Events Archive
Events Archive
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April
April 18, 2024: “The New York Game” with Kevin Baker
April 3, 2024: “All the Rage: The Hidden History of Cycling” with Evan Friss
April 2, 2024: “What are Special Districts” with George Janes; co-sponsored with Historic Districts Council
March
March 19, 2024: “The Blizzard of 1888” with Rob Afry
March 5, 2024: “The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Writer ” with Rebecca Barry
February
February 13, 2024: “Fifth Avenue: A History of America’s Street of Dreams” with Mosette Broderick
February 8, 2024: Book warming for Mosette Broderick’s Fifth Avenue: A History of America’s Street of Dreams at Hotel des Artistes
January
January 23, 2024: “Tracing Guastavino Across Five Decades in St. John the Divine” with Laura Buchner
January 18, 2024: “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mayor Adams’ City of Yes” with George Janes; co-sponsored with FRIENDS of the Upper East Side
January 11, 2024: “The Greatest 19th Century Photo of Morningside Heights: Unlocking a Neighborhood’s History” with Rob Garber
December
December 5, 2023: Tour of the Shubert Archives
November
November 15, 2023: “Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Lady Brokers” with Bill Greer
November 9, 2023: “Raising Titanic’s Big Piece: 25 Years Later” with Kelly Caldwell
October
October 25, 2023: “The Piccirilli Family: A Stone Carving Dynasty” with John Belardo
October 12, 2023: “After the Final Curtain: The Lost Theatres of New York” with Matt Lambros
September
September 13, 2023: “Jacob Wrey Mould and the Artful Beauty of Central Park” with Frank Kowsky
June
June 14, 2023: “Before Central Park” with Sara Cedar Miller
May
May 23, 2023: “The Bloomingdale Asylum: A New Vision” with Nina Harkrader
May 10, 2023: “Secrets and Scandals of Riverside Drive” with Stephanie Azzarone
April
April 12, 2023: “This is No Dream: The Making of Rosemary’s Baby” with James Munn
March
March 31, 2023: Tour of the Grolier Club with Eve Kahn
March 23, 2023: “The Queen of Bohemia (Zoe Norris) and the Upper West Side” with Eve Kahn
March 21, 2023: “Fact and Fiction about the 12 FAR Cap” with George Janes, co-sponsored with FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
February
February 22, 2023: “A Civil Rights Tour of the Upper West Side” with Leigh Hallingby
February 7, 2023: “The Scandalous Hamiltons (1890’s Edition)” with Bill Shaffer
January
January 25, 2023: “Holding the Safety Net in San Juan Hill” with Jessica Larson
January 11, 2023: “The Paterno Family: Chronicling an Architectural Legacy on the UWS” with Carla Golden
December
December 12, 2022: “The Opulent Apartment Houses of the Boulevard” with Tom Miller
December 7, 2022: “Only Murders in the Building: Staging the Scene of the Crime” with Curt Beech and Rich Murphy
November
November 17, 2022: “Buried Beneath the City” with Nan A. Rothschild and Amanda Sutphin
November 9, 2022: “Home Sweet Mansion: The Gilded Age and the Servants that made it so Golden” with Esther Crain
October
October 13, 2022: “Mr. Green and the Making of Central Park” with Ron Krocak
September
September 28, 2022: “From Martin to Moses: A History of Riverside Park” with Stephanie Azzarone
September 8, 2022: Preservation Book Club, Lori Zabar’s, Zabar’s: A Family Story, with Recipes (with Preservation League of New York State)
June
June 28, 2022: “The Many Lives of San Juan Hill” with Sarah Bean Apman
June 8, 2022: “Upper West Side Firsts” with Laurie Lewis
May
