education, intern, Keeping the Past for the Future, WHSAD, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design
At LW!, education is key. Be it through walking tours, slide lectures, building research “how-to”s, design assistance, or our award-winning youth education program Keeping the Past for the Future — sharing and celebrating the history and...
Historic Districts Council, open space, Tours and Events
Courtesy of our friends and colleagues at the Historic Districts Council, you’re getting your turn at the mic! Be a part of the discussion TONIGHT …Open Spaces, Open VoicesWednesday, January 25th from 6:00 to 8:00pmJefferson Market Courthouse, New York...
Upper West Side, UWS, West-Park
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service. Today is a special opportunity for us to think about how we can lend our energies to the people, places and organizations in our communities who could use a bit of help. Whatever kind of service...
La Noche Cubana, Online Buildings Database, Upper West Side, UWS
One week from today, 446 Columbus Avenue will become the site of a friendly fiesta to celebrate 75 years of a West Side MVP (that’s “Most Valuable Preservationist”): Arlene Simon!Before “La Noche Cubana” takes over next Thursday,...
Community Board 7, NYLC, preservation, West End Preservation Society, West-Park
West-Park Presbyterian Church*As temperatures on the West Side begin to drop low, low, low, the heat at landmarked West-Park Presbyterian Church is going up, up, up!!LW! learned some BIG NEWS this morning, courtesy of our friends at the West End Preservation Society...
Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NYC, photography, Upper West Side
Monday is all about looking forward. What meetings do we have this week? What public hearings are scheduled? What progress are we hoping to make on any particular project? But this week, why not kick things off with a look back? To the Upper...
Arlene Simon, Historic District, La Noche Cubana, Upper West Side, UWS
Because of all she’s done for our West Side neighborhoods, and to celebrate her 75th birthday, LW! is throwing a party in honor of our President and founder, Arlene Simon!Because we are so grateful to YOU, our readers, for following our goings on via our blog,...
architecture, education, Lynne Funk, Rand PC, Samantha Deutsch, Unsung Heroes
As LW!’s Dir. of Education, Debi Germann, has the enviable job of exploring the West Side with local youngsters, encouraging them to look up from their shoestrings and take in the exciting architecture around them. Debi does this through “Keeping the...
architecture, NYC, preservation
This year, LW! had made some terrific new friends. One such comrade on the front lines of documenting and reporting West Side happenings, musing on architecture and urban planning in NYC (past and present!), and generally keeping us engaged with their blog...
