education, Keeping the Past for the Future, kids, KPF, KPF. architecture, Landmark West, New York City, P.S. 163, Upper West Side, UWS
Set back on the wide sidewalk of West 97th Street are the pale bricks and primary colors of a minimalist mid-century school. Though you’ll find PS 163 wrapped in scaffolding these days, it’s been a cheery presence on the block since 1958, bringing with it...
Advocacy, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission
by Sarah McCully In case you missed it, our Executive Director Sean Khorsandi guested on this week’s “Living for the City” segment on WBAI 99.5, New York City’s local radio station specialing in progressive art, music, and news. Michael G....
Friends of the UES, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Landmark West, New York Landmarks Conservancy
Too often people say preservationists are crusty–now’s your chance to show ’em! GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY LANDMARK WEST! is participating in a City-Wide PRESERVATION Bake-Off! Do you ever walk around the Upper West Side and think that pressed tin cornice...
Architectural History Spotlight, Landmark West, West 72nd Street
In these days of staying in and laying low, we are all grateful to have a space somewhere to hunker down. A room of one’s own. Or, in the case of a very few, a tower. Central Park West is known world-wide for its iconic twin-towered Emery Roth buildings of...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, architect, architectural, architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Community Board 7, Landmark West, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NY, NY Times, NYC, skyline, State of New York, When the Process Works, Zoning
New York City’s local communities may be getting the “breath of fresh air” (and ray of sunshine) they have been fighting for over recent years. Supertall development at the Upper West Side’s 200 Amsterdam Avenue site and along the Two...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, architectural, architecture, Historic District, Landmark West, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, shadows, skyline, Uncategorized
‘Practically perfect in every way’, Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help...
