Volunteer for LW!
Volunteers are the backbone of LW! We could not accomplish everything that we do without you. Contact us at landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org to tell us about your interests, skills, and availability.
Volunteer your Time
- Help out at LW! events… and get in for free!
- Assist with mailings
- Help out around the office
- Present testimony at public hearings
- Provide information to people during street fairs
- Report unauthorized work on landmark buildings near your UWS home or office (in other words… be a preservation watchdog!)
Volunteer your Expertise
Offer pro-bono professional services in your field of expertise, such as:
- Architecture and planning (consider joining our design review committee)
- Graphic design or printing
- Web design and maintenance
- Legal assistance
- Writing (articles for newsletters, blog, and other publications)
- Youth education (curriculum development, program evaluation)
Volunteer your Goods & Services!
- Provide food and/or beverages for LW! events
- Host a LW! event at your home or office
- Set up meetings where LW! can present our mission and programs to your building’s board, tenants association, block association, or other neighborhood affiliations
Connect with LW!
Watch-Blog
Murder: Dr. Gross—With a Pistol—in his Dental Office
By Claudie Benjamin Suffering from an infected tooth on the pre-antibiotic Upper West Side of the 1920s, you needed to find a dentist, so it was reasonable to anticipate an extraction. The option of Google searches for biography, ratings, and reviews was nearly 100...
Shiny Shoes
By Claudie Benjamin Shoe stores, shoe repair shops, and shoe shine boys are part of the urban lore of the Great Depression and the decades following. Shoes are a necessity of daily living and walking on pavement. A serious shine on one’s shoes (unless they are...
