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Looking Beyond Midtown
The New York Times has prepared a timely review of Larry Silverstein, lead of Silverstein Properties who celebrated the ribbon cutting of 3 World Trade Center earlier this week. The lengthy article "Larry Silverstein Flees the 'Old Fogeys' of Midtown" reviews...
Everything you ever wanted to know about ABC News…
...buried within a lot of other hyperbole. This article by Fox News under the guise of journalism baits the reader with a false premise: "Disney selling ABC News' longtime headquarters as trouble looms for embattled TV stars, journalists". While the article does...
LANDMARK WEST! Co-Sponsors… Penn Central Day!
Penn Central Day Celebration Tuesday, June 26th 2018 at 6:30 PM Pedestrian Plaza Overlooking Grand Central Terminal East Side of Park Avenue Between East 41st & 42nd Streets Rain or Shine – Pack an Umbrella! Tuesday, June 26th marks the 40th Anniversary...
Hardenbergh the Hotel Master
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (1847-1918) Architect Henry J. Hardenbergh was born in 1847 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, into a family of Dutch lineage.[1] He was a student at the Hasbrouck Institute, a preparatory school in Jersey City that aimed to prepare young men in...
Mid-Summer at The Milbank Mansion
Mid-Summer at The Milbank Mansion Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, classical string quartet, architectural discussion Thursday, June 28th 2018 Six o'clock p.m. to Eight o'clock p.m. 24 West 71st Street ~ Elegant Casual Attire ~ TICKETS SOLD OUT! email...
Two Wrongs Don’t Make an ‘As-of-Right’
Two Wrongs Don't Make an 'As-of-Right' The Fight Against 200 Amsterdam Continues at the BSA Today The community rallied once again today, continuing ongoing efforts to curtail the unchecked rise of a supertall tower at 200 Amsterdam. LANDMARK WEST! was downtown at the...
City Council Members Sign Letter Opposing Gerrymandered Zoning Lots
Members of the City Council from across all five boroughs have signed a letter urging the Board of Standards and Appeals to forbid the gerrymandering of New York City zoning lots. This push was sparked by growing concern around the issue of 200 Amsterdam, a supertall...
TOMORROW: 200 Amsterdam Avenue Back at the BSA
Head in the Clouds? LANDMARK WEST! attended this morning's review session at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) regarding a development proposal for the former Lincoln Square Synagogue site at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. As noted, this development is slated to rise...
Fred Bland Takes Over As Interim LPC Chair
At the start of Tuesday's Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting, Chair Srinivasan announced the mayor had appointed Fred Bland to take over as Vice Chair (and thus Interim Chair) when she steps down. Today, June 1st, is Srinivasan's last day, and so effective from...
Death at 217 West 57
In an unfortunate report, a construction worker was injured and a security guard was killed at 217 West 57th Street, aka the Nordstrom Tower, aka the Central Park Tower rising at the corner of 57th and Broadway. Slated to be 95 floors and reach a height of 1,550-feet...
