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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.
Latest Positions
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Application is to replace windows.
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Application is to replace skylights with metal roofing.
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Application is to modify a window opening and replace windows.
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Application is to enlarge an existing rooftop addition.
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Application is to install a banner sign and legalize the installation of a plaque sign
![LW! Board Members Put the FACTS first](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JUST-RED_ANDRA.jpg)
LW! Board Members Put the FACTS first
In what has become the top trending article on the ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER for the second day in a row, LW! Board Members Peter Samton, Page Cowley and independent architect Daniel Samton speak matter-of-factly about the impact the out of scale development is having on...
![The Right Rights](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/West17thST-1080x675.jpg)
The Right Rights
As reported in the New York Times, neighbors of an Extell Properties owned corner lot on West 17th street banded together to purchase and "bank" air rights over the neighboring development in order to protect their views. In "How Much is a View Worth in Manhattan? Try...
![Belvedere-Beautiful View Looking Beautiful!](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Belvedere-1080x675.jpeg)
Belvedere-Beautiful View Looking Beautiful!
The Belvedere "Castle" (actually a Victorian Folly) is set to reopen after a lengthy renovation. Its current incarnation, still capping Vista Rock is the closest it has been to the Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmstead and Jacob Wrey Mould version first envisioned in...
![If 137 West 71st Street Could Talk…NOW IT CAN!](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Baldwin-James-HEADER-1080x597.jpg)
If 137 West 71st Street Could Talk…NOW IT CAN!
The LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION designated 137 West 71st Street as an Individual Landmark Today! Already a landmark within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, this former row house, originally built in 1890, now has increased protections...
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Upper West Pride
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION will hear 137 West 71st Street for Individual Landmark Designation. Tuesday, June 4th from 10:50-11:10 am LANDMARK WEST! is COMING OUT in SUPPORT of this DESIGNATION. READ LW! TESTIMONY Join us to testify, and be witness to...