May 25, 2022: “A Hard Look at “Hardship: West Park Presbyterian Church & a Rarely-Used Landmarks Exception” LW! Panel discussion
May 24, 2022: “Boss Tweed and 19 Months that Changed Central Park” with Ron Korcak
April
April 27, 2022 “River: Living at the 79th Street Boat Basin” with Leslie Day
April 6, 2022 “ALLOYS: American Sculpture and Architecture at Midcentury” with Marin Sullivan
March
March 23, 2022 “The Forgotten Impressonist: Mary Rogers Williams” with Eve Kahn
March 2, 2022 “Grossinger’s Bakery and the Family That Built it: an Evening with Herb Grosinger”
February
February 23, 2022 “From Horses to Horsepower: The Bygone Worlds of Carriage Houses and Car Dealerships of the Upper West Side”
with Lucie Levine
February 9, 2022 “Secrets of Central Park: Odds ‘n Ends Edition” with Ron Korcak
January
January 28, 2022 “MADAM: Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age” with Debby Applegate
November
Nov. 17, 2021 “Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Führer” with Walter Shapiro
Nov. 9, 2021 “The Original West Sider: Cyrus Clark” with Tom Miller
October
Oct. 25, 2021 “Celebrating 150 Years of Emery Roth, Architect of our City”
Oct. 17, 2021 “Central Park’s Early Statues” with Michele Bogart
May
May 20, 2021 “Ziegfeld’s Girls” with Nils Hansen and Bob Hudovernik
May 13, 2021 Candidates Forum: Council District 7
May 12, 2021 Candidates Forum: Council District 6
April
April 29, 2021 “McKim, Mead & White: The Early Years” with Prof. Mosette Broderick
April 13, 2021 “The Belnord, Beresford and Barney G: West Side Stories” with Peter Osnos
March
March 25, 2021 “Manhattan Cocktail: Fantasy and the Cinematic City” with Paula Uruburu
March 17, 2021 “Ada Louise Huxtable’s New York” with Lucie Levine
March 10, 2021 “The Lost Voice of Mary L. Booth” with Tricia Foley
February
February 23, 2021 “A Winter’s Tale: Ghosts of the Upper West Side” with Maria Dering
February 9, 2021 “Discovering Ignatz Pilat: First Gardener of Central Park” with Ron Korcak
January
January 28, 2021 “Manhattan’s Hotel des Artists” with Robert Hudovernik
January 20, 2021 “West 67th Street Artists’ Colony” with Andrew Scott Dolkart
January 14, 2021 “It’s a Helluva Town: Joan K. Davidson, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the Fight for a Better New York” with Roberta Brandes Gratz and Anthony C. Wood
December
Dec. 8, 2020 “How to Map Your Local Subway” with John Tauranac
November
Nov. 19, 2020 “Upper West Side Women and the Long Fight for Women’s Suffrage” with Dr. Nina Harkrader
Nov. 10, 2020 “Literary Lights of the Upper West Side” with Lucie Levine
October
Oct. 27, 2020 “West 72nd: Queen of Streets” with Tom Miller
Oct. 20, 2020 “Maggie Mitchell and the Story of the St. Andoche” with Caitlin Hawke
Oct 15, 2020 “Richard Lippold & Orpheus and Apollo” panel discussion
Oct 6, 2020 “The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy” with Jim Head
September
Sept 24 “New York Exposed! Corruption in the Gilded Age”
Sept 16, 2020 “Staging Fashion” with Prof. Michelle Majer
Sept 10, 2020 “Faces in Stone” with Robert King
August
August 19, 2020 “Row Houses of the North Atlantic Cities” with Charlie Duff
August 13, 2020 “Monumental Women” (with Friends of the Upper East Side)
July
July 21, 2020 “Hidden Waterways of the UWS”
July 29, 2020 “Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side” with Jim Mackin
June
June 29, 2020 “The Rich Histories of the Early Immigrants of Columbus Avenue” with Tom Miller
June 25, 2020 “Manhattan’s First ‘It’ Girl” with Dr. Paula Uruburu
June 17, 2020 “Discovering Calvert Vaux” with Ron Korcak
