Sunday, June 10th, 2:00pm-4:00pm The Upper West Side is a wonderland of ornamental detail on building exteriors. Many of these visual marvels can be traced back to the speculative builders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who typically hired anonymous immigrant artisans--carvers and molders--to create this ornament. These artisans, steeped in centuries of […]
Landmark West! invites you to experience the Upper West Side with one of the city's best-known architectural historians, Andrew Scott Dolkart. This unique walk begins at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on W. 83rd Street near Central Park. Founded downtown in 1842 by German immigrants, it is one of the oldest congregations in the United States. In 1929, they […]
A new Landmark West! series offering our members exclusive, limited-access "tours and more" of the finest historic properties of the Upper West Side. In 1888, philanthropist Elizabeth Milbank commissioned one of New York City's preeminent architectural firms to construct a Gilded Age home near the gem of Central Park. Lamb & Rich responded with a magnificent one-of-a-kind property […]