Trees Are Bursting Out All Over! Central Park Walking Tour
Sunday, April 29th 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Late April, early May is when most of our city’s trees burst into bloom. Explore the gorgeous trees, their blossoms, pollinators, and returning migrating birds around the wetland known as The Pool in the northern end of Central Park with Leslie Day, author of several field guides to the natural world of New York City.
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The Girl on the Velvet Swing: The Murder of Stanford White
Tuesday, May 8th 6:30pm – 7:45pm Venue: Macaulay Honors College 35 W. 67th Street
An aspiring young model arrives in NYC and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age. He initially plays the role of benefactor, then lures her to his apartment, drugs and sexually assaults her. She goes on to marry an (unstable) millionaire playboy, who, when she confides in him about the assault, shoots and kills her “benefactor” in a crowded theater. A sensational trial ensues. Newspapers can’t get enough of the tale of the model and the two powerful and abusive men. LW! hosts New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz for his reconstruction of the trial of Harry Thaw for the cold-blooded murder of celebrity architect Stanford White–culled from the 1906 tabloid accounts.
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From UWS to the Village: LW! Tours the Chaim Gross Studio
Wednesday, May 16th 6:30pm – 8:00pm Venue: 526 LaGuardia Place
Landmark West! invites you for a private tour of the famed Greenwich Village townhouse of artist and collector Chaim Gross (1904-91). The sculptor and his wife purchased the 1873 building on LaGuardia Place in the mid-1960s after living and raising their children on the Upper West Side.
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Gems of Riverside Drive II: 103rd-108th Streets Walking Tour
Saturday, May 12th 1:00pm – 3:00pm
A beautiful Saturday guided walk exploring the architectural and historic riches of the UWS’s northernmost historic districts. We’ll take in the classic early 20th century apartment buildings along West End Avenue, remarkably preserved row houses lining adjacent side streets, and an extraordinary group of townhouses along Riverside Drive — including Manhattan’s last free standing mansion that remains a private home. There’s no better way to spend a Spring afternoon!
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Ornamental Delights of the UWS Walk with Francis Morrone
Sunday, June 10th 2:00pm – 4:00pm
The Upper West Side is a wonderland of ornamental detail on building exteriors. From the iron fences of the Dakota, to the carved stone statuary on the outsides of the Dorilton and the Apthorp, to some of the city’s best examples of terra cotta, acclaimed guide Francis Morrone will walk us through the UWS’s outdoor museum of beautiful, Old World handcrafted ornament.
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LANDMARK WEST!
45 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023
