Watch-Blog
Congregation Shearith Israel – A Victory!
Congregation Shearith Israel (CSI) is a powerful Upper West Side religious institution attempting to exploit the City’s zoning variance process to construct luxury condominiums as part of a new building that exceeds area height limit by nearly 100%—in a...
Neigh a word said…until today?
In an article that a commenter noted "should take him [Mayor Bill deBlasio] off his high horse", today's Wall Street Journal posts Effort to Ban Carriage Horses Probed which outlines some of the investigations into the money trail funding the Mayor's election efforts....
Preservation 101
Please Join LW! for a Full-Day Workshop: "Preservation 101" Ideal for Real Estate Professionals Approved for 7.5 hours of Real Estate Continuing Education Credit -- The more you know about historic buildings, the easier it is to sell them! -- Back by popular demand!...
Art Deco Upper West Side with Anthony Robins
-- Above: Art Deco ornamentation at 40 West 86th Street; photo by Anthony W. Robins Please join LANDMARK WEST! and Architectural Historian Anthony W. Robins* -- for a two-part walking tour course: Art Deco Upper West Side -- Approved for 5 hours of Real Estate...
Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House Museums: A Book Talk
Join LANDMARK WEST!, in partnership with The New York Landmarks Conservancy & FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts -- "Anarchist tags" at a house museum Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums: A Book Talk -- -- Tuesday, May 10th at 6:30pm...
St. Michael’s is a LANDMARK!
A Landmark at Last! St. Michael's Episcopal Church complex is finally an official NYC Individual Landmark! At a special public meeting today, Tuesday, April 12, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to designate a total of nine sites from all five...
AMNH Scoping – Follow up
On Wednesday, April 6th, the Parks Department held their mandatory scoping session in the LeFrak theater at the American Museum of Natural History. After brief introductions from the Parks Department, the Museum presented its project. Senior Vice President for...
Scoping Session and Town Hall: Museum Expansion
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Public Scoping Meeting for proposed Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation Wednesday, April 6, 2016, starting at 6:30 pm at the American Museum of Natural History LeFrak Theater (enter at Weston Pavilion entrance, Columbus...
Ongoing Debate: Congregation Shearith (Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue)
BAIT AND SWITCH: Congregation Shearith Israel's planned building has changed substantially since approved in 2008 UPDATES! March 30, 2016: Department of Buildings issues Stop-Work Order April 18, 2016: Board of Standards & Appeals denies "letter of substantial...
Developers Given “Do-Over” on Make-Over of Landmarked UWS Church
On March 8, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals gave a proposal to convert the landmarked former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 361 Central Park West to residential use another chance, a decision that allowed the project’s sponsors to avoid a widely...
