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That’s One Take…

That’s One Take…

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, West End Avenue, Zoning

There is plenty to worry about these days, and we are all being bombarded with news and updates.  It’s not always easy to decipher fact from speculation and definitely necessary to consider the source. We provide this message in response to the many concerned...
“Off-Broadway”

“Off-Broadway”

Advocacy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, West End Avenue, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

 In 2015, LW! pressed the Landmarks Preservation Commission to maintain the original boundaries of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II.  Unfortunately, after a vote, they did not, hence the “de Blasio Diet” where every building that was...
Peek Inside Lovingly Restored 351 West End Avenue

Peek Inside Lovingly Restored 351 West End Avenue

brownstone, house tour, Lamb and Rich, Open House, row houses, tours, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue

The owners of 351 West End Avenue have spent the better part of 20 years undoing decades of damage to restore it to an elegant single-family home. Now on the market, LW! teamed with their broker, Corcoran’s Deanna Kory, for one of a new series of open houses...
An Evening at 351 West End Avenue

An Evening at 351 West End Avenue

Andrew S. Dolkart, architect, architectural, architecture, brownstone, Lamb and Rich, Neo Renaissance, New York, New York City, Tours and Events, West End Avenue

On Tuesday, July 12, about 45 friends joined LANDMARK WEST! for a tour of 351 West End Avenue, a beautifully-preserved Lamb and Rich row house dating to the early 1890’s. Andrew Dolkart, professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, led an...
Walking tour of Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II

Walking tour of Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II

Historic District, Straus Park, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, walking tour, West End Avenue

Straus Park, a memorial to Isidor and Ida Straus who died on the Titanic. Unfortunately this park was carved out of the new historic district extension.After being rained out last week, we had our walking tour yesterday and we couldn’t have asked for a more...
Designate the West End’s Historic District Extensions NOW

Designate the West End’s Historic District Extensions NOW

architecture, Historic District, Landmarks, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, Upper West Side, West End Avenue

 A picture is worth a thousand words.  Question: How could this out-of-context building get built? Answer: These 4 rowhouses were not designated NYC Landmarks when the then-owner of 2 Riverside Drive built on this site. The moral of the story?...
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