architecture, guest blog, intern, LYL, NYC, preservation, WHSAD, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design
A guest blog by WHSAD intern Jahmauny Monds When I walked up to the West End Presbyterian Church, it was clear to me that this building is definitely a proud work of art.It is detailed terrifically and precisely. I took great notice of its bold symmetrical...
Advocacy, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, Robert Tierney, West End Avenue, West End Preservation Society
On June 26th, 2012, by unanimous vote of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I has been designated! This was the first step in a multi-agency process to secure the landmark designation that West End...
guest blog, intern, New York City, Upper West Side
Guest blog by intern Jason CrowleyFor the fifth consecutive year, LANDMARK WEST! joined in the festivities at the Amsterdam Houses’ annual Family Day celebration.Saturday, August 4th, turned out to be another fun-filled day of music, BBQ and nostalgic tales of...
Andrew S. Dolkart, Historic Districts Council, LYL, walking tour
Union Theological Seminary & Riverside Church 122nd Street and Riverside DriveFriends and staff members from the Historic Districts Council (HDC) stand in the shadows of Union Theological Seminary (foreground) and the steeple of Riverside Church. ...
Friends of the UES, Historic Districts Council
Consult your collection of Robert A.M. Stern’s New York books, revisit your notes from Preservation Law 101, and brace yourself for some fierce competition …it’s trivia night!!Young Professionals Trivia NightThursday, August 30th, 7PM* to...
First Baptist Church, guest blog, intern, LYL, WHSAD, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design
A guest blog by WHSAD Intern Jahmauny MondsI went out on a journey to find a landmark on the Upper West Side that sparked my interest. I came upon the First Baptist Church. I was captivated by the architecture of this building. Its central window especially captured...
IRT Powerhouse, McKim Mead White, Media, NY Times, NYPAP, Penn Station
Protesters in front of Pennsylvania Station on Aug. 2, 1962.Photo: Eddie Hausner/The New York TimesThe architects Peter Samton and Diana Goldstein can tell you exactly where they were a half century ago, at 5 p.m. on Aug. 2, 1962: out on Seventh Avenue, tilting at...
James Barron, Landmark Feast, NY Times, Upper West Side, UWS
Via The New Yorker”[F]or many of those who did not know Ms. Ephron personally, her zeal for food seemed to generate a bond.” So wrote Matt Flegenheimer in his July 1st New York Times column, “Mourning the Wit and the Woman.” In that...
Landmarks Law, Merchant's House Museum, Penn Station, REBNY
Preservation and protection of our architectural, historical, and cultural assets is one of the most important factors in assuring that New York remains a livable city. Preserving the best of our city’s past and adapting it for reuse in the 21st century greatly...
education, guest blog, intern, Then and Now, West End Avenue
GUEST BLOG by LW! Interns Zack Bunin & Jason CrowleyCalhoun School 2012- Photograph by Zack BuninNOW … The Calhoun School is an eight-story glass, travertine, and concrete building located on the south-west corner of West 81st Street and West End...
