Advocacy Archives, architect, architecture, Building Database, Renaissance, Upper West Side
by: Elizabeth Canon In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we want to tell you about a fellow Irishman and builder in New York City, Edward Kilpatrick. Not only was Kilpatrick born in Ireland, but he was also a close personal friend of New York character, Horace...
Advocacy, Affordable Housing, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks at Risk, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S HEIGHT INCREASES WON’T IMPROVE QUALITY OR AFFORDABILITY* Yet, there is talk of a “deal” on sweeping citywide zoning changes Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and reports that...
Affordable Housing, Authors, Tours and Events
Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City Book Talk with Nicholas Dagen Bloom & Matthew Gordon Lasner — Tuesday, March 15, 2016 6:30 to 8:00 PM Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street...
Backlog 95, Historic Districts Council, IRT Powerhouse, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, McKim Mead and White, Watch List, Wish List
Neighborhood Paper CHELSEA NOW has a new article on the LPC Backlog and it quotes our partners at the Historic Districts Council and our very own President, Kate Wood. The bulk of the article addresses the potential for designating the IRT Powerhouse: Preservationists...
John Tauranac, Landmark West, walking tour
— Please join LANDMARK WEST! and Architectural Historian John Tauranac as we explore the architecture of the Upper West Side — “From Dakota to Montana” — Approved for 3 hours of Real Estate Continuing Education Credit**...
