Backlog 95, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Robert W. Gibson, St. Michael's Episcopal Church
A Landmark at Last! St. Michael’s Episcopal Church complex is finally an official NYC Individual Landmark! At a special public meeting today, Tuesday, April 12, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to designate a total of...
American Museum of Natural History, Columbus Avenue, Gilder Center, Landmarks at Risk, Teddy Roosevelt Park
On Wednesday, April 6th, the Parks Department held their mandatory scoping session in the LeFrak theater at the American Museum of Natural History. After brief introductions from the Parks Department, the Museum presented its project. Senior Vice President...
American Museum of Natural History, Teddy Roosevelt Park
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Public Scoping Meeting for proposed Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation Wednesday, April 6, 2016, starting at 6:30 pm at the American Museum of Natural History LeFrak Theater (enter at Weston...
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...
Advocacy, First Church of Christ Scientist, Pay to Play
On March 8, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals gave a proposal to convert the landmarked former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 361 Central Park West to residential use another chance, a decision that allowed the project’s sponsors...
MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
Seeing Is Believing We’re still in the process of wading through the 496 pages of zoning text amendments released to the public over the weekend… two days after the March 17, 2016, New York City Council committee-level approval of Mayor de...
Fundraisers, Landmark West, New York City, Tours and Events
We came, we ran, we conquered… — 13.1 miles from the middle of Central Park to the South Street Seaport! — LANDMARK WEST! was proud to be an official charity sponsor of the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon this past Sunday, March 20,...
Advocacy Archives, architect, architecture, Building Database, Renaissance, Upper West Side
by: Elizabeth Canon In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we want to tell you about a fellow Irishman and builder in New York City, Edward Kilpatrick. Not only was Kilpatrick born in Ireland, but he was also a close personal friend of New York character, Horace...
Advocacy, Affordable Housing, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks at Risk, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S HEIGHT INCREASES WON’T IMPROVE QUALITY OR AFFORDABILITY* Yet, there is talk of a “deal” on sweeping citywide zoning changes Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and reports...
Affordable Housing, Authors, Tours and Events
Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City Book Talk with Nicholas Dagen Bloom & Matthew Gordon Lasner — Tuesday, March 15, 2016 6:30 to 8:00 PM Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street...
