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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...
LANDMARK WEST! Floors Them at MSCi
On Monday, May 22, 2017, Sean Khorsandi, Advocacy Director at LANDMARK WEST!, delivered what had been dubbed 'a visual tour of the view' out of an office window. MSCi is an independent provider of research-driven insights and tools for institutional investors, so not...
Rally Against Developer’s “Alternative Facts” on 200 Amsterdam SuperTower
"...exceptionally irregular zoning lot..." "...four floors of mechanical spaces at the top of the building do not meet the definition of a permitted obstruction..." "...inconsistent with New York State's Multiple Dwelling Law..." "...gerrymandered..."...
CSI: Article 78 Filed
LANDMARK WEST! has filed an Article 78 to challenge the BSA approval of special permits allowing Congregation Shearith Israel to build a community house with a stack of luxury apartments atop--luxury apartments which break with contextual zoning and are much taller...
RALLY TOMORROW 8:30AM
Come rally Tuesday to fight the supertall skyscraper planned for 200 Amsterdam Avenue. At 668', this would be the tallest building in Manhattan north of Midtown. 8:30am at 69th Street at Amsterdam. BRING A SIGN!
LW! Secures $5,000 Challenge Grant to Fund the Fight Against 200 Amsterdam
LW! has secured a $5,000 challenge grant to help bring community legal counsel on board to fight 200 Amsterdam, which (if built) would be the tallest tower in Manhattan north of 60th Street. Matching funds are needed by May 25! Please help! SUPPORT this effort with...
Curbing Supertall Tower Development: A Few Ideas
THE PROBLEM Towers soaring to 600 feet and more are creeping beyond Midtown Manhattan into residential neighborhoods like the Upper West Side, threatening the balance between preservation and development that makes communities like ours so beautiful, livable, and...
668′ on Amsterdam Avenue?
Hundreds of Upper West Siders flocked to a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May 3, to learn about plans to develop the tallest building in Manhattan north of 60th Street - right here on the Upper West Side - at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. Zoning consultant George Janes...
“Magnetic City” Author Draws Crowds Like a…
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Justin Davidson, an uber-fan of the UWS, (shown with Landmark West! President Kate Wood) drew scores of readers to Book Culture last night for another successful LW! authors night. The standing-room only crowd enjoyed Wood and Davidson in...
It’s a Small World…
And although Central Park is a "big" 843 acres of a Scenic Landmark, there always seems to be new ways to fill it! Pre-dating the park was a reservoir which is being summoned from the ashes as justification for a wide path to the Belvedere Castle Folly. That...
