5G, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks at Risk, New York Landmarks Conservancy, public design commission
LW! has a long history as an adversary for the out-of-scale 5G-towers proposed for the streets of our city. In our 2020 and 2021 testimony before the Public Design Commission, we spoke out lamenting the ungainly proportions and unattractive design. Now that...
5G, public design commission
Contact the PDC and DoITT today, and tell them: Just Don’t DoITT. Email today or participate in Monday’s Public Hearing. Read LANDMARK WEST! Testimony HERE Read The Victorian Society/New York Testimony HERE Read The Society for the Architecture of...
5G, Historic District, public design commission
Do You Want our UWS Street Lamps to Look like THIS? The beloved “Bishop’s Crook” and other lampposts of the Upper West Side are under attack. Often funded by resident-led initiatives like the clean up of West 72nd Street and by individual...
Mariners' Gate, Mariners' Playground, Plan for Play, public design commission, Scenic Landmark, Spector Playground, Watch List, West 85th Street, When the Process Works
The Central Parks Conservancy is planning to overhaul their playground near the Mariners’ Gate entrance, 85th Street and Central Park West. Designed for 2-5 year olds, the playground renovation is part of the Conservancy’s “Plan for Play”...
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...