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.
Latest Positions
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Application is to construct a rear yard addition.
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Application is install two flagpoles on the site.
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Application is to construct rear yard and rooftop additions, and alter the main entrance and areaway.
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Application is to establish a master plan and the installation of a ramp and a boardwalk
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Application is to legalize the installation of doors and cladding of the stoop w/o LPC permit(s), and installation of windows and modification to the rear façade in non-compliance with CofA
Governor Cuomo: Tell MTA to MIND THE CAP!
AVOID DELAYS! Contact Governor Cuomo Today! Last week, the MTA announced their plan to raise fares in 2017 to $3 a swipe. They'd like to raise height limits on their real estate, too! A provision hidden in this year's New York State budget allows...
Kudos from the New York Times
There has been a lot of coverage of last Thursday's victory for New Yorkers at the Board of Standards and Appeals where the commissioners voted 3-1 to deny the requested variances. Today's online edition, (and tomorrow's print edition) pick up on the significance of...
June 6, 11am: City Hall Rally to Defend the Landmarks Law!
Please join us for a Rally to Defend the NYC Landmarks Law Monday, June 6, 11:00 am City Hall Steps Opposing Intro. 775-A, the Developer-Driven City Council Bill that Threatens Landmarks-in-Waiting, Makes Existing Problems with the Designation Process Worse ...
VICTORY for 361!
VICTORY! Developers' Speculative Development Project DENIED; New Hope for Landmark Church Today, the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals (BSA) did the right thing and voted to DENY the application for zoning variances threatening the former First Church of Christ,...
116 Years of History Comes Down to June 2nd
More than 100 New Yorkers held a candlelight vigil in front of the former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 96th Street and Central Park West to bring awareness to threats facing this Individual Landmark designed by Carrère and Hastings, the same architects who...