Tomorrow, We Testify! Come show your support for West End Avenue (and environs)!

Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue, West End Preservation Society

WHAT:    Public hearing to consider the Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II               (W. 89th – 109th Sts. – click here for the proposed...

A View from the Top: New book “Windows on Central Park”

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A quick post to share some Friday inspiration, from yesterday’s “A View of Central Park, or 100 of Them”, by James Barron.   Photo from Betsy Pinover Schiff’s new book, “Windows on Central Park” (via NY Times). Taken from...

Preservation and Pilsner, a Winning Combination!

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  Join LANDMARK WEST! for our first-ever…  Young Professionals Happy Hour!  The time has come to cleanse your palette of wine* and cheese, and drink a $4.50 pint or a $5 cocktail with other professionals & students interested in...

Living with Landmarks is “Living with History”

Beacon Theatre, Manufacturers Hanover Trust building, Museum of the City of New York, New York School of Interior Design

Landmarks are not frozen in time; they are forever evolving and adapting to the needs of our community. The Upper West Side is home to one of the greatest concentrations of landmarks in the city — indeed, the Upper West Side – Central Park West Historic...

Hidden in Plain Sight: Discover the Mechanics’ Institute

education, intern, Lamb and Rich, preservation

As reported by graduate intern Kate GilmoreLeft, American Architect and Building News/Office for Metropolitan History; G. Paul Burnett, via The New York TimesOn its exterior, 20 West 44th Street is an imposing, majestic edifice (designed by architects Lamb & Rich)...

At the house of java, honoring the House of Wharton

Historic District, Historic Districts Council, landmark, New York City, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side

Edith Wharton lives on!Today, the Historic Districts Council and the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center honored the memory of celebrated author and New Yorker Edith Wharton with the installation of a commemorative cultural medallion at 14 West 23rd Street,...

Living with Landmarks, the sequel!

preservation, Upper West Side, West End Avenue, West End Preservation Society

Got questions? Get answers! The Upper West Side may soon be home to 800+ new landmarks, as the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) seriously considers landmark designation expansion in the area between Broadway and Riverside Drive, from 70th to 107th Street...

A Feast for the Eyes :: More photos from Sunday’s event

Landmark Feast, parks, photography, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS

Sincere thanks to photographer Henrik Olund for capturing the truly magical spirit of Landmark Feast.  More photos to come!

West-Park to host film screening in October

architecture, Individual Landmark, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West-Park

Last month, LW! staffers dove head first into the mind boggling and totally engaging world of the psychological play “The Tenant”, an experiential theater production by the Woodshed Collective, taking place at the landmarked West-Park Presbyterian...

Scenes from the Feast :: Celebrating life’s essentials on the Upper West Side

American Museum of Natural History, Historic District, Individual Landmark, parks, photography, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS

Yesterday marked the inaugural Landmark Feast, an Upper West Side dining event like none other.  Gathering with hundreds of our friends, new and old, LW! toasted and tasted on the Arthur Ross Terrace at the American Museum of Natural History as the sun set over...