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Love Your Landmark #15 – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church51-53 Central Park WestThe Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is a very good example of preservation and restoration in action. In my lifetime, I've seen it go from being absolutely filthy to being covered in scaffolding to emerging as this gem...
Love Your Landmark #14 – Dakota Apartments
Dakota Apartments1 West 72nd StreetThe Dakota is wonderful for two reasons: the building itself and the people that live there! Not only is the Dakota one of the most important buildings to the history of the Upper West Side, but its residents are some of the most...
Love Your Landmark #13 – Central Park West Skyline
Central Park West SkylineCentral Park West, as seen from Central ParkIt's impossible not to love the Central Park West skyline! It's as iconic an image of New York City as Grand Central Station or the Statue of Liberty. Made up of such landmarks as the Dakota...
Love Your Landmark #12 – IRT Powerhouse
IRT/ConEd Powerhouse840 12th Avenue at 59th StreetIt's hard to not feel awestruck by the IRT/ConEd Powerhouse. The scale, the architecture, the history- it's tremendous!Love,Kate WoodLandmark West! Executive DirectorP.S. Not close enough to see the Powerhouse in...
Love Your Landmark #11- Public School 166
Public School 166, The Richard Rodgers School of Arts & Technology 132 West 89th StreetLandmark love begins early on the Upper West Side! Here, first graders from P.S. 166 gather to show their affection for their historic school (designated a NYC...
Love Your Landmark #10 – Cafe 82
Cafe 82Broadway at 82nd StreetFew could be more loved than Cafe 82! As many as 20 of us have breakfast there every single morning and socialize, going from table to table to talk about the latest opera or movie we've seen, the most interesting New York Times stories...
Love Your Landmark #9 – Pioneer Supermarket
Pioneer SupermarketColumbus Avenue between 73rd and 74th StreetsBetween the tenaciously old-school facade and the rotating selection of Russian beers served in large plastic bottles, the Pioneer gives me hope for a Columbus Avenue increasingly dominated by cupcakes...
iPhone App :: The Sequel? The Next Generation? Whatever it is, let’s do it!
In December 2010, LW! launched the FIRST EVER iPhone app walking tour of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. We zeroed in on the area around the Dakota Apartments on West 72nd St. and Central Park West, educating “tour goers” on architectural styles, neighborhood...
Love Your Landmark #8 – St. Michael’s Church
Little Vivian has competition!Last week, Love Your Landmark received its first hand-drawn submission from pint-sized preservationist Vivian. It appears she's inspired another artistically inclined lover of landmarks to put pencil to paper and capture a beloved...
UPDATE from the FIELD :: One Up, One Down
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Max Y.The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reviewed not one but two proposals for modifications to buildings within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District yesterday.The La Rochelle, 329 Columbus Avenue.The...
