Calvert Vaux, Carriage Horses, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Intro 573-a, Landmarks at Risk, Scenic Landmark, UWS, Wall Street Journal
In an article that a commenter noted “should take him [Mayor Bill deBlasio] off his high horse”, today’s Wall Street Journal posts Effort to Ban Carriage Horses Probed which outlines some of the investigations into the money trail funding the...
architecture, Gene A. Norman, Historic District, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Gene A. Norman testifying in 1984 to protect the NYC Landmarks Law. Credit: Albany Press, 1984. In 1988, Gene presided over a 16-hour marathon public hearing at the Fourth Universalist Society, which led to the 1990 designation...
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, George & Edward Blum, Terra Cotta, the Admaston, the Evanston, the Phaeton, UWS
Source: Office of Metropolitan History by Shannon Brown George and Edward Blum aka the Blum Brothers studied at the Ecole des Beaux- Arts during the 20th century. After their studies, they created the Admaston...
James Barron, Landmark Feast, NY Times, Upper West Side, UWS
Via The New Yorker”[F]or many of those who did not know Ms. Ephron personally, her zeal for food seemed to generate a bond.” So wrote Matt Flegenheimer in his July 1st New York Times column, “Mourning the Wit and the Woman.” In that fashion,...
interiors, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS
On Wednesday, May 9, LANDMARK WEST! welcomes Farrow & Ball to their new Upper West Side location with an informational open house on their historically rooted and meticulously researched paints and wallpapers. Farrow & Ball Open HouseWednesday, May 9,...
Friends of Straus Park, Macy's, Straus Park, Titanic, Upper West Side, UWS
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic: The History of Straus Park andUpper West Siders Isidor and Ida StrausSunday, April 15, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Straus Park$12, free for LW! MembersClick here to RSVP or email us at...
