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Our Views on Architecture Take to the Sky
New York from the AirAn illustrated talk & book signing by John TauranacTuesday, April 24, 2012 at 6 p.m.Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street$25, $15 for LW! membersClick here to purchase tickets or email landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org for more...
A Tribute to West Siders Isidor & Ida Straus
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic: The History of Straus Park andUpper West Siders Isidor and Ida StrausSunday, April 15, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Straus Park$12, free for LW! MembersClick here to RSVP or email us at...
Preservation in the Papers: More news on Save St. Vincent de Paul
Sanctuary of St. Vincent de Paul"A French Church Nears Its End, but Not Without a Contretemps" By David W. Dunlap, April 5, 2012, 6:16 pm Tossing a gauntlet as he delivered an Easter sermon in 1841 to the people of New York, Charles Auguste Marie...
Spotlight on Education: Upper West Side-Inspired Poetry!
One of the ways in which LW! engages UWS elementary students to become more aware of the architecture in their neighborhood is through the exploration and creation of poetry. In our popular program Neighborhood Poetry, third-graders spend time outside to write down...
Join the Committee; Protect the Neighborhood!
The Tavern on the Green, in Central Park, soon to be restored and modified with a glass pavilion. An example of a recent preservation issue focused on by our C of A Committee (learn more below!).In landmarks preservation, designation is just the beginning! ...
Stanford White: The original “starchitect”
This week marks New York Magazine's 2nd Annual Yesteryear Issue. Many in the LW! office are already regular NY Mag readers, but an issue focused primarily on history, with glimpses of architecture to boot? Count us in!via New York MagazineThe subject of...
That’s Our Arlene!: LW! President and Founder shares inside look at West 67th Street
As Elizabeth Harris writes, "It's all very upstairs, downstairs -- except that it's upside down." In today's New York Times online, take a peek at a former maid's room on West 67th and learn a bit about these tiny spaces, courtesy LW! president and founder Arlene...
Preservation Across the Globe: Inspired reuse in Holland
Since LW's Program Coordinator Sarah Sher brought this to our attention, the ladies at LW! haven't been able to stop scrolling through the pictures and marveling in awe at this inspired adaptive reuse of a 13th-century church for a new bookstore. Landmark-protected...
It Started as a Silly Tweet …
... but the idea of architecture inspiring other modes of creativity is a fascinating one, worthy of more than 140 characters! Earlier today, our friends and colleagues at the Historic Districts Council and the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center commemorated an...
A Glimpse of Winters Past on the Upper West Side
With the first day of Spring less than a week away, we took a moment to remark on the utter lack of Winter to be had in New York this year. Unlike "Snowmageddon" of years past, with days on end of snow boots, down jackets and gloves, we've had it pretty easy this...
