At the Dakota Apartments, Hands-On Learning for First Graders

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Education is central to LANDMARK WEST’s mission, especially our award-winning youth education program, Keeping the Past for the Future (KPF), and its accompanying student workbook, “My Preservation Journal”. KPF teaches students to look at their...

Spotlight on Education: Upper West Side-Inspired Poetry!

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One of the ways in which LW! engages UWS elementary students to become more aware of the architecture in their neighborhood is through the exploration and creation of poetry. In our popular program Neighborhood Poetry, third-graders spend time outside to write down...

For LW’s Director of Education, It’s “Back to School”!

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Educating the EducatorA report from the field by Debi Germann, LW’s Director of Education4th grade students from P.S. 163 observing and sketching local architecture.As the Dir. of Education for LANDMARK WEST!, I lead Keeping the Past for the Future, our youth...

Spotlight on Education: As masons, tour guides, and advocates, interns experience architecture and preservation

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At LW!, education is key.  Be it through walking tours, slide lectures, building research “how-to”s, design assistance, or our award-winning youth education program Keeping the Past for the Future — sharing and celebrating the history and...

Spotlight on Education: LW! partners with architecture & engineering firm to bring lessons to life

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As LW!’s Dir. of Education, Debi Germann, has the enviable job of exploring the West Side with local youngsters, encouraging them to look up from their shoestrings and take in the exciting architecture around them.  Debi does this through “Keeping the...

Alpha-Branches and Number-Limbs: Fun in Central Park!

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We couldn’t have asked for nicer weather on Sunday, November 13th for LW’s family program, The ABCs of Central Park, led by author and artist Gerald Lynas (visit http://www.lynaspress.com to see his work). The air was crisp and the leaves were crunching as...