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LPC Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan Resigns
Put Your Preservation Hats Back On! Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, announced today that she will step down in the face of significant opposition to proposed changes to the LPC Rules. Since her appointment by Mayor de Blasio four...
Joint Statement about LPC Rules Changes
LANDMARK WEST! along with the the Brooklyn Heights Association, The City Club of New York, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, The Municipal Art Society of New York, The...
Rats on W. 74th Street!
An enthusiastic crowd was treated yesterday to a remarkable crash course in terra cotta by expert Susan Tunick. After sharing the history, manufacture, and artistry of architectural terra cotta, Susan showed our LW! group an eye-popping collection of UWS terra cotta...
News on the Central Harlem West 130th-132nd Street Historic District
The Central Harlem West 130th-132nd Street Historic District Has Its Public Hearing LANDMARK WEST! joined our neighbors from Harlem today to rally for the designation of the Central Harlem West 130th-132nd Street Historic District. Our statement, which can be read...
LW! Testifying in Support of the Designation of the Central Harlem West – 130th-132nd Street Historic District
Tomorrow, LANDMARK WEST! will be speaking at the Landmarks Preservation Commission to offer our support in favor of the proposed designation of the Central Harlem West - 130th-132nd Street Historic District. We will be adding our voices to those of our friends at Save...
UWS JANE’S WALK – Saturday May 5th, 11am
FREE UWS Jane's Walk! RSVP via Municipal Art Society Website. The East River Fifties Alliance’s (“ERFA”) Lisa Mercurio joins Save Central Park NYC to explore megatowers in development and invading our skyline. Casting shadows on residential blocks,...
No Shortage of Threats to Upper West Side
Three new webpages to stay on top of your issues! A series of developments continue to loom on the Upper West Side--so many that it's getting difficult to keep track! To streamline information, please note 3 newly dedicated LW! pages--click below the banner of each to...
Funding 50 West 66th Street
The Real Deal reports that financing for Extell Development's proposed 50 West 66th Street will be coming from Meridian Capital Limited, a Kazakhstani-owned, Bermuda-based, London and Hong Kong operated funding source. How global! The article continues, with input...
The Alienist on W. 72nd Street
A recent blog post by the Daytonian in Manhattan, reveals that a prominent "alienist" -an early criminal psychologist -practiced out of 143 West 72nd Street. After playboy millionaire Harry K. Thaw murdered starchitect Stanford White (Come learn more at LW's May 8th...
The People Take A Stand
A Day of Public Outcry at the Landmarks Preservation Commission The community was out in full force yesterday at the hearing on proposed changes to the Landmarks Law. The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s hearing room was packed beyond capacity, with many forced to...
