Amsterdam Avenue, Arturo Schomburg, Central Park West, Columbus Avenue, Robert Moses, UWS
by Megan Fitzpatrick A new exhibit is now on display at the Bloomingdale Library rediscovering a lost community on West 98th and 99th Streets between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Created by Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group, the...
Central Park, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, LPC, Scenic Landmark, UWS
by Megan Fitzpatrick The Mineral Springs building is a 1950s design which currently houses La Pain Quotidien. Its name derives from the original 19th-century pavilion that sold park goers mineral water. The immediate need for publicly accessible mineral water came...
Advocacy, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission
by Sarah McCully In case you missed it, our Executive Director Sean Khorsandi guested on this week’s “Living for the City” segment on WBAI 99.5, New York City’s local radio station specialing in progressive art, music, and news. Michael G....
Advocacy, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission
PEW! That was one long hearing! Following an updated presentation by the Presbytery and their team of Consultants, which responded to prior commissioner inquiries, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) shelved much of their scheduled agenda and even...
Black History Month, Urban Renewal
By Megan Fitzpatrick Today we are bringing you a little known story about a community of Black artists that took place in the West 90s of the Upper West Side. The image on the left shows West Park Village which was built in the spot where previously sat six blocks of...