Advocacy, Art Deco, Boulevard, Broadway
Broadway2624-2626 OMH 2006-12 nynyma_rec0040_1_01871_0022 2626_Bway_a (DA 5.25.22) By LANDMARK WEST! The Metro Theater’s recent acquisition signals the long-awaited revival of an UWS staple. But little is known about how long renovations will take to...
Community Board 7, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Spirit of the City, St Paul and St Andrew United Methodist Church, West End Avenue
By Megan Fitzpatrick I met Rev. K Karpen on a bright Wednesday morning with a coffee in hand and a smile ready to start his day. Most likely not his start, but mine. The daily grind at St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church had already begun with...
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....