architecture, CENTRAL dARK, Congregation Shearith Israel, Watch List
Are there new towers in the future of this skyline? This is the important and pressing question LW’s study by WXY architect Claire Weisz seeks to answer. .. The urgent need to study Central Park West emerged out of a series of proposals to alter the...
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
In 2001, a New York which seems to have existed an eternity ago, a much different New York Times addressed a much different Gansevoort Street in what was then a running column called “One Street at a Time”. Author Michael Cunningham described the...
architecture, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
LANDMARK WEST! asked BFJ Planning to review Mayor De Blasio’s City Planning proposals “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” and “Mandatory Inclusionary Housing”. Click here for a copy of their full critique. Below are some of...
architecture, Backlog 95, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
In preparation for the November 5 & 12, 2015 Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearings, we have received many written statements in support of designating the former Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Powerhouse and the St. Michael’s Episcopal Church...
architecture, CENTRAL dARK, NYC, preservation, Watch List
Let’s cut to the chase. Please sign this petition, New Yorkers for a Human-Scale City, and please add your individual name, or your organization’s* name, to the growing list of co-sponsors endorsing the petition. The list is long because it...
architecture, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
UPPER WEST SIEGE! Mayor de Blasio’s rezoning plan will raise height limits. The Upper West Side among the neighborhoods hardest hit! Thanks to the efforts of neighbors like you, the Upper West Side’s character is protected by hard-won Historic...
architecture, Backlog 95, Designation, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC, NYLC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Testimony, Watch List
Check, and Check! The New York Landmarks Conservancy has released its position on two Upper West Side items, both calendared with upcoming LPC hearing dates. Regarding the IRT Powerhouse, which will be heard on Thursday, November 5th, the Conservancy reminds us how...
architecture, NYC, preservation, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Tours and Events
Mansions and Monuments of Riverside Drive When: Saturday, October 24 at 1:30PM Where: Meet by the circular fence in back of Grant’s Tomb Cost: $20 for adults; $15 for seniors and students Information & Reservations: bestnewyorkguide@gmail.com...
