#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, Zoning
A local community board is the first set of boots on the ground calling out developer Wolkoff for trying to sneak in additional units and floors at the 11th hour of a standing application. The resounding sense that developers do not need to follow the rules that apply...
#isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK
We’ve told you about how A new breed of skyscraper threatens to devastate the fabric of New York* and now, after over four years of following West 66th Street, a home-grown “E.T.,” we have our first opportunity to publicly speak out at...
#isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Advocacy, Zoning
In what has become the top trending article on the ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER for the second day in a row, LW! Board Members Peter Samton, Page Cowley and independent architect Daniel Samton speak matter-of-factly about the impact the out of scale development is...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy
As reported in the New York Times, neighbors of an Extell Properties owned corner lot on West 17th street banded together to purchase and “bank” air rights over the neighboring development in order to protect their views. In “How Much is a View Worth...
Advocacy, Calvert Vaux, When the Process Works
The Belvedere “Castle” (actually a Victorian Folly) is set to reopen after a lengthy renovation. Its current incarnation, still capping Vista Rock is the closest it has been to the Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmstead and Jacob Wrey Mould version...
Advocacy, Individual Landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, When the Process Works
The LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION designated 137 West 71st Street as an Individual Landmark Today! Already a landmark within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, this former row house, originally built in 1890, now has increased...
