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Oh What a Night!
Cheers to the Belnord and LW! Celebrating 51 years as an Individual Landmark & 33 years as a Neighborhood Institution LANDMARK WEST! thanks everyone who joined us at The Belnord last night for an elegant and fun event. It was wonderful to see so many...
Money & Politics: Extensive News Coverage UPDATED
FIND MOST RECENT UPDATES HERE The past few months have brought wave after wave of news about real estate deals involving developers, their lobbyists, political contributions, and the de Blasio administration. Sometimes, the little guy wins, but too often...
200 Amsterdam Avenue: Good News
200 Amsterdam Avenue: GOOD NEWS! WE DO NOT GET ENOUGH GOOD NEWS THESE DAYS BUT HERE IS SOME. DAVID ROSENBERG, LW!'s crusading lawyer has filed the LW! Challenge to the Department of Buildings (DOB)'s shameful and wrongful approval of the seriously flawed plans of SJP...
LW! Celebrates The Belnord Apartments
As we draw closer to the holiday season, take time to mark a special day on your calendars! On November 15th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, LANDMARK WEST! will be hosting a celebration at the Belnord Apartments, located at 225 West 86th Street. We gather both to...
Delights of UWS Ornamentation
Do you know the difference between Ornament and Decoration? Our LW! walking tour group does!! Francis Morrone gave a "master sidewalk class" Sunday on the impressive work of the many anonymous 19th century craftsmen whose work blesses the exteriors of so many iconic...
Discover the LW! Building Database!
. . . I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air. Nathaniel Hawthorne The Manhattan Avenue Historic District, Maps, and More! Landmark West! invites you to...
LW! + DOCOMOMO + New Haven Preservation Trust =
October is Architecture month! In the spirit of collaboration, join LW! Executive Director, Sean Khorsandi for a tour of a modern gem in New Haven Connecticut! Saturday October 7, 2017 10:30am – 11:30am Docomomo US Tour Day: Crawford Manor - A Brutalist Model for...
Up Next: From Gangs to Ghostbusters Oct. 26th
Explore the many beloved and identifiable UWS locations that have played a starring role in film classics like West Side Story, Panic in Needle Park, Rosemary’s Baby, Hair, You’ve Got Mail, When Harry Met Sally, and the Ghostbusters franchise. "The Wild Wild West Side...
Upper West Woody Fans Wowed
LW's film series "The Wild Wild West Side" kicked off with an evening devoted to The Cinematic Cityscape of Woody Allen. A capacity crowd joined Paula Uruburu, Professor of English and Film Studies at Hofstra University, for a cinefantastic tour of the UWS as seen...
Beacon Hardware Welcomes Neighbors Back for the School Year
Bruce Stark, co-owner of neighborhood classic (over 115 years!) Beacon Paint & Hardware, is serving up free coffee and bagels this morning--no paintbrush or gasket purchase necessary. If you're near Amsterdam Avenue and W. 78th Street today, stop by the "welcome...
