Neigh a word said…until today?

Apr 21, 2016 | Calvert Vaux, Carriage Horses, Central Park, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Intro 573-a, Landmarks at Risk, Scenic Landmark, UWS, Wall Street Journal

In an article that a commenter noted “should take him [Mayor Bill deBlasio] off his high horse”, today’s Wall Street Journal posts Effort to Ban Carriage Horses Probed which outlines some of the investigations into the money trail funding the...

In Central Park, Tavern on the Green to rise anew

Feb 2, 2012 | Central Park, Central Park app alert, Central Park Conservancy, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Media, NY Eater, NY Times, Wall Street Journal

Tavern on the Green, Central Park* Tavern on the Green, the legendary dining destination inside Central Park at West 67th Street, will soon rise again.  But unlike the famously glitzy, high-priced restaurant of days gone by, the new Tavern on the Green (the name...

It Happened On East 6th Street …

Aug 6, 2010 | Board of Standards and Appeals, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, Wall Street Journal

… IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE! In her August 4, 2010, NY Times article, “Mr. Landlord, Tear Down That Penthouse”, Cara Buckley reports on the BSA-mandated demolition of additional stories constructed at 514-516 East 6th Street.  As Ms. Buckley explains, the Board of...

Urban Outfitters to Metro Theater: “Howdy, neighbor!”

Jun 25, 2010 | Individual Landmark, landmark, Upper West Side, UWS, Wall Street Journal

It seems as though the Metro Theater won’t be welcoming Urban Outfitters as a new retail tenant after all. For some time, it was speculated that Urban Outfitters (UO), the clothing and random-grab-bag-o-merchandise chain store already at home on the West Side at...