Andrew S. Dolkart, architect, architectural, architecture, brownstone, Lamb and Rich, Neo Renaissance, New York, New York City, Tours and Events, West End Avenue
On Tuesday, July 12, about 45 friends joined LANDMARK WEST! for a tour of 351 West End Avenue, a beautifully-preserved Lamb and Rich row house dating to the early 1890’s. Andrew Dolkart, professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, led an...
Advocacy Archives, architect, architecture, Building Database, Renaissance, Upper West Side
by: Elizabeth Canon In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we want to tell you about a fellow Irishman and builder in New York City, Edward Kilpatrick. Not only was Kilpatrick born in Ireland, but he was also a close personal friend of New York character, Horace...
architecture, C of A, Dutch Revival, Landmark West, NYC, preservation, Rick Cook, Robert W. Gibson, West End Collegiate Church, West End Collegiate School
While buildings in NYC seem to come and go–and with increasing expedience–it is very rare for major alterations to take place within an historic district. The Upper West Side has 12 such districts, and when word first came of demolition plans, our...
architecture, Gene A. Norman, Historic District, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Gene A. Norman testifying in 1984 to protect the NYC Landmarks Law. Credit: Albany Press, 1984. In 1988, Gene presided over a 16-hour marathon public hearing at the Fourth Universalist Society, which led to the 1990 designation...
architecture, CENTRAL dARK, Congregation Shearith Israel, Watch List
Are there new towers in the future of this skyline? This is the important and pressing question LW’s study by WXY architect Claire Weisz seeks to answer. .. The urgent need to study Central Park West emerged out of a series of proposals to alter the...
architecture, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
LANDMARK WEST! asked BFJ Planning to review Mayor De Blasio’s City Planning proposals “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” and “Mandatory Inclusionary Housing”. Click here for a copy of their full critique. Below are some of their...
