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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...
Best Manhattan Prices Per Foot!
Quarter two revealed some of the highest prices on record for Manhattan condos and coops: $1,759 per SQUARE foot. Now, imagine for a moment how many more of those square feet would be available if a developer could scale up multiple extra stories laden with such...
DIY: How to Hunt a Gargoyle
John Freeman Gill, author of "The Gargoyle Hunters" shared secrets of the trade with a full house at last night's wonderfully engaging reading. Tip #1: Work from the inside out. Tip #2: Grab a copy of this fabulous book!!
Harlem & The Future
HARLEM & THE FUTURE: Preserving Culture & Sustaining Historic Character in a Changing Environment Day-Long Conference on Harlem's Resilience SATURDAY, April 29th, 9am-5pm The City College of New York: Spitzer School of Architecture 141 Convent Ave. at 135th...
On April 19, 2017 – the 52nd anniversary to the day of the official signing of New York’s pioneering Landmarks Law of 1965 – LW! President Kate Wood gave a talk to nearly 200 members of the National Arts Club and guests on the past, present, and future of landmarks...
Crain’s Reveals Gerrymandered Zoning Lot
Rare tower set to rise on Upper West Side: Developers of 200 Amsterdam Ave. stitched together far-flung parcels to add air rights Joe Anuta City zoning restrictions make it extremely difficult to build high-rise apartment towers on the Upper West Side. But with some...
