Advocacy, Calvert Vaux, When the Process Works
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...
Advocacy, Individual Landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, When the Process Works
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...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, CENTRAL dARK
In CityLab, James S. Russell (with a little help from LW! Executive Director, Sean Khorsandi, who was interviewed for the article) focuses on three supertall NYC skyscrapers–including 50 West 66th Street (see Page 2 of the article below)–to reveal just how...
#isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, Dept. of City Planning
LANDMARK WEST! has been asking #isitsafe and the FDNY has just answered: “No”. Is the Dept. of Buildings listening? When LW! first learned of the bait and switch at 50 West 66th Street – from a 292-foot, 25 story building to a...
#votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK
The Upper West Side is known for many things–but fraud? Not necessarily as EXTELL’s 50 West 66th Street hasn’t been named yet, but read on: Our friends at THE REAL DEAL (linked, but article since removed) Published “Extell’s former EB-5...
