LANDMARK WEST
Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Volunteer for LW!
    • Contact LW!
  • Public Programs & Events
    • LW! Public Programs
      • LW! Public Program Videos
    • Events Calendar
    • Brownstone Series
    • Events Archive
    • Unsung Heroes of the UWS
  • Advocacy
    • Supertalls
      • ABC Watch
      • 200 Amsterdam
      • 50 West 66th Street
      • Petition to End Loopholes
    • The Commission
    • Preservation Watch List
    • Landmark Wish List
      • Lincoln Center
        • Metropolitan Opera House
        • New York Philharmonic Hall
        • New York State Theater
        • Vivian Beaumont
        • Julliard School of Music
        • Lincoln Center Plaza
        • Damrosch Park
        • NYPL for the Performing Arts
    • Landmarks Applications (C of A)
      • Landmarks Applications (C of A) - 2020
      • Landmarks Applications (C of A) - 2019
      • Landmarks Applications (C of A) - 2018
      • Landmarks Applications (C of A) - 2017
      • Landmarks Applications (C of A) - 2016
      • Landmarks Applications (C of A) - 2015
    • Advocacy Archive
  • Youth Education
    • Nivola in the Naayyborhood
    • Keeping the Past for the Future - Home
      • Teachers Portal
      • Kids Portal
    • My Preservation Journal
    • KPF@Home-Home Page
      • Landmark Explorers at Home
      • Building Detectives @ Home
      • Shape Detectives @ Home
      • Neighborhood Poetry @ Home
  • Community Chest
    • 72nd Street Crosstown
      • West Seventy Today
    • They Were Here
    • Building Database
    • Bookshelf
    • Map & Historic Districts
    • Newsletters
  • LW! Blog
  • DONATE/JOIN!
Let the children have their way…Let the children play

Let the children have their way…Let the children play

adventure playground, architect, P.S. 166, playground, Playground 89, Richard Dattner, The New York Observer

Singer-Songwriter legend Carlos Santana wasn’t necessarily singing about Playground 89, on West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam when he wrote “Let the Children Play” in 1976, but the playground, adjacent famed architect C. B. J....

A Morning at Play

Central Park, Central Park app alert, landscape architecture, photography, playground, Richard Dattner

The first official day of the Fall season may not be until tomorrow, but this morning’s beautiful weather tempted us to celebrate a day early.  With blue skies on our side, we took a mid-morning romp through the Adventure Playground, located just a...

Playtime in Central Park :: What goes up …

Central Park, Central Park app alert, parks, photography, playground, preservation, Richard Dattner, Upper West Side, UWS

… must come down, right lil’ Charles S.?  Adventure Playground, just inside Central Park at West 67th Street, has gotten a good amount of bloglove during the photo series, and why shouldn’t it!  As architect Richard Dattner’s first...

Playful Design is Serious Fun in Central Park!

architecture, Calvert Vaux, Central Park, New York City, parks, preservation, Richard Dattner, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side

Summer Is Here In A Big Way,So Get Out And Play!   Recreation and play are serious art forms in Central Park! To help you plan your summer play, LANDMARK WEST! brings you a map paired with a few facts about the Central Park playgrounds! Learn about...

On the Hunt :: Happy Easter from the folks at LW!

architecture, Dept. of City Planning, R.O. Blechman, Richard Dattner

It’s been a spell since we logged some blog time, and it would seem that sharing our Easter Egg Hunt joy with our friends and neighbors is a great way to break the lull!Our resident Staff Activity Guru, Cristiana, tucked 20 candy and fun-filled pastel eggs...

Search Watch-Blog

Archives

Calendar

February 2021
S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28  
« Jan    

Categories

Please Contact Us at:

landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org

or:

Landmark West!
45 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023
Phone (212) 496-8110
Fax (212) 875-0209

Landmark West
Landmark West
A must-see program! She wrote the first "History of the City of New York" in 1859 and helped bring the Statue of Liberty to NYC. First editor of Harper's Bazar magazine. Corresponded with Abraham Lincoln, Louisa May Alcott and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Meet Mary Booth! ... See MoreSee Less

Believe Me: The Lost Voice of Mary L. Booth

landmarkwest.ticketspice.com

Writer, translator, editor, abolitionist, suffragist: Mary Louise Booth touched the lives of thousands with her writing, but her story has been lost. Until now. Author Tricia Foley shares the life of ...

4  ·  

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Landmark West
Landmark West
This once-famous writer was an extraordinary woman whose accomplishments – whose life – made a difference. And yet, 130 years after her death, no one knows her name. #WomensHistoryMonth with Landmark West March 10th ... See MoreSee Less

Believe Me: The Lost Voice of Mary L. Booth

landmarkwest.ticketspice.com

Writer, translator, editor, abolitionist, suffragist: Mary Louise Booth touched the lives of thousands with her writing, but her story has been lost. Until now. Author Tricia Foley shares the life of ...

3  ·  

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

logoandbkgrd

Connect with LW!

  • facebook
  • Instagram
  • twitter
  • flickr

Designed by Informavore | Copyright Landmark West!