LANDMARK WEST’s Letter to the Department of City Planning on the Proposed Citywide Rezoning

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Here is, in full, LANDMARK WEST’s letter to Carl Weisbrod, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission, regarding the NYC Planning Proposal titled ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability’ Dear Chair Weisbrod: LANDMARK WEST! is deeply concerned about...

PRESERVATION ALERT! Neighborhood Character is Under Threat!

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PRESERVATION ALERT!NYC CITYWIDE REZONING PROPOSALWOULD WEAKEN HARD-WONCONTEXTUAL ZONING PROTECTIONS,RAISE HEIGHT LIMITSThirty years ago, in response to incongruous Tower-in-the-Park development promoted by New York’s 1961 Zoning Resolution, Upper West...

WRITE TO LPC! Tell them PRESERVE, DON’T DESTROY First Church!

Landmarks at Risk, Watch List

Copy and paste the following text in an email and send it to LPC Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan at comments@lpc.nyc.gov, and please “cc” landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org March 6, 2015 Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair New York City Landmarks Preservation...

UPDATE: First Church of Christ, Scientist (361 CPW)

First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List

On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a Public Meeting on 361 Central Park West where architects presented their plans for multiple alterations to the exterior of this Individual Landmark, designed by Carrere & Hastings. Please...

Over 100 Buildings Heard, But Not Designated by LPC, Originally Scheduled to be De-Calendared on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. LPC has since withdrawn the de-calendaring proposal. New date to be determined.

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All Five Boroughs Building Name, Address, Year Calendared by LPC Upper West Side, ManhattanIRT Powerhouse, 11th Ave at West 58th-59th Sts, 1979St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Complex, 227 West 99th St, 1980ManhattanLoew’s 175th...

NYS Senator Tony Avella Finds LPC’s Plan Outrageous! Read on!

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New York State Senator Tony Avella writes to Mayor de Blasio and Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan of the Landmarks Preservation Commission “in regards to the LPC decision to remove a large number [96] of potential landmark locations from the calendar as of December...