Watch-Blog
Fourth Universalist “Landmark on the Park” Launches New Era
There could not be a more positive sign for the future of New York than the decision by those in charge of this church…to save and restore its building for the benefit of its community…willing to stake a claim for the belief that we do not make a better city by seeing...
Sparkling Snowflakes Return to West 72nd Street
On November 15th, 72nd Street will come alive for the holidays when the switch is flipped on several eight-foot shimmering snowflakes floating above 72nd Street. LANDMARK WEST! is proud to continue the tradition started over 15 years ago to celebrate the completion of...
Preservation Detectives Coming to a Block Near You
Look closely the next time you see a group of school kids out in the neighborhood. Are they looking up? Talking excitedly about stoops and cornices? It could be a new 2nd grade class of "Building Detectives" on the hunt! A new school year means LANDMARK WEST! will be...
LW! and Vandenberg Host Tour of Historic Clarence True Interior
As part of LANDMARK WEST!'s "Architectural History Spotlight" series, guests of LW! and our program partner, Vandenberg-The Townhouse Experts, were treated to a private tour of a W. 91st Street rowhouse designed and built by early 19th century architect/developer...
Kate Wood on NY1: Time is Running Out for Landmark-Worthy Synagogue
As a 93 year-old UWS synagogue is threatened with demolition, LW! President Kate Wood urges preservation over condo development. Watch Kate's NY1 interview and read more about community opposition to Congregation Shaare Zedek's demolition plans for its 1923 building.
A Spirited Walk through the UWS
Beautiful fall weather on Halloween Eve inspired a great turnout for a "spirit" inspired LW! walking tour. West 69th Street put on a great stoop show (begging the question "where do you store a giant fuzzy spider in the off season?") and guide Rob Amell painted a...
“Minor” Changes are “Major” Misrepresentation
Last night, at Community Board 7's Land Use Committee meeting, CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL was at it again - balking, evading, misleading, and otherwise muddying the record in their scheme to build above and beyond zoning that protects the historic, predominantly...
Public Hearing Raises More Questions than Answers
On Friday, October 14, the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) held its first public hearing on Congregation Shearith Israel's (CSI's) application to proceed with construction of a noncompliant 9-story building (with five floors of condominiums on top of a new...
Six Upper West Side buildings are open for viewing during Open House New York!
Six Upper West Side buildings are open for viewing during Open House New York! Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 Open House New York is this weekend and the Upper West Side is offering up a handful of beauties to be explored. LW! helped organize three of the...
Walking Tour: Conjuring Up the Architectural Ghosts and Long-Lost Villages of the UWS
Dead men may tell no tales, but gargoyles... Before it was an iconic New York City neighborhood, the Upper West Side was a bucolic stretch of land dotted with genteel country estates, modest wood frame homes, farms, taverns, and goats. For generations it remained a...
