PETITION to NYC Mayoral Candidates

Advocacy, City Hall

Tell them we want our next Mayor to prioritize preserving and protecting our city’s history, its landmarks, and the character of our neighborhoods. Full Petition Text: We, the undersigned residents of the diverse communities of New York City, feel it is...

Manhattan Borough President CANDIDATES FORUM

Advocacy

View recording HERE, use passcode #tDFX4%& of the Saturday, March 6 event to meet the candidates for Manhattan Borough President. This forum was moderated by Peggy Shepard of WE ACT.  Event co-sponsored by LANDMARK WEST! and these friends: Ascendant...

“Ill-Considered” Skyscrapers

#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Historic District, Landmark West, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, shadows, skyline, Uncategorized

‘Practically perfect in every way’, Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help...

C’MON CMOM!

Advocacy, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission

The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM), the latest stewards of the 117-year old individual landmark at 361 Central Park West propose significant changes to roof, windows, and entrances. View the ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION and the SPECIAL...

‘We’re literally at the behest of developers’ whim’

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK

New York Times Reporter Stefanos Chen brings readers “The People vs. Big Development” ticking off a litany of grass-roots efforts to curb inappropriate development in their respective communities.  LANDMARK WEST! is featured for our involvement with...

Seven to Save – UWS Gets Brassy with the PLNYS for the Richard Lippold Installation at Lincoln Center

Advocacy, architectural, David Geffen Hall, interiors, Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Philharmonic Hall has felt empty since 2014, when Orpheus and Apollo, the shimmering and abstracted construction that has hung from the ceiling of the “grande promenade” since the hall was opened in 1962,...