June 3, 2020 “The Central Park: Original Designs for New York’s Greatest Treasure” with Cynthia Brenwall
May
May 27, 2020 “The Drama of Art Deco” with Anthony Robins
May 20, 2020 “Mag Men” with Walter Bernard and Anne Quito
May 13, 2020 “Lost Jewel: The Spanish Pavilion of the NY World’s Fair” with Sean Khorsandi and and Michael Grogan
April
April 17, 2020 “The Many Lives of Riverside Park” with Lucie Levine
April 8, 2020 “All the Single Ladies: Women Only Buildings in 20th c. NYC” with Dr. Nina Harkrader
March
March 3, 2020 “The Fall of a Great American City” with Kevin Baker
February
February 25, 2020 “Scandals & Murder on the Upper West Side” with Beth Goffe
February 20, 2020 “Candela on the Upper West Side” with Anthony Bellov
February 20, 2020 “UWS Architecture” with Sean Khorsandi and Sue Miller
February 11, 2020 “Television City: A History of Filming on the Upper West Side” with Lucie Levine
January
January 28, 2020 “The Upper West Side from the Air” with John Tauranac
January 22, 2020 “Nora Ephron’s Magical Manhattan on Film” with Paula Uruburu
January 15, 2020 “It’s All Legal on the Upper West Side” with Robert Pigott
November
November 17th, 2019: Walking the Lower Upper
November 19th, 2019: Boss Tweed: New York’s Corruption King
October
October 29th, 2019 EgyptOmania! with “Mr. Mummy” Dr. Bob Brier
October 23, 2019 “Solving History Mysteries with the Municipal Archives”
October 3, 2019 “A.H. Green: The Forgotten “Father of Greater New York” with Michael Mischione
October 2, 2019 Art Gallery Reception for “Lovable New York: Buildings c 1830-1930” Spaced: Gallery of Architecture
September
September 26, 2019 “Casting the UWS in ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
September 24, 2019 ” “American Venus”: Audrey Munson’s Path from Fame to Ruin” with Tom Miller
September 8, 2019 “The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, & Architecture in Gilded Age New York” with Suzanne Hinman
August
August 27, 2019 “The Secret Designer of Central Park” Walk with Beth Goffe
August 20, 2019 “Vaux Arches of Central Park” with Stefan Yarabek
August 6, 2019 “Central Park Art Deco” Walk with Anthony Robins
July
July 25, 2019 “Especially Special W. 73rd/74th Streets” walk with Francis Morrone
July 23, 2019 “Vaux ARCHES of Central Park” with Stefan Yarabek
June
June 25, 2019 “Upper West End Avenue” walk with Andrew S. Dolkart
June 19, 2019 “Vaux Bridges of Central Park” with Stefan Yarabek
June 12, 2019 “Ramblin’ in the Ramble” walk with Leslie Day
June 6, 2019 “Especially Special W. 73rd/74th Streets” walk with Francis Morrone
May
May 23, 2019 “Central Park West Art Deco” walk with Anthony Robins
May 21, 2019 “Vaux Bridges of Central Park” with Stefan Yarabek
May 15, 2019 “Poetry of Central Park” walk with Stephen Wolf
May 10, 2019 Book Launch: “An Affair with Beauty-The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy” with author James Philip Head
May 9, 2019 Author’s Talk: “The Decorated Tenement” with Zachary Violette
April
April 24, 2019 “Vaux Bridges of Central Park” with Stefan Yarabek
April 17, 2019 “From Farmlands to Fairway: Development of the UWS” with Mosette Broderick
April 17, 2019 “Upper West Side Renovation & Preservation” with PRESERVE’s Carl Culbreth
April 10, 2019 Behind-the-Scenery Tour of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park
March
March 28, 2019 “Candela on the Upper West Side” Encore! with Anthony Bellov
March 13, 2019 “All the Single Ladies: Women-Only Buildings in Early 20th c. New York” with Nina Harkrader
March 12, 2019 “Honeybee Hotel” with Leslie Day
March 5, 2019 “Home Sweet Mansion: A Peek into the Domestic Lives of Gilded Age New Yorkers” with Esther Crain
February
February 27, 2019 “Candela on the Upper West Side” with Anthony Bellov
February 12, 2019 “Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce” with Constance Rosenblum
February 6, 2019 “PANIC!! Crises, Hoaxes and Fake News that Rocked 19th c. New York” with Tom Miller
January
January 24, 2019 “The Many Lives of Riverside Park” with Lucie Levine
November
Thursday, November 29th “History of the UWS Apartment House” with Tom Miller
Thursday, November 29th “A-round Columbus Circle” with Sean Khorsandi
October
Saturday, October 27th “Gargoyles! A Halloween-ish Upper West Side Walk”
Wednesday, October 24th “Broadway: A History of New York City in 13 Miles” Author’s Talk with Fran Leadon
Monday, October 15th “We Are Staying”: Author Jen Rubin in conversation with Amy Harmon of the New York Times
September
Wednesday, September 26 “Magnificent Gilded Age Houses of Riverside Drive” with Esther Crain
Wednesday, September 19 “Manhattan’s Little Secrets” with Author John Tauranac
Wednesday, September 26 Magnificent Gilded Age Mansions of Riverside Drive Walking Tour with Esther Crain
August
Wednesday, August 22 The Secret on W. 78th Street: Guastavino Row Walking Tour
Tuesday, August 21 An Evening with The Opera House Filmmaker Susan Froemke
July
Tuesday July 24 Signs of the Past Fonts and Lettering of UWS Walking Tour w/Alexander Tochilovsky
Thursday, July 12 CPWOW! East Meets West CPW/Columbus Circle Walk with Sean Khorsandi
June
Wednesday, June 27th Rodeph Shalom and West 80s Tour with Andrew S. Dolkart
Sunday, June 10th Ornamental Delights Walking Tour with Francis Morrone
May
Wednesday, May 16th From UWS to the Village: LW! Tours the Chaim Gross Studio
Saturday, May 12th Gems of Riverside Drive II: 103rd-108th Streets Walking Tour
Tuesday, May 8th The Girl on the Velvet Swing: The Murder of Stanford White & NYC in the Gilded Age
April
Sunday, April 29th Trees Are Busting Out All Over! Walking Tour at “The Pool” in Central Park at 100th Street
Sunday, April 22nd Gems of Riverside Drive: 94th to 103rd Streets Walking Tour
Tuesday, April 17th Terra Cotta Dreamin’ with artist, author, and expert Susan Tunick
Tuesday, April 17th 1970s and the Wild Upper West Side with architect/preservationist Joseph Pell Lombardi
March
Tuesday, March 27th All the Single Ladies: “Women Only” Buildings of 20th century NYC
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL PROGRAM!
Tuesday, March 20th Famous (and Infamous) Above 96th Street
February
February 22, 2018 Studio Audience at ABC’s “The Chew”
February 21, 2018 Author’s Talk: Dan Wakin’s “The Man With the Sawed Off Leg”
February 8, 2018 Unraveling the Mysteries of Seneca Village
January
January 24, 2018 Brokers Continuing Ed Program: UWS Architecture: Flemish Revival & the Development of Bloomingdale Village
January 18, 2018 Program: LW! Tours the Downton Abbey Exhibition with guest docent Chippy Irvine
December
December 5, 2017 Program: A New York Christmas: Ho-ho-ho at Gothamtide. A Historic Holiday Book Event with author Sibyl McCormac Groff
November
November 8, 2017 Brokers Seminar: Fundamentals of Fair Housing
October
October 4, 2017 Brokers Seminar: Architectural Styles of the Upper West Side
September
September 17, 2017 Program: From Dakota to Montana: An UWS Walking Tour
September 14, 2017 Program: The Cinematic Cityscape of Woody Allen
August
August 22, 2017 Program: How (High) Does Your Garden Grow?
August 23, 2017 Program: The Buzz About Bees
May 11, 2017 Program: Gargoyles & Green Men Walking Tour
December
November
“Preservation 101” Continuing Education Workshop for Brokers NOVEMBER 17
Documenting LGBT History: A Presentation by the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project NOVEMBER 15
Tour of Clarence Tour interior at 311 W. 91st Street NOVEMBER 3
October
Conjuring Up the Architectural Ghosts and Long Lost Villages of the UWS OCTOBER 30
Central Park West Art Deco Walking Tour led by Anthony W. Robins for Open House NY OCTOBER 16
Quintessential Upper West Side Walking Tour led by Francis Morrone for Open House NY OCTOBER 16
July
14 Original Historic Homes On West End Avenue: An Architectural Discussion & Tour Featuring Andrew S. Dolkart JULY 12
June
610 West End Avenue Walking Tour Featuring Andrew Dolkart JUNE 23
“Community Gathering” JUNE 22
May
A “ Bird’s Eye” Tour of West End Avenue Featuring Professor Andrew S. Dolkart MAY 24
“Preservation 101” MAY 12
March
A Book Talk with Drs. Nicholas Dagen Bloom & Matthew Gordon Lasner MARCH 15
February
“Zoning 101” FEBRUARY 25
Witold Rybczynski Book Talk FEBRUARY 3
Honoring Former LPC Chairman Gene A. Norman DECEMBER 14
The Texture of the City: Exploring the Lettering of the Upper West Side NOVEMBER 22
Continuing Education “Preservation 101” with Walking Tour by Andrew Dolkart NOVEMBER 17
LW! OpenHouseNY Walking Tour: Central Park West Art Deco with Andrew Dolkart OCTOBER 18
LW! OpenHouseNY Walking Tour: Central Park West Brownstones with Gregory Dietrich OCTOBER 17
Walking Tour Exploring Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with Thomas Mellins SEPTEMBER 30
A Book Talk with Roberta Brandes Gratz SEPTEMBER 9
The ABCs of Central Park with Augustine Lynas SEPTEMBER 7
Young Professionals Trivia Night with Tom Miller JULY 23
West End Avenue Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart JUNE 23
A Rare Look Inside W.R. Hearst’s “Gothic Aerie” Over Central Park with Francis Morrone JUNE 11
City as a Living Laboratory: Collision Theory-Birds and Buildings MAY 16
City as a Living Laboratory: Habits and Highness MAY 16
Behind the Scenes Tour of the American Folk Art Museum MAY 12
Public Lives: Preserving New York’s Landmark Interiors APRIL 16
The Evolution of Residential Design on West End Avenue with Andrew Dolkart JANUARY 21
Walking Tour of Grand Central Terminal with Justin Ferate JANUARY 26
2012
Young Professionals Happy Hour DECEMBER 14
Wunderkammer DECEMBER 4
Walking Tour of FDR Four Freedoms Memorial with Kyle Johnson NOVEMBER 18
Edward Durell Stone: Modernism’s Populist Architect Book Launch with Mary Anne Hunting NOVEMBER 7
Fading Ads of New York City Slide Lecture with Frank Jump OCTOBER 3
Great Houses of Havana Slide Lecture with Hermes Mallea SEPTEMBER 19
West End Avenue Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart SEPTEMBER 11
Young Professionals Trivia Night AUGUST 30
Screening of The Vanishing City with filmmakers JULY 26
Central Park Walking Tour with Andrew S. Dolkart JUNE 20
Unsung Heroes of the Upper West Side: The Great-ful Dead JUNE 12
New York From the Air: A Story of Architecture with John Tauranac APRIL 24
Behind the Scenes Tour of the American Folk Art Museum with Senior Curator Stacy Hollander MARCH 14
A Revolution in Public-School Design: The Legacy of Charles B.J. Snyder FEBRUARY 8
Young Professionals Happy Hour at George Keeley’s Pub FEBRUARY 2
Living in Style: the Emergence of the Professional Interior Decorator in the Gilded Age JANUARY 30
ABCs of Central Park: a Walking Tour for Children with G. Augustine Lynas NOVEMBER 13
Young Professionals Happy Hour NOVEMBER 10
Open House New York Weekend 2011
Landmark Feast SEPTEMBER 25
West End Avenue Walking Tour with Andrew S. Dolkart SEPTEMBER 13
Seneca Village Open House AUGUST 24
Lost Riverside Drive, in Postcards AUGUST 18
Public Art Walking Tour: Riverside Drive JULY 13
West End Avenue Walking Tour JUNE 20
Reconstructing Seneca Village walking tour with Cynthia Copeland JUNE 16
Social Media Roundtable JUNE 9
2011 Unsung Heroes Awards Ceremony JUNE 7 — View the Event Recap
McKim, Mead, and White encore slide lecture with Mosette Broderick APRIL 21
The UWS in Film with James Sanders MARCH 2
McKim, Mead, and White Slide Lecture with Mosette Broderick NOVEMBER 15
Dakota and Environs with Andrew S. Dolkart SEPTEMBER 15
Central Park Walking Tour JULY 7
Riverside Drive Public Art Walking Tour JUNE 15
25 Years of Preservation on the West Side with Andrew S. Dolkart MAY 13
Over Here! NYC During WWII Slide Lecture with Lorraine B. Diehl MARCH 25
The Row House Reborn Slide Lecture with Andrew S. Dolkart JANUARY 26
Energy Efficiency and Existing Buildings
Green Theology Seminar
Architectural Styles Continuing Education Seminar
UNSUNG HEROES AWARDS CEREMONY
Walking Tour: Sacred Sites of the West Side (Part Two!)
Slide Lecture and Wine Reception: A History of the Upper West Side in Postcards
Mayoral Candidates Breakfasts with Tony Avella, William C. Thompson, Jr., and Rev. Billy Talen
Walking Tour: West End Avenue with Andrew S. Dolkart
Walking Tour: Sacred Sites of the West Side with Mosette and Herbert Broderick
Legal Strategies for Landmarks: Defending Architecture, Neighborhoods and the Public Interest In the Development-Driven City
Continuing Education Seminar: Green Building, Energy Efficiency, and Existing Buildings SPRING HOUSE TOUR
An Architectural Tooklit, continuing education seminar
Building New York’s Garment District: A slide lecture by Andrew S. Dolkart
A Reading of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by illustrator Ron Barrett
A Celebration of West End Avenue: walking tours by Andrew S. Dolkart and Mosette Broderick
Central Park West Skyline: A Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart
“The Tiffany Girls”: The Designing Women of Tiffany Studios — a slide lecture by Nina Gray
The Unsung Heroes of the Upper West Side: 2008 Preservation Awards
A Slide Lecture by Anthony C. Wood
Two FREE Family Walking Tours (part of openhousenewyork)
A Special Tribute to the Dakota
An Evening With Friends of LANDMARK WEST!: Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival at Avery Fisher Hall
Reconstructing Seneca Village: A Walking Tour with Cynthia Copeland, Nan Rothschild, and Diana Wall Vernacular Architecture of the Upper Upper West Side: A Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart
The Evolution of Living Styles in Manhattan (Seminar)
Green Building, Energy Efficiency and Historic Preservation (Seminar)
“New York: Vernacular City”: An Illustrated Lecture by Andrew S. Dolkart
The Automat: A Talk By Lorraine B. Diehl and Marianne Hardart
Amsterdam Houses and Public Housing Architecture: A Lecture by Francis Morrone
The Dakota Apartments to the Dakota Stable: An Upper West Side Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart
Art Deco on the Upper West Side: A Walking Tour with Tony Robins
Amsterdam Houses Historical Research Project
Frederick Law Olmsted: Beyond Central Park – A Talk by Witold Rybczynski
Walking Tour of West 72nd Street with Andrew Scott Dolkart
Benefit for the Save 2 Columbus Circle Fund
Walking Tour of Manhattan Valley with Andrew Scott Dolkart
2005
LANDMARK WEST!’s 20th Anniversary Benefit with Tom Brokaw
Come One, Come All To the People’s Public Hearing for 2 Columbus Circle!
Hands Around 2 Columbus Circle!
Meet the Democratic Mayoral Candidates!
Edward Durell Stone: The Evolution of the Architect
2004
Glamour: Fashion, Industrial Design, Architecture
Metro Theatre
Restoring the Postwar Architecture of E.D. Stone
Celebrate the Ansonia!
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