where do you store a giant fuzzy spider in the off season?”) and...
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,...
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...
interiors, OHNY, walking tour
Six Upper West Side buildings are open for viewing during Open House New York! Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 Open House New York is this weekend and the Upper West Side is offering up a handful of beauties to be explored. LW! helped organize three of the...
architectural, tours, Tours and Events, Uncategorized, Upper West Side, walking tour
Dead men may tell no tales, but gargoyles… Before it was an iconic New York City neighborhood, the Upper West Side was a bucolic stretch of land dotted with genteel country estates, modest wood frame homes, farms, taverns, and goats. For generations it remained...
American Museum of Natural History, C of A, Gilder Center, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List
Although the Community Board overwhelmingly approved the American Museum of Natural History’s proposed expansion, there are still many valid concerns that the Community has voiced over the past eleven months since this proposal concept was made public....
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...
CENTRAL dARK, Pay to Play, Watch List
No, it’s not a Dr. Who reference… New Yorkers have been beleaguered by incessant construction noise and the the city’s mid-section has had the worst of it with large development plans not only on Central Park South and 57th Street...
