architecture, Historic District, iPhone app, landmark, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LYL, Media, New York City, NYC, photography, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
LANDMARK WEST! saw its name (and those of its staffers!) in the press on a variety of fronts today. Read on to learn more!LW! Walking Tour AppSince launching the Upper West Side’s FIRST EVER walking tour iPhone app back in December 2010, we haven’t...
Ansonia, landmark, Landmarks, LYL, New York City, NYC, photography, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Ansonia Hotel2101-2109 BroadwayNot only have the superb architectural details of the Ansonia Hotel decked the Upper West Side since 1904, the building has shaped the culture of New York City in other ways. The Ansonia’s dense interior walls have made it a...
landmark, Landmarks, Lincoln Center, LYL, New York City, NYC, photography, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Lincoln Center70 Lincoln Center PlazaLincoln Center is one of my favorite areas in New York. The amazing architecture perfectly compliments the incredible cultural offerings! It’s one of a kind.Love,Haruka KugaShop Assistant/Patron of the...
C of A, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, New York City, NYC, preservation, West End Avenue
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Max Y.At public hearing yesterday afternoon, an application to legalize conspicuous white-box AC units on the historic facade of 333 West End Avenue, a Venetian Gothic Revival apartment building designed by Emery Roth in 1925, was...
architecture, landmark, LYL, New York City, NYC, Upper West Side, UWS
Bethesda TerraceCentral ParkBethesda Terrace is one of my absolute favorite places in New York. It’s a spot I always make time to visit–it’s magical!Love,Mary NastasiGraduate Student, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and...
architecture, Individual Landmark, LYL, photography, preservation
Cupid, you’ve got competition!LANDMARK WEST! is celebrating the month of love with Love Your Landmarks, an opportunity to tell that special place how you really feel–and to share your love of our neighborhood’s amazing architecture with the world!...
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Less than one month from today, preservationists from across New York City (and beyond!) will gather for the Fitch Forum 2011. Registration is now open at http://fitchforum.eventbrite.com. On Saturday, February 5, 2011 the Columbia Graduate School of...
architecture, C of A, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue
For LANDMARK WEST!, the new year brings with it a new crop of proposals for work to landmark buildings on the Upper West Side. That means a whole new calendar of Public Hearings before the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). Today is the first...
architecture, education, Historic District, iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, N-YHS app alert, parks, preservation, stables app alert, Upper West Side, UWS
It’s here! LW! proudly introduces the first ever iPhone walking tour app of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, using technology to offer a uniquely local perspective on NYC history, architecture and future. Click here to download the app for free,...
25th Anniversary, architecture, Historic District, Isaiah Sheffer, landmark, New York City, NYC, preservation, R.O. Blechman, Robert A. Caro, Tom Brokaw, Tom Wolfe, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS
It was an indescribable sensation to stand among our friends Tuesday evening, in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse in the Rose Building at Lincoln Center. In a room suspended among snowflakes, we gathered to celebrate a quarter century of an organization truly...
