January 9th, 1979 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s 72nd Street Subway Kiosk (Control House) was designated the Upper West Side’s sixteenth Individual Landmark. Also on this day, The world lost Pier Luigi Nervi, the Italian Engineer and...
May 10th, 1977 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Central Park West – West 73rd-74th Streets Historic District was designated the Upper West Side’s third Historic District. Also on this day, American Gymnast, Amanda Borden (Olympic Gold,...
September 14th, 1976 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument was designated the Upper West Side’s fifteenth Individual Landmark. Also on this day, Jeremy Dunham, a producer, writer and the video game designer behind...
August 17th, 1976 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Towers Nursing Home (“New York Cancer Hospital”) was designated the Upper West Side’s fourteenth Individual Landmark. Also on this day, William Redfield, an actor known for his...
July 22nd, 1975 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Building was designated the Upper West Side’s first Interior Landmark. Also on this day, Emlen Tunnell, the first African American inducted to the Pro Football Hall...
January 28th, 1975 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Central Savings Bank was designated the Upper West Side’s thirteenth Individual Landmark. Also on this day, Arthur Judson, who was the artists’ manager for the New York Philharmonic...
October 8th, 1974 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Dorilton Apartments were designated the Upper West Side’s twelfth Individual Landmark. Also on this day, As part of a dam construction project, the Soