Aug 14, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Board of Standards and Appeals
LW! Executive Director Sean Khorsandi is interviewed about developers’ attempts to take advantage of zoning loopholes to build a Supertall tower at 50 W. 66th Street. Fox5 caught up with Sean outside the Board of Stand and Appeals during LW’s hearing last...
Aug 8, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street
Council Member Helen Rosenthal gave testimony before the BSA on August 7 in support of Landmark West! and the community’s appeal against the permits for the 50 W. 66th Street proposed development. Her 8/8/2019 e-newsletter highlighted her position (emphasis...
Aug 7, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
On Tuesday, August 6th neighbors, friends, electeds and lawyers from across the Upper West Side gathered on all too familiar ground–the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). The goal? To decipher whether or not 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th...
Aug 6, 2019 | #votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, Zoning
A local community board is the first set of boots on the ground calling out developer Wolkoff for trying to sneak in additional units and floors at the 11th hour of a standing application. The resounding sense that developers do not need to follow the rules that apply...
Jul 31, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
We’ve told you about how A new breed of skyscraper threatens to devastate the fabric of New York* and now, after over four years of following West 66th Street, a home-grown “E.T.,” we have our first opportunity to publicly speak out at a city agency...
Jul 31, 2019 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Zoning
In what has become the top trending article on the ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER for the second day in a row, LW! Board Members Peter Samton, Page Cowley and independent architect Daniel Samton speak matter-of-factly about the impact the out of scale development is...
