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...
IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Wish List
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. ~ Virginia O’Hanlon (age 8), September 21, 1897 Virginia, sometimes we’re not so sure either. But New Yorkers could use some good news, so here goes… Dear Santa: It’s a tough...
Advocacy, Andrew S. Dolkart, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Watch List
After more than two decades of hard work, the LPC heard testimony on Tuesday for a much-anticipated Morningside Heights Historic District. Representatives from Jerrold Nadler’s, and Daniel O’Donnell’s offices spoke in favor of designation, as...
demolition, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, Upper West Side, UWS, Watch List
As a 93 year-old UWS synagogue is threatened with demolition, LW! President Kate Wood urges preservation over condo development. Watch Kate’s NY1 interview and read more about community opposition to Congregation Shaare Zedek’s demolition plans for its...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Dept. of Buildings, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Last night, at Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee meeting, CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL was at it again – balking, evading, misleading, and otherwise muddying the record in their scheme to build above and beyond zoning that protects the historic,...
Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Watch List
You may have noticed the new kiosks sprouting along Broadway and seemingly every other corridor in NYC, some with peel-away stickers promising super fast, free WiFi, others already activated bleeding piercing diodes of light into an evening stroll advertising even...