Renewed hope for Metro Theater

Advocacy, Art Deco, Boulevard, Broadway

Broadway2624-2626 OMH 2006-12 nynyma_rec0040_1_01871_0022 2626_Bway_a (DA 5.25.22)   By LANDMARK WEST! The Metro Theater’s recent acquisition signals the long-awaited revival of an UWS staple. But little is known about how long renovations will take to...

Faith-based housing bill could override local landmark laws

adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, New York, Zoning

By LANDMARK WEST! A State-level bill titled the “Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act” has the potential to override local landmark laws protecting the architectural and cultural integrity of historic religious structures.  This legislation would...

Another building on Broadway slated for demolition

Advocacy, Boulevard, Broadway

nynyma_rec0040_1_01168_0021 2160 Broadway   By LANDMARK WEST! Slated for demolition. Another non-landmarked building on Broadway is facing demolition after permits were recently filed to tear down 2160 Broadway by Brooklyn based developer Aleksandr Finkelshteyn....

NYS Preservation Organizations Speak Out

Advocacy

LW! and our colleagues speak out agains revisionist history in a letter initiated by the Preservation League of New York State.  Full letter HERE.  On February 13, the National Park Service removed all instances of the words Transgender and Queer from the...

LW! and Landslide 2024!

adventure playground, Advocacy, Central Park, Richard Dattner

​By LANDMARK WEST! The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy non-project, released their annual Landslide report and this year they are focusing on sites of demonstration in U.S. history. Landslide 2024: Demonstration...

2024 Year End Appeal

Advocacy, Landmark West

​Dear Friend and Neighbor, Quality of life. Sustainability. Community. Preservation. Who will fight for New York’s neighborhoods? We will. When I first returned to NY in 1999 for college, an early mentor further stoked in me a fire of New York...