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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...
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...
