Board of Standards and Appeals, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, Wall Street Journal
… IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE!In her August 4, 2010, NY Times article, “Mr. Landlord, Tear Down That Penthouse”, Cara Buckley reports on the BSA-mandated demolition of additional stories constructed at 514-516 East 6th Street. As Ms. Buckley...
Community Board 7, Historic Districts Council, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
UPDATE FROM THE FIELDAs reported by Mei Tuggle, LW! intern and NYU student Yesterday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reviewed 150 West 77th Street’s application to construct a rear yard addition and to alter its basement entrance. LANDMARK...
Community Board 7, IRT Powerhouse, landmark, Media, NYC, preservation, The New York Observer, Upper West Side, UWS
In a session that continued on into the wee hours last night, Community Board 7 adopted a resolution calling on developer Extell to modify its proposal to build “Riverside Center,” the last piece of the Riverside South megadevelopment. What does CB7...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue, West Side Independent
The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) ruled yesterday that in fact no, there will not be a sliver building rising at 330 West 86th Street anytime soon. As reported in the West Side Independent, the BSA stops a 17-story building from being erected on a 20...
Community Board 7, landmark, NYC, parks, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
UPDATE :: Central Park tennis bubbles, two months laterAs reported by Cristiana P.The West Side Independent picked up on LANDMARK WEST’s email blast yesterday reminding the public about the brief yet intensely focused and ultimately successful battle waged this...
Individual Landmark, landmark, Upper West Side, UWS, Wall Street Journal
It seems as though the Metro Theater won’t be welcoming Urban Outfitters as a new retail tenant after all.For some time, it was speculated that Urban Outfitters (UO), the clothing and random-grab-bag-o-merchandise chain store already at home on the West Side at...
landmark, Powerhouse, Upper West Side, UWS, West-Park
The Upper West Side press has been kept busy this week covering the landmark beat! From the West Side’s newest Individual Landmark, West-Park Presbyterian Church on 86th Street, to buildings deserving of landmarks status but locked in limbo, like the IRT...
