Landmarks Preservation Commission, Victor's Cafe
We sounded the call; Bonny K. answered!Below, a neighbor’s letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, echoing our call for the LPC to deny the application by a new restaurateur to demolish an existing mural that speaks to our neighborhood’s layered...
Columbus Avenue, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Leslie Albrecht, Media, NY Times, Robert Tierney, Victor's Cafe
Your neighborhood needs you!As reported in our recent blog post, a new restaurant operator has applied to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to demolish the sculpted mural at 240 Columbus Avenue (formerly home to Victor’s Cafe). This cultural artifact...
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Save Chelsea is calling on you — on all of us! — to join them in their efforts to protect Chelsea Market from inappropriate rezoning. As they write in their online petition: The Chelsea Market complex, built in stages from the late 19th...
Advocacy, Friends of the UES, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Scenic Landmark
Earlier this month, we reported on plans moving forward for the iconic Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park. Since then, the action has moved from the field to the hearing room.The City’s multi-agency team and contracted architects have shopped...
C of A, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Leslie Albrecht, Media, Victor's Cafe
240-242 Columbus Avenue, at the time of its inclusion in the designation of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District (1990), via the LW! Online Building Database.Where the tastes and culture of Cuba once reigned supreme, a French wine bar/bistro hopes...
American Folk Art Museum, Member Exclusive, museum, Stacy C. Hollander
Marino Auriti’s “Encyclopedic Place of the World”, via NYTExplore “Jubilation | Rumination” with Senior Curator Stacy C. Hollander Wednesday, Mar. 146PM Reserve today!Only 15 places available $35,...
Historic District, landmark, LYL, photography
Cupid, you have competition this Valentine’s Day!Don your angel wings. Ready your quiver and bow. Grab your camera. This is your chance to tell everyone, “I Love this Landmark!” Starting today, LW! is asking you to join us in playing cupid as...
Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Media, NY Eater, NY Times, Wall Street Journal
Tavern on the Green, Central Park*Tavern on the Green, the legendary dining destination inside Central Park at West 67th Street, will soon rise again. But unlike the famously glitzy, high-priced restaurant of days gone by, the new Tavern on the Green (the name...
Historic Districts Council
First, the folks at Historic Districts Council (HDC) handed you the mic to voice your opinion on New York City’s open spaces. Now, they’re giving us all — that includes YOU! — one more chance to help inform their upcoming annual...
