by Christian RoweThis past week I’ve been exploring the religious buildings of the Upper West Side and comparing them to my church, Pilgrim Father Church under Archbishop Roy E. Brown in Brooklyn, which was built in 1961. I noticed that my church has a big...
By Christian RoweFor the last couple of days I have been exploring and studying the rowhouses and building ornaments on the Upper West Side. Row houses and apartment buildings were made mainly to house people in the middle class. Architects used materials like...
By Christian Rowe On July 16, 2014, LANDMARK WEST! hosted a summer evening trip down the Hudson River on the retired historic Fireboat John J.Harvey. Built in 1931, the John J. Harvey was the first large modern fireboat built in America. Every fireboat before her was...
by Christian Rowe On my Central Park exploration today, I noticed things that I would not have paid much attention to before beginning my summer internship with LANDMARK WEST! The first thing I noticed was that when you enter the park at 77th Street you walk over a...
On September 6, the New York Times published a letter to the editor written by LW! President Arlene Simon responding to Professor Kenneth T. Jackson’s op-ed “Gotham’s ToweringAmbitions” published on August 30th. Arlene’s...
On September 6, the New York Times published a letter to the editor written by LW! President Arlene Simon responding to Professor Kenneth T. Jackson’s op-ed “Gotham’s ToweringAmbitions” published on August 30th. Arlene’s...
CELEBRATE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE UPPER WEST SIDEThursday, Dec. 5th 2013With an admittedly contrarian mind-set, LANDMARK WEST’s honorees tend not to be media stars or mega-bankers, but real-life landmark heroes in the trenches. Usually, no one you have ever...
On September 6, the New York Times published a letter to the editor written by LW! President Arlene Simon responding to Professor Kenneth T. Jackson’s op-ed “Gotham’s ToweringAmbitions” published on August 30th. Arlene’s...
Empire State Building: The Making of a LandmarkAn illustrated talk & book signing by John TauranacThursday, October 17th, 2013 at 6 p.m.Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street$15, $10 for LW! members Click here to purchase...
OCTOBER 2013 EVENTS & PROGRAMSTo mark your calendars, visit our Upcoming Events page here.openhousenewyork(OHNY) Weekend 2013 Saturday and Sunday October 12th and 13thfrom 11:00AM at 4:00PMCenter for Architecture536 LaGuardia Pl New York, NYJoin OHNY,...
