Beaux Arts, Manhattan, Tom Miller, Upper West Side, UWS, Wish List
Today, as on every Tuesday, an exploration of a fascinating Upper West Side building was published by Tom Miller–LANDMARK WEST’s good friend who runs the blog “Daytonian in Manhattan”. This...
Advocacy, Beaux Arts, C of A, When the Process Works
Thanks to the wonders of the internet, one can already access the Sunday New York Times Real Estate Section for the 14th of January. In it, curious minds will find Hotel Belleclaire: A Dowager on the Rise written by long-time resident Michael Milton. LANDMARK...
Beaux Arts, Board of Standards and Appeals, First Church of Christ Scientist, Upper West Side, UWS, When the Process Works
The press is already abuzz about the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals’ vote to DENY the developers’ application for zoning variances at 361 Central Park West, the former First Church of Christ, Scientist! Both the WEST SIDE RAG and NEW YORK...
Advocacy, Backlog 95, Beaux Arts, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, McKim Mead and White, NY Times, Powerhouse, Robert W. Gibson, Save the Powerhouse, St. Michael's Episcopal Church
New York Times Architecture Critic Michael Kimmelman makes a timely case for NEXT TUESDAY’S BACKLOG HEARING at the LPC (1 Centre Street, 9th FL, N). In today’s column, linked HERE, Kimmelman notes the pressures which pushed the backlog into effect in...
Anthony Robins, Art Deco, Beaux Arts, brownstone, First Church of Christ Scientist, Gregory Dietrich, OHNY, Open House, San Remo, Tours and Events
Above: The El Dorado Apartments, Photo by Steve Harmon LW! is excited to partner with Open House New York for the much-anticipated annual OHNY Weekend October 17 & 18, 2015 Join us for a two-day celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Upper West...
Advocacy, Beaux Arts, Carrere and Hastings, public design commission, Scenic Landmark
LANDMARK WEST! celebrates a victory in the proposed Grand Army Plaza restoration that that was heard yesterday, June 24, at the Public Design Commission (PDC). The Central Park Conservancy’s plan to rehabilitate the plaza, an individual scenic landmark and...