Watch-Blog
Clouds de-Parting
Public art installations seem to be on attack, not just at Lincoln Center, but also, throughout the rest of New York City. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has, for a long time, acted as a steward of Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture and other artwork. However, across the...
East Meets West Mural – An UWS History Mystery Solved by Claudie Benjamin
Recently, I went looking for the space I remembered as a long gone UWS Chinese restaurant. Actually, my memory was more about a large colorful mural featuring a red-sailed junk in Hong Kong Harbor that was displayed on the wall. Walking up on the east side of...
C’MON CMOM!
The Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM), the latest stewards of the 117-year old individual landmark at 361 Central Park West propose significant changes to roof, windows, and entrances. View the ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION and the SPECIAL WINDOWS CONDITIONS...
Going Soon! From a Neighborhood Near You
CONGRATULATIONS to our colleagues, both the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development (CFESD) and the Municipal Art Society (MAS) on their win--and to many more! Huge KUDOS to the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and the Municipal Art Society on...
‘We’re literally at the behest of developers’ whim’
New York Times Reporter Stefanos Chen brings readers "The People vs. Big Development" ticking off a litany of grass-roots efforts to curb inappropriate development in their respective communities. LANDMARK WEST! is featured for our involvement with 50 West 66th...
Seven to Save – UWS Gets Brassy with the PLNYS for the Richard Lippold Installation at Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Philharmonic Hall has felt empty since 2014, when Orpheus and Apollo, the shimmering and abstracted construction that has hung from the ceiling of the "grande promenade" since the hall was opened in 1962, was removed for...
GOTTFRIED stands with LW!
In his recent community update, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried reiterated his support of LANDMARK WEST! and our appeal of the permits for 50 West 66th Street. His full statement below: Board of Standards & Appeals' Tie Vote on Upper West Side "Supertall"...
BSA Chair Perlmutter is “OK with what was represented” even though SHE NEVER SAW IT
There's so much to question about how the Chair of the Board of Standards and Appeals came to vote against Landmark West's Appeal of permits issued by the Dept. of Buildings allowing 200 feet of "mechanical void" space in a building proposed at 50 W. 66th Street. It...
BSA: Tie Goes to the Developer at 50 West 66th Street
The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) decided today that the nearly 200 vertical feet of mechanical voids at the the 775-foot Extell tower at 50 West 66th Street was just fine with two* BSA Commissioners, meaning the LW! Appeal was denied. *Commissioner Dara...
ALL Local Electeds Agree — Revoke Permits for 50 West 66th Street!
Tuesday, January 28th the Board of Standards and Appeals will rule on LW's Appeal of 50 W. 66th Street. Will they listen to reason? Will they listen to every elected official representing the district, when every single one of then has urged them to revoke the permits...
