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LW! BSA Testimony 03-27-2018
Read LANDMARK WEST!'s full testimony (linked) before the BSA from their March 27th Hearing. Their next hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2018. To see the proceedings from this day, watch the YouTube recording (linked). See you on June 5th!
Don’t Rule Us Out
Don't Rule Out the Power of the Public In advance of the LPC's proposal to revise their rules--up for hearing tomorrow--we wish to share our our full testimony with you, our neighbors. We will additionally be submitting to the Commission a detailed,...
3 Major Preservation Issues Need Your Action ASAP
We Need YOU! Your Neighborhood Needs YOU! Action is Needed on 3 Major Preservation Issues: NY State legislators want to raise the FAR Cap meaning even denser developments. After years of attempts, this time it's written into the State Budget draft. The Landmarks...
CC Speaker Johnson against LPC Rules Changes
Echoing the position of LANDMARK WEST! and several colleague organizations, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced his opposition to the proposed LPC Rules changes that LANDMARK WEST! informed you about. In his letter to Chair Srinivasan, (Full text linked)...
Infamous Exposed Above 96th Street
Speaker Anthony Bellov educated, amused, and energized the room Tuesday night as he exposed the "Famous & Infamous Above 96th Street". He was careful, however, to only spill secrets of characters from Bloomingdale's more distant past "who can't defend themselves"....
Coin Toss for March 27th
March 27th is a coin toss... With lots on the docket, one must prioritize... Attend the BSA to speak against 200 Amsterdam Avenue, a development that even the Department of Buildings doesn't think is legal, or speak out at the Landmarks Preservation...
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LW [hearts] Milton Glaser
Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser was famously struck by inspiration in an NYC yellow cab in 1977 -- he got in with a scrap bit of envelope and got out with the iconic "I [heart] NY" logo for the city. (The envelope with the doodle is now in MoMA's permanent...
Mixed Forecast Ahead for 200 Amsterdam Avenue
Clear Skies or Long Shadows overhead? LANDMARK WEST! and Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, along with many elected officials, have questioned the development proposal for the former Lincoln Square Synagogue site at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. Slated to rise...
Learning from Mistakes
The law does not make an agency repeat past mistakes. The DOB's recent defense of their actions of issuing permits to SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America is that although flawed, and they won't do it again, they are standing by their decision to issue the...
State of NY Wants to Remove Building Height Limits
UPDATE: As of June 15, 2018 Success! S. 6760 will not be acted on and the Assembly will not take up the issue! Many thanks to all who contacted their State Assembly Members and Senators to push back against efforts to remove the existing cap on height limits on New...
