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ALERT: Buying the Sky?
Image Source: The Architect's NewspaperJoin us at a special Town Hall Meeting at the main New York Public Library, 5th Ave at 42nd St. on April 28thThe Central Park Sunshine Task Force of Community Board 5 wants to hear...
50 Years Later, the New York Times Looks Ahead
On the eve the the New York Landmark Law's official Golden Anniversary, The New York Times pens an editorial with a graphic timeline of key Landmark milestones accompanied by political insights regarding reactions at the time. This simple...
Deadline EXTENDED!
Write to City Planning by 5pm on Thursday, April 30 to oppose Mayor de Blasio's Proposed ReZoning plan Email: AHOUSING@planning.nyc.gov (please cc. landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org) Or send letters to: Robert Dobruskin Director, Environmental Assessment and Review...
Community Testimony on the Proposed Zoning for Quality and Affordability Text Amendment
Preservation Groups, Community Leaders and Elected Officials meet for aPress Conference in front of City Hall, March 25, 2015 (Photo: Sean Khorsandi)Beverly Moss SpattPh.D., Urban PlanningFormer Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (1974-1978)Former Member...
LANDMARK WEST’s Letter to the Department of City Planning on the Proposed Citywide Rezoning
Here is, in full, LANDMARK WEST's letter to Carl Weisbrod, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission, regarding the NYC Planning Proposal titled 'Zoning for Quality and Affordability' Dear Chair Weisbrod: LANDMARK WEST! is deeply concerned about the damaging...
PRESERVATION ALERT! Neighborhood Character is Under Threat!
PRESERVATION ALERT!NYC CITYWIDE REZONING PROPOSALWOULD WEAKEN HARD-WONCONTEXTUAL ZONING PROTECTIONS,RAISE HEIGHT LIMITSThirty years ago, in response to incongruous Tower-in-the-Park development promoted by New York's 1961 Zoning Resolution, Upper West Siders...
WRITE TO LPC! Tell them PRESERVE, DON’T DESTROY First Church!
Copy and paste the following text in an email and send it to LPC Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan at comments@lpc.nyc.gov, and please "cc" landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org March 6, 2015 Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission 1 Centre...
UPDATE: First Church of Christ, Scientist (361 CPW)
On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a Public Meeting on 361 Central Park West where architects presented their plans for multiple alterations to the exterior of this Individual Landmark, designed by Carrere & Hastings. Please...
Tom Wolfe’s 2005 Piece on 2 Columbus Circle
Check out Tom Wolfe's article in New York Magazine (July 4-11, 2005) about the battle for to save 2 Columbus Circle: Tom Wolfe quotes former landmarks commissioner Richard Olcott, who in an email to then LPC chair Bob Tierney, said: “The design community needs to...
The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
From "Empress of West 67th Street," New York Magazine (November 5, 1984).From "West Side Warrior Hands Over Reins," Wall Street Journal (January 16, 2015).Simon's full valedictory speech before the Landmarks Preservation Commission, delivered December 9,...
