Tours and Events
Reserving your ticket for LANDMARK WEST! events just got a whole lot easier! It’s simple:(1) Hear about an intriguing upcoming LW! event by email.* Like Mosette Broderick’s “Architecture (and Scandal!)” next Monday, or our 25th...
architecture, New York City, NYC, The New School
Come celebrate Roberta Brandes Gratz, Jane Jacobs, and fellow defenders of New York City at the annual Bard Birthday Breakfast Benefit on December 1 – details below! (Required reading is last week’s New York Times City Room blog post about...
Tours and Events
Music at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church begins its 2010-2011 SeasonHear music at this Landmark church (designated in 1990 as part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.Click here for more information. Creating a West Side Landmark:...
landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, NYC, parks, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Mary N.Following up on our October 1 blog post …This past Tuesday morning, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) met to review for the second time an application regarding the replacement of the existing bar and...
iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, Landmarks, Upper West Side, UWS
First came the funding campaign … On August 17, 2010, LANDMARK WEST! announced the launch of its Kickstarter online funding campaign to raise monies for the first ever iPhone walking tour app of the Upper West Side. For 35 fun, maraca-filled...
C of A, landmark, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NY Eater, parks, preservation
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P.Boat launch and outdoor bar at the Loeb Boathouse. Far left, white columns of the Boathouse; to the immediate right, existing outdoor bar to be replaced.Picture it: You’re enjoying a beverage on the outdoor...
25th Anniversary, Isaiah Sheffer, Landmarks, New York City, NYC, R.O. Blechman, Robert A. Caro, Symphony Space, Tom Brokaw, Tom Wolfe, Upper West Side, UWS
Join us on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, as we honor three families who have gone beyond the call of duty on behalf of the Upper West Side … and beyond:Moisha & R.O. BlechmanIna & Robert A. Caro, andSheila & Tom Wolfe.Tom Brokaw will emcee the event;...
Historic District, iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
Thank you to each and every one of our 45 backers! YOUR SUPPORT is making our Kickstarter dreams come true! Read all about it here …
25th Anniversary, iPhone app
LW! received a wonderful 25th-anniversary gift from fellow blogger Anthony C. Wood, who wrote:”Valuing our history doesn’t mean one is backward looking or a closet Luddite. LANDMARK WEST! has been a preservation leader in employing new technology to...
Historic District, iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour
We’ve passed the point of no return (though, did we ever really consider turning back?): $1,760 pledged (that’s 59% of our $3,000 goal) to our Kickstarter campaign to fund the Upper West Side’s first ever iPhone walking tour app. With twenty...
