#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, When the Process Works
“This is a victory not only for the Upper West Side, but for communities all over the city that find themselves outgunned by developers who try to bend or break zoning rules for massive private profit.” Statement from Manhattan B.P. Brewer on Dept. of...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
It truly is the busiest time of the year! To catch you up on three fronts for West 66th Street: 1) The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) As promised, LANDMARK WEST! was at the BSA today FILING OUR CHALLENGE against 36 West 66th Street (the tower...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
Reporter Michael Garofalo reports on the DOB CHALLENGE against 36 West 66th Street in the September 20-26 issue of the West Side Spirit. FULL ARTICLE HERE. Jointly filed by LANDMARK WEST! and neighbors of the 10 West 66th Street Corporation, the challenge...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
The definition of SuperTall has “grown” as the sky is, increasingly no longer the limit. SHoP Architects has just passed the threshold into the SuperTall Club. DEZEEN (linked) writes that 111 West 57th Street, the 43-foot wide plot will rise...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
Ever vigilant, LW! and Neighbors filed a Department of Buildings Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street,* today. * (the proposed 39-story building which hopes to rise 775-feet, as tall as a 77-story office building) ...
Advocacy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, West End Avenue, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
In 2015, LW! pressed the Landmarks Preservation Commission to maintain the original boundaries of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II. Unfortunately, after a vote, they did not, hence the “de Blasio Diet” where every building that...
