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West-Park Takes Center Stage in Upcoming Theater Production
West-Park Presbyterian Church Starting next Wednesday, August 24th, West-Park Presbyterian Church* will make its acting debut!The landmark church will play host to "The Tenant", a site-specific performance produced by theater company Woodshed Collective. But don't...
Playtime in Central Park :: Twilight reservoir run
Power to the tweeters!Since announcing the launch of our "Playtime in Central Park" photo series (three weeks ago yesterday!) we've been delighted to see our friends and followers on Twitter (and their friends and followers in turn!) share photos and encourage others...
Landscape Architecture is “Designing Awesome”
Today via Twitter, LANDMARK WEST! learned about the American Society of Landscape Architects' (ASLA) pop-up signage project "Designed by a Landscape Architect". Columbus Circle, NY. August 17, 2011. The open, green spaces we enjoy--public plazas, college campuses,...
Playtime in Central Park :: Playtime goes to the dogs, Part I
Brace yourselves: These photos. Are. Adorable.At the end of last week, our good friends at West Side Rag gave a boost to our ongoing photo series, Playtime in Central Park, with this article. If you're not already, follow them on Twitter for...
Celebrating Community at Amsterdam Houses Family Day
REPORT from the FIELDBy intern Kate G. This past Saturday, August 15, proved to be a beautiful day for Amsterdam Houses' annual celebration of family and fun: Family Day 2011! Neighbors mingled and danced to the festive music, kids enthusiastically lined up for...
Playtime in Central Park :: Row, row, row your boat
If it weren't for the outline of the distinguished Beresford Apartments on the horizon, you'd swear this photo was snapped in the wilds of upstate New York! LW's Cristiana Peña and intern Kate Gilmore snapped this photo, of boaters gliding across The Lake, on...
Design Commission Dismisses Layered Significance at Cherry Hill
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P. Cherry Hill Concourse, following the 1980s renovation. Thirty years ago, architect Gerald Allen, under the auspices of Peter Gluck & Associates, breathed fresh life into the Cherry Hill Concourse in Central...
Playtime in Central Park :: Work & Play
Only at a playground is work synonymous with play! This pair of circa 1972 photos come to us from a mother who said of her tyke and his friends, as they made like monkeys, climbing up trees: "Being a kid is their job, to have fun!" We have the same mantra...
Playtime in Central Park :: What goes up …
... must come down, right lil' Charles S.? Adventure Playground, just inside Central Park at West 67th Street, has gotten a good amount of bloglove during the photo series, and why shouldn't it! As architect Richard Dattner's first adventure-style...
JOIN US! Celebrate Community this Saturday at Amsterdam Houses, West 64th St.
Gather your crew; organize your tribe; rally your club. Saturday is all about FAMILY!Come together at Amsterdam Houses to celebrate the spirit of community with residents and neighbors at this year's Family Day celebration! LW! will be there (fourth year...
