Back to the Future: LW! celebrates “Mom & Pop” shops and the rejuvenation of West 72nd Street!

RAP, West 72nd Street

“Nothing on the Upper West Side slipped as dramatically as 72nd Street, from a prestigious parkway of private houses in the 1880s to little shop fronts and commercial buildings in the 1920s…but in recent years the block has taken on a honky-tonk...

It’s “Lunch Time” at the New York Public Library

guest blog, Horn and Hardart, intern, NYPL, West 72nd Street

The student becomes the teacher!  Recently, LW! graduate intern Kate Gilmore took two of our summer high school interns on a trip to the New York Public Library, to share with them one of the places in New York City that, as a historic preservation student, Kate...

Love Your Landmark #4 – West 72nd Street, where preservation means business!

architecture, Historic District, landmark, LYL, preservation, RAP, West 72nd Street

Beginning in 1997, LW! launched its Retail Assistance Program (RAP).  Our goal: to revitalize the historic storefronts along West 72nd Street, between Columbus Avenue and Broadway/Amsterdam Avenue.  Our partners (among many others): the commercial tenants on...

A Glimpse of Winters Past on the Upper West Side

Columbus Avenue, Upper West Side, West 72nd Street

With the first day of Spring less than a week away, we took a moment to remark on the utter lack of Winter to be had in New York this year.  Unlike “Snowmageddon” of years past, with days on end of snow boots, down jackets and gloves, we’ve had...