CENTRAL dARK
In honor of Keeping the Past for the Future’s Spanish language initiative, launched September 2015, we offer this blog post translation. The goal is to translate and provide access to Spanish dominant families about what their children are learning in...
architecture, CENTRAL dARK, G. Augustine Lynas, Lynas, preservation, shadows, Tours and Events
Labor Day morning in Central Park provided a special treat for about 25 Upper West Siders and their friends in the form of a tour by prolific author, sculptor, and Upper West Sider, G Augustine Lynas. The children ranged in age from 5 to 13 and were all enthusiastic...
architecture, City Council, City Hall, Intro. 775, Moratorium, preservation, REBNY
NICE WORK! BIG THANKS to all of you who filled City Hall to capacity on September 9, 2015 in solidarity against Intro. 775, the bill that would strip the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) of power to preserve our city’s landmarks. More than 100...
Intro. 775, IRT Powerhouse, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
NICE WORK! BIG THANKS to all of you who filled City Hall to capacity on September 9, 2015 in solidarity against Intro. 775, the bill that would strip the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) of power to preserve our city’s landmarks. ...
Daytonian in Manhattan, Friends of Straus Park, Isidor Straus, Riverside West End Avenue Historic District, Straus Park, Titanic
Join Landmark West! and the Friends of Straus Park on Saturday, October 3rd! We will be celebrating the centennial of the naming of Straus Park in a day-long Art in the Park event. Join your neighbors for Paintings, Photographs, Jewelry, Clothing, Food and Music...
Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
August 26, 2015 MEMORANDUM OF OPPOSITION TO INTRO. 775 Dear Council Member, We write to express our serious concerns about Intro. 775. We share the desire for a swift, predictable and transparent landmark designation process and have given...
Mariners' Gate, Mariners' Playground, Plan for Play, public design commission, Scenic Landmark, Spector Playground, Watch List, West 85th Street, When the Process Works
The Central Parks Conservancy is planning to overhaul their playground near the Mariners’ Gate entrance, 85th Street and Central Park West. Designed for 2-5 year olds, the playground renovation is part of the Conservancy’s “Plan for...
American Museum of Natural History, Gilder Center, Landmarks at Risk, Teddy Roosevelt Park, Theodore Roosevelt Park, Watch List
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedienceTheodore Roosevelt from “Latitude and Longitude among Reformers” (1900) Kate Wood addressed a letter to American Museum of Natural History President Ellen Futter outlining some of the...
adventure playground, architect, P.S. 166, playground, Playground 89, Richard Dattner, The New York Observer
Singer-Songwriter legend Carlos Santana wasn’t necessarily singing about Playground 89, on West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam when he wrote “Let the Children Play” in 1976, but the playground, adjacent famed architect C. B. J....
Friends of the UES, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Intro. 775, landmark, Landmark West, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Landmark West!, Historic Districts Council, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, and Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts wrote to Council Members to express serious concerns about Intro. 775. We share the desire for a swift,...
