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CB7 Rejects Variances for First Church of Christ, Scientist Conversion
dnainfo.com has a great article covering Community Board 7's full board meeting from Tuesday. At this meeting, the full board declined to follow the Land Use Committee's vote to approve Board of Standards and Appeals "BSA" variances which would have allowed the...
MOBIA Museum to Close!
In the wake of the sale of 1865 Broadway by the American Bible Society to Avalon Bay Communities for a planned 39-floor residential building, MOBIA, the Museum of Biblical Art is set to shutter forever on June 14th. As recent as last fall, the Museum was honing in on...
Jeffrey Kroessler op-ed on 50 Years of the Landmarks Law
LW! Board member Jeffrey Kroessler has a terrific op-ed in yesterday's Daily News: Wrecking crane moves in for kill on the Morosco Theater at W. 45th St. in 1982Image: Clarence Davis “Historic preservation saved New York City: 50 years after the passages of...
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...
