Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
The April 2017 issue of the New Republic focuses on the U.S. President in a collection of articles, including “Why Lying Is So Easy for Trump”: Kate Wood, president of the preservation advocacy group Landmark West, says New York developers...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
March 6, 2017 – Hon. Margery Perlmutter, Chair NYC Board of Standards and Appeals 250 Broadway, 29th Floor New York, NY 10007 – Dear Chair Perlmutter: – Mayor Bill de Blasio admits – publicly, on NY1...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL’S W. 70TH STREET LUXURY CONDOS VOTE SCHEDULED! Tuesday, February 28, starting at 10:00am 22 Reade Street After last month’s frustrating public hearing at the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals (BSA), the...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL’S W. 70TH STREET LUXURY CONDOS DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN… Back in 2003, the late Peter Jennings (a West 70th Street neighbor) wrote: The synagogue gives the impression of having worked to bypass the neighbors, to have...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
New legislation aims to regulate the Board of Standards and Appeals By Madeleine Thompson, West Side Spirit and Our Town Read LW’s 12/14/16 testimony before the NY City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations Email City Council...
Backlog 95, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, Wish List
Well, Virginia… It’s still a tough world out there. After 37 years on the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation calendar, we hoped we’d be saying “Auld Lang Syne to landmarks limbo” for the former IRT...
