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It Happened On East 6th Street …
... IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE!In her August 4, 2010, NY Times article, “Mr. Landlord, Tear Down That Penthouse”, Cara Buckley reports on the BSA-mandated demolition of additional stories constructed at 514-516 East 6th Street. As Ms. Buckley explains, the Board of...
Sunday Sweets!
Who doesn't love a good brownie? Especially when it represents an opportunity to support a neighborhood landmark.* This Sunday, August 8, 2:00 PM, West-Park Presbyterian Church congregation will hold a bake sale in front of...
Preservation in action :: LW! testifies at design review public hearing
UPDATE FROM THE FIELDAs reported by Mei Tuggle, LW! intern and NYU student Yesterday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reviewed 150 West 77th Street’s application to construct a rear yard addition and to alter its basement entrance. LANDMARK WEST!’s...
Community Board verdict on Riverside South
In a session that continued on into the wee hours last night, Community Board 7 adopted a resolution calling on developer Extell to modify its proposal to build "Riverside Center," the last piece of the Riverside South megadevelopment. What does CB7 urge be...
LW! gets social: Friend us, follow us, bookmark us!
If you're reading this blog post, you're three-fourths of the way there! Blogging is just one of the ways that you can keep up with LANDMARK WEST! and our Upper West Side advocacy initiatives. We're on Facebook. FRIEND US! We're on Twitter. FOLLOW US! We're on...
NYC Park Throwdown: Central Park or Prospect Park, who earns top accolades?
Let the debate begin!In the Sunday, July 11, New York Times' Metro Section, two writers take on the challenge (or is it the pleasure?) of going to bat for the park land they covet. For a Manhattanite, Central Park as a fulfillment of landscape architect...
Agency ruling: No sliver building for 86th Street
The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) ruled yesterday that in fact no, there will not be a sliver building rising at 330 West 86th Street anytime soon. As reported in the West Side Independent, the BSA stops a 17-story building from being erected on a 20...
Central Park tennis bubbles: an electrical outlet away from reality?
UPDATE :: Central Park tennis bubbles, two months laterAs reported by Cristiana P.The West Side Independent picked up on LANDMARK WEST's email blast yesterday reminding the public about the brief yet intensely focused and ultimately successful battle waged this past...
Urban Outfitters to Metro Theater: “Howdy, neighbor!”
It seems as though the Metro Theater won't be welcoming Urban Outfitters as a new retail tenant after all.For some time, it was speculated that Urban Outfitters (UO), the clothing and random-grab-bag-o-merchandise chain store already at home on the West Side at 72nd...
Landmarks and Landmarks-in-Waiting in the e-press
The Upper West Side press has been kept busy this week covering the landmark beat! From the West Side's newest Individual Landmark, West-Park Presbyterian Church on 86th Street, to buildings deserving of landmarks status but locked in limbo, like the IRT...
