architecture, Columbus Avenue, landmark, LYL, New York, New York City, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Pioneer SupermarketColumbus Avenue between 73rd and 74th StreetsBetween the tenaciously old-school facade and the rotating selection of Russian beers served in large plastic bottles, the Pioneer gives me hope for a Columbus Avenue increasingly dominated by cupcakes...
iPhone app, N-YHS app alert, New York, New York City, NYC, stables app alert, Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
In December 2010, LW! launched the FIRST EVER iPhone app walking tour of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. We zeroed in on the area around the Dakota Apartments on West 72nd St. and Central Park West, educating “tour goers” on architectural styles,...
Individual Landmark, landmark, LYL, New York City, NYC, Upper West Side, UWS
Little Vivian has competition!Last week, Love Your Landmark received its first hand-drawn submission from pint-sized preservationist Vivian. It appears she’s inspired another artistically inclined lover of landmarks to put pencil to paper and capture a...
architecture, Community Board 7, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, Upper West Side, UWS
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Max Y.The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reviewed not one but two proposals for modifications to buildings within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District yesterday.The La Rochelle, 329 Columbus Avenue.The...
architecture, Grand Central, landmark, LYL, New York, preservation
… at least in the architecture world!Yesterday, in observance of Valentine’s Day, LANDMARK WEST! put a special push behind the Love Your Landmark project on Twitter. Almost immediately, the lovin’ was a-flowin’! We tweeted our...
