Advocacy, Boulevard, Broadway
By LANDMARK WEST! A State-level bill titled the “Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act” has the potential to override local landmark laws protecting the architectural and cultural integrity of historic religious structures. Read LW!’s Joint...
Advocacy, Boulevard, Broadway
nynyma_rec0040_1_01168_0021 2160 Broadway By LANDMARK WEST! Slated for demolition. Another non-landmarked building on Broadway is facing demolition after permits were recently filed to tear down 2160 Broadway by Brooklyn based developer Aleksandr Finkelshteyn....
Amsterdam Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, San Juan Hill NYC
By Claudie Benjamin Even an eternal optimist has likely been shaken by the volatilities of the city, nation, and turmoil characterizing world affairs as 2025 begins. Pick your poison, and all the variables of slashing and other violence are lurking behind the...
Block Associations, parks, West 72nd Street
The West 72nd Street Block Association is planning its first annual ‘Cupid Crawl’ – a neighborhood event featuring wine tastings, Valentine’s treats and freebies, and other sales and promotions from businesses on West 72nd Street. The goal is...
American Museum of Natural History, open space, parks
By LANDMARK WEST! Asking many New Yorkers for directions to Manhattan Square may illicit blank stares, but most Upper West Siders know that it is nestled between West 77th Street and West 81st Streets, and runs from Columbus Avenue to Central Park West. At...
Columbus Avenue (They Were Here), Legacy Business
By Claudie Benjamin Little known or expected, the fine pastries served in First Class on Pan Am, TWA, Air France, KLM, and others in the 1960s and 70s were made by the Eclair Bakery at 141 West 72nd Street. The Éclair prided itself on...
Columbus Avenue (They Were Here)
by Sarah McCully Columbus Avenue has been a bustling thoroughfare for over a century, a home to countless shops, museums, apartments, and schools alike. Over the years, the block between West 84th and 83rd Streets has been home to a tiny hotel, elegant apartments, and...
Columbus Avenue (They Were Here), Legacy Business
By Claudie Benjamin A New Yorker article in the July 20, 1987 issue of the magazine poignantly described the auction of the effects of Louis Lichtman’s, the bakery that had long been on the corner of 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue....
