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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...
A Stellar Year for LW’s Youth Education Program, Keeping the Past for the Future!
The 2009-2010 school year has been a Landmark year for LW's decade-old youth education program, Keeping the Past for the Future (KPF). The number of students experiencing KPF has sky-rocketed in a few short years. This year, we have worked with 1,600 students in...
Historic house tours 2010: Murray Hill, Mount Morris Park, and Hamilton Heights
As summer approaches, the end of the historic house tour season draws near. But fear not! There are still opportunities to step inside the hidden-in-plain-sight treasures of New York City's historic neighborhoods. Explore historic Murray Hill* or head uptown to...
Preservationists, ahoy!
On Wednesday, May 26th, LANDMARK WEST! and a group of our nearest and dearest set off for an adventure aboard the historic, National Register-listed John J. Harvey fireboat! The sun set, the full moon rose, a sister fireboat spouted a patriotic water show ... all on...
July 22nd, 1975
July 22nd, 1975 - On this day, the Upper West Side's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Building was designated the Upper West Side's first Interior Landmark. Also on this day, Emlen Tunnell, the first African American inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the NFL's...
