On February 22nd LW! is heading across the street to the studios of the hit program “The Chew” to join the studio audience for a morning of food, flavor, and fun.
Every block has its secrets. Travel up(town) and back (in time) with master storyteller Anthony Bellov, who takes us behind the façades and deep into the provocative stories and nitty gritty tales of life above 96th Street. Historic buildings link us to an earlier era and the people who headlines–and sometimes made history. Enjoy an evening […]
Historian Nina Harkrader leads a discussion of "all the single ladies" who bravely forged new paths for women in early-20th-century New York City. We'll explore the women's only homes designed to offer "good moral surroundings" for young ladies, the hotels that provided independence and lady-like comforts for “business women,” and get a taste of what […]
BROKERS: This course approved for 3.0 hours of continuing education credits! Tuesday, April 17th, 9:30am-12:30pm Macaulay Honors College, 35 W. 67th Street 2nd Floor Screening Room What was it REALLY like on the UWS in the 1970s? Award-winning architect and preservationist Joseph Pell Lombardi knows, and will share his exciting tales of revival and rejuvenation from the […]
Neighborhood Explorer's Free Family Workshop LANDMARK WEST! has teamed up with the Children’s Museum of Manhattan to offer a FREE workshop this Saturday. Kids will survey the neighborhood, then return to the museum to build their own 3-D neighborhood out of art supplies. Saturday, April 21st 10-11:30 AM or 12-1:30 PM Sign-up at: cmom.org/neighborhood-explorers Meet […]
The first of two tours exploring the architectural and historic riches of the UWS’s northernmost historic districts. Enjoy a guided walk along the gracious blocks of West End Avenue and Riverside Drive to view examples of the late 19th and early 20th Century architecture that define this beautiful area. North of 100th Street, you’ll be […]
Late April, early May is when most of the city's trees burst into bloom. Explore the gorgeous trees, their blossoms, pollinators, and returning migrating birds around the wetland known as The Pool in the northern end of Central Park with Leslie Day, author of several field guides to the natural world of New York City.
An aspiring young model arrives in NYC and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age. He initially plays the role of benefactor, then lures her to his apartment, drugs her, and all goes dark... She goes on to marry an (unstable) millionaire playboy, who, when she confides in him about the assault, shoots […]
The second LW! walk exploring the architectural and historic riches of the Upper West Side’s northernmost historic districts. Beginning at 103rd Street, we’ll view classic early 20th century apartment buildings of West End Avenue, remarkably preserved row houses lining adjacent side streets, and an extraordinary group of townhouses along Riverside Drive — including Manhattan’s last […]
Landmark West! invites you for a private tour of the famed Greenwich Village townhouse of artist and collector Chaim Gross (1904-91). The sculptor and his wife purchased the 1873 building on LaGuardia Place in the mid-1960s after living and raising their children on the Upper West Side. Through a special invitation from the Renee & […]
