Tours and Events, Unsung Heroes, Upper West Side, UWS
Tavern on the Green was the place to be Monday night. Throngs of supporters turned out in celebration of LW!’s 2016 “Unsung Heroes of the Upper West Side”—or, as LW! President Kate Wood described them: “the...
brownstone, house tour, Lamb and Rich, Open House, row houses, tours, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue
The owners of 351 West End Avenue have spent the better part of 20 years undoing decades of damage to restore it to an elegant single-family home. Now on the market, LW! teamed with their broker, Corcoran’s Deanna Kory, for one of a new series of open...
Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Pay to Play
The New York Post reports that the mayor is off the proverbial sauce. After MONTHS of reports about his ties to lobbyists and pay-to-play politics, Mayor de Blasio claims he “was” a friend of James Capalino but that they are no longer in contact....
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...
Milton Glaser, The New York Times
LW’s “Unsung Heroes of the Upper West Side” awards honor the Best of the West…and, we believe, all the rest! In June 2011, celebrated graphic designer—and longtime Upper West Sider—Milton Glaser was among our...
Daytonian in Manhattan, Landmarks, Tom Miller, Tours and Events
Summer Family Tour Opportunity! Follow TWO leaders to history and Pokemon _________________________________________________________________________________ Architectural historian Tom Miller (The Daytonian in Manhattan)* Game designer Amy Kraft (Monkey Spot...
Daytonian in Manhattan, Landmarks, Tom Miller
Daytonian in Manhattan, is a blog dedicated to telling “the stories behind the buildings, monuments and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.” From 45-47 Madison Street, the sole survivor of a row of Federal-style row houses in...
Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Watch List
You may have noticed the new kiosks sprouting along Broadway and seemingly every other corridor in NYC, some with peel-away stickers promising super fast, free WiFi, others already activated bleeding piercing diodes of light into an evening stroll advertising even...
