Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
Beautiful fall weather on Halloween Eve inspired a great turnout for a “spirit” inspired LW! walking tour. West 69th Street put on a great stoop show (begging the question “where do you store a giant fuzzy spider in the off season?”) and guide...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Dept. of Buildings, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Last night, at Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee meeting, CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL was at it again – balking, evading, misleading, and otherwise muddying the record in their scheme to build above and beyond zoning that protects the historic,...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
On Friday, October 14, the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) held its first public hearing on Congregation Shearith Israel’s (CSI’s) application to proceed with construction of a noncompliant 9-story building (with five floors of condominiums on top...
interiors, OHNY, walking tour
Six Upper West Side buildings are open for viewing during Open House New York! Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 Open House New York is this weekend and the Upper West Side is offering up a handful of beauties to be explored. LW! helped organize three of the...
architectural, tours, Tours and Events, Uncategorized, Upper West Side, walking tour
Dead men may tell no tales, but gargoyles… Before it was an iconic New York City neighborhood, the Upper West Side was a bucolic stretch of land dotted with genteel country estates, modest wood frame homes, farms, taverns, and goats. For generations it remained...
