#votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street
In July, LW! joined preservation organizations across the city in communicating their ongoing concerns about loopholes in the Zoning Resolution that developers use to build bigger and taller than intended. Why is the city so slow to correct these issues? Read the full...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals
In today’s hearing, the city Board of Standards and Appeals upheld 200 Amsterdam Avenue’s building permits for a 668′ building that gets its height from a gerrymandered lot that should never have been allowed. Read the full Gothamist...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals
GO to the Hearing: Tues, June 25th, 10am Spector Hall, 22 Reade Street In March, the New York State Supreme Court, ruling on an Appeal by the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and the Municipal Art Society alleging that the developers abused zoning...
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...
