Walking Tour: Conjuring Up the Architectural Ghosts and Long-Lost Villages of the UWS

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Dead men may tell no tales, but gargoyles… Before it was an iconic New York City neighborhood, the Upper West Side was a bucolic stretch of land dotted with genteel country estates, modest wood frame homes, farms, taverns, and goats. For generations it remained...

A Tour to Benefit LANDMARK WEST!

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Art Deco Upper West Side with Anthony Robins

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— Above: Art Deco ornamentation at 40 West 86th Street; photo by Anthony W. Robins Please join LANDMARK WEST! and Architectural Historian Anthony W. Robins* — for a two-part walking tour course: Art Deco Upper West Side — Approved for 5 hours...

Walking Tour: John Tauranac, “From Dakota to Montana”

John Tauranac, Landmark West, walking tour

— Please join LANDMARK WEST! and Architectural Historian John Tauranac as we explore the architecture of the Upper West Side  — “From Dakota to Montana” —  Approved for 3 hours of Real Estate Continuing Education Credit**...

Walking tour of Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II

Historic District, Straus Park, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, walking tour, West End Avenue

Straus Park, a memorial to Isidor and Ida Straus who died on the Titanic. Unfortunately this park was carved out of the new historic district extension.After being rained out last week, we had our walking tour yesterday and we couldn’t have asked for a more...

What the LW! iPhone App has in Common with Vogue Magazine

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It’s Fashion Week in New York City.  And, more specifically, on the Upper West Side!  Lincoln Center has transformed, for the seven days between September 6th and 13th, into a kaleidoscopic blend of avant garde people and fashions.  It’s an...