Ornamental Delights: An UWS Walk with Francis Morrone

Ornamental Delights: An 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. Many of these visual marvels can be traced back to the speculative builders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who typically hired anonymous...
Delights of UWS Ornamentation

Delights of UWS Ornamentation

Do you know the difference between Ornament and Decoration?  Our LW! walking tour group does!! Francis Morrone gave a “master sidewalk class” Sunday on the impressive work of the many anonymous 19th century craftsmen whose work blesses the exteriors...
Two LW! Open House New York Tours

Two LW! Open House New York Tours

Don’t miss two of LW!’s most renowned walking tour guides as they share favorite UWS sites for the 2016 Open House New York annual weekend. “Quintessential Upper West Side,” led by Francis Morrone Central Park West’s twin-towered skyline....