#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street
The Commercial Observer is reporting that Extell Suspends Construction on Central Park Tower, Not Brooklyn Point. In the article of the same name, Chava Gourarie cites the Corona Virus as cause for the pause but acknowledges that other developments by the same...
Columbus Avenue, guest blog
The Fate of the 9th Avenue Elevated Train Cars? LW! History Snippet by Claudie Benjamin The 9th Avenue Elevated train line, known as the “el”, had its inaugural downtown run in 1871. By 1879 it ran all the way up to 104th Street, a large-scale urban...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, C of A, Landmarks Preservation Commission
On a given day, LANDMARK WEST! is on the front line, leaning on City Agencies to follow the written laws — intentions of the zoning resolution, public trust doctrine, landmarks law, etc. Today, for the first time in LW’s 35-year...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, architect, architectural, architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Community Board 7, Landmark West, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NY, NY Times, NYC, skyline, State of New York, When the Process Works, Zoning
New York City’s local communities may be getting the “breath of fresh air” (and ray of sunshine) they have been fighting for over recent years. Supertall development at the Upper West Side’s 200 Amsterdam Avenue site and along the Two...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Historic District, Landmark West, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, shadows, skyline, Uncategorized
‘Practically perfect in every way’, Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help...
