Landmarks at Risk, When the Process Works
Community rallies for FIVE hours in support of the 117-year old individual landmark at 361 Central Park West. LPC takes No Action. Directs applicant to “take five” and reconsider plans. Echoing Community Feedback, and disapproval from CB7’s Preservation Committee & their Full...
Advocacy, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM), the latest stewards of the 117-year old individual landmark at 361 Central Park West propose significant changes to roof, windows, and entrances. View the ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION and the SPECIAL WINDOWS CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT. Are these changes appropriate? CB7’s...
Advocacy, architectural, David Geffen Hall, interiors, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Philharmonic Hall has felt empty since 2014, when Orpheus and Apollo, the shimmering and abstracted construction that has hung from the ceiling of the “grande promenade” since the hall was opened in 1962, was removed for “restoration” and never returned. Lincoln Center is...
Advocacy, C of A, Carrere and Hastings, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Landmarks Preservation Commission
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is again in the news. We excitedly noted that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) had purchased the Carrere and Hastings individual landmark from a developer. Now see the proposed changes they will submit to the Landmarks Preservation Commission in a...
