Join LW! for a full day workshop: "Zoning 101" Ideal for Real Estate Professionals -- Approved for 7.5 hours Real Estate Continuing Education Credit -- This seminar is designed for brokers who are looking to gain an understanding of New York City Zoning regulations, how zoning has evolved and continues to change, and how zoning affects […]
Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City Book Talk with Nicholas Dagen Bloom & Matthew Gordon Lasner -- Tuesday, March 15, 2016 6:30 to 8:00 PM Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street -- $10 for LW! members & students, $20 for non-members RSVP required (space is limited!) landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org or […]
Please join LANDMARK WEST! and Architectural Historian John Tauranac as we explore the architecture of the Upper West Side "From Dakota to Montana" Approved for 3 hours of Real Estate Continuing Education Credit** Very limited spots available! When: Saturday, March 19, 2016; walking tour begins at 1:00pm Where: Meeting location TBD Registration: Contact LW! to reserve […]
Join Franklin Vagnone, Principal of Twisted Preservation: Cultural Consulting and co-author with University of North Carolina Architecture & Urban Design professor Deborah Ryan as they discuss their renegade tactics that have yielded a sold-out book (in its third printing, and chosen as the #1 museum-education related book in 2015 by the Museum Educator Monitor!) and become a manifesto […]
Join LW! for a full day workshop: "Preservation 101" Ideal for Real Estate Professionals (Approved for 7.5 hours of Real Estate Continuing Education Credit) -- The more you know about historic buildings, the easier it is to sell them! -- Back by popular demand! This seminar is designed for brokers who buy and sell properties in historic […]
Candlelight Vigil to save the former First Church of Christ, Scientist, a NYC Individual Landmark in Peril MONDAY, MAY 23rd at 8:00 PM NW Corner of 96th Street & Central Park West Say No to Speculative Condo Development Threatening Our Neighborhood & Our City
A “Bird’s-Eye” Tour of West End Avenue... as seen from the windows of a unique triplex apartment in The Evanston (610 West End Avenue), designed by architects George & Edward Blum and completed in 1911. This extraordinary apartment—a sensitive combination of two duplexes—features original architectural details, artwork reflecting a lifetime of expertise and collecting, and […]
Don't miss two of LW!'s most renowned walking tour guides as they share favorite UWS sites for the 2016 Open House New York annual weekend. "Quintessential Upper West Side," led by Francis Morrone Central Park West's twin-towered skyline. Classic- and Renaissance-inspired institutional buildings. Tree-lined brownstone blocks. A world-renowned entertainment palace. These are some of the iconic landmarks […]
Dead men may tell no tales, but gargoyles... Before it was an iconic New York City neighborhood, the Upper West Side was a bucolic stretch of land dotted with genteel country estates, modest wood frame homes, taverns, and goats. For generations it remained a quiet, rustic scene. Then, in a frenzy of development in the […]
On November 15th, 72nd Street will come alive for the holidays when the switch is flipped on several eight-foot shimmering snowflakes floating above 72nd Street. LANDMARK WEST! is proud to continue the tradition started over 15 years ago to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the West 72nd Street Retail Assistance Program (RAP). […]
