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Macaws, Sea Turtles & NYC’s High Culture: An Adventurous Life
By Claudie Benjamin Lisa Dolin has worked in publishing for almost her entire career. Now she’s on the cusp of retirement. What this means is she’ll be embarking on even more great adventures in faraway places than she’s already undertaken. Born and raised in...
Landmark West is “Living for the City” on WBAI
by Sarah McCully In case you missed it, our Executive Director Sean Khorsandi guested on this week's "Living for the City" segment on WBAI 99.5, New York City's local radio station specialing in progressive art, music, and news. Michael G. Haskins hosts the program...
Coming to “yes” with a Toddler
By Claudie Benjamin In the rush of daily life, your toddler is not behaving in ways you’d like and/or expect? The situation may be driving you crazy. One ah-ha moment may be that it’s not your expectations a child needs to meet, according to educator Liz Lowy. She has...
Advocacy Roundup: 5G, Reconstruction of Stairs in Riverside Park, DOB Rule
5G IN THE CITY By Megan Fitzpatrick Many of you have been following the 5G plans for NYC. While LW! supports accessibility to the technology, we remain steadfast that these out-of-scale 32'-towers do not belong in our historic district side streets. We applaud CM...
Organizing for Life
By Claudie Benjamin The field of organizing behavior has evolved tremendously worldwide over the past three decades. And, having started her business The Organized Student, 32 years ago, educator, writer, consultant, and lecturer Donna Goldberg is certainly at the...
“San Juan Heal” Stands Out at Lincoln Center
by Sarah McCully It’s hard to miss the bright colors dotting David Geffen Hall’s typically neutral facade. Since early October of last year, the newly renovated concert hall’s northern windows have played host to a temporary art installation called “San Juan Heal” by...
Evergreen Storage Needs & Solutions
By Claudie Benjamin Do you dream of how much more pleasant it would be to have more storage space in your apartment? Decades ago, residents of many or most apartment buildings had access to basement storage areas where everything from albums of coin and stamp...
Oppenheimer and the Upper West Side
By Megan Fitzpatrick J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with being the founding father of the American School of Theoretical Physics and the creation of the Atomic Bomb that decimated two cities in Japan during the Second World War. He was very much an Upper West...
New Temporary Sculptures Arrive at Riverside Park South
by Sarah McCully The west side just got a little more artistic. Two new temporary public sculptures were erected earlier this month in Riverside Park South in exhibitions presented by the Riverside Park Conservancy and the Art Students League of New York. The two...
Trustworthiness, Artistry and CAD Technology Combine to Create Custom Jewelry
By Claudie Benjamin Knowing how to draw beautifully was a key to Harmeet Singh’s life as a jeweler. Along with that natural talent, “God’s Gift,” he had a passion for gems, “their color, rarity, mystery…” The opportunity to become a jeweler came in connection with his...
