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LANDMARK WEST! was founded in the wake of WEST PRIDE, a preceding community effort which challenged Trump City and the redevelopment of the West Side Rail Yards. Seeing increased development pressures on the neighborhood and after a series of inappropriate developments along Central Park West our founders turned their attention towards greater landmarking and land use protections to ensure the neighborhood character and quality of life of the Upper West Side. These concerns are still core to our mission, even as we’ve expanded to address a wider array of issues facing our community.

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Landmarks Preservation Commission

Certificate of Appropriateness

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Landmarks Preservation Commission

Landmark Wish List

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Department of City Planning

ABC Rezoning

FCC & Public Design Commission

LinkNYC Towers

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Mayor & Dept. of City Planning

City of Yes Proposals

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Landmarks Preservation Commission

West-Park Hardship Application

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2024 Year End Appeal

2024 Year End Appeal

​Dear Friend and Neighbor, Quality of life. Sustainability. Community. Preservation. Who will fight for New York’s neighborhoods? We will. When I first returned to NY in 1999 for college, an early mentor further stoked in me a fire of New York curiosity that was...

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