Watch-Blog
“We Can’t Really Stop It”–but we can change it!
At Thursday, June 22nd's Save New York Summit, #VotersAgainstSupertalls rallied to support appropriately scaled development and protect our skyline for a myriad of reasons. Among the speakers was Attorney and Community Defender Michael Hiller. Below is an excerpt of...
LW! Testimony for AMNH Gilder Center DEIS
The Parks Department received testimony on Thursday, June 15th in response to their posted DEIS prepared by AKRF. The full report, posted on the PARKS DEPARTMENT WEBSITE covers various expected impacts of the Museum's proposal. LW! upheld our prior position about...
Voters Against Supertalls
New Yorkers from neighborhoods across the city came together on Thursday, June 22, 2017, for a Save New York Summit to discuss City policies that have enabled and incentivized the trend of supertall development, now threatening traditional residential neighborhoods...
Getting the Scoop on Digging
Another capacity crowd for the Brownstones series! Wednesday, engineers Don Friedman and Nidal AbiSaab "dug" into what it means to excavate a historic building's basement or rear yard. Arup once again hosted-thank you! Find all the presentations here.
Art Deco Soars on UWS
Architectural historian Tony Robins wow'd an eager crowd with the beauties of Art Deco in Gotham last night. A wonderful photo presentation of city-wide skyscrapers from the Jazz Age was followed by a walk to view several Deco gems on 103rd and 104th Streets. It was...
SAVE NEW YORK SUMMIT, Thursday, June 22, 6pm
The scale of New York is being drastically changed - not just in Midtown Manhattan, but in neighborhoods throughout the city. The tide of "supertall" towers beginning to rise in residential areas, including those surrounding Central Park, is symptomatic of the...
Not So Fast: 200 Amsterdam Project “On Hold”
"PLANS FOR UPPER WEST SIDE’S TALLEST BUILDING ON HOLD AS CITY REVIEWS CHALLENGE BY NEIGHBORS," reports the West Side Rag on June 10, 2017. George Janes, the zoning expert who filed an official Zoning Challenge against SJP Properties' plan to construct the Upper West...
PS199 Homework
A 668' tall tower right next to a public school and playground would have multiple deleterious impacts on the students of P.S. 199 including: More Shadows Noise Hazards (drilling/excavation) Air pollution for many months Construction safety concerns YOU can help...
Speaking Out Against 200 Amsterdam Supertall Tower
LANDMARK WEST! has taken action to send letters to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman calling their attention to deficiencies in the NYC Department of Buildings approval of the skyscraper planned for 200 Amsterdam...
BIG Landmarks Win!
On Tuesday, May 23rd, the LPC denied a revised proposal brought before them by the owners of the Hopper-Gibbons House, a landmark which is part of the Lamartine Place Historic District. The district, a trim collection of twelve landmarks whose residents were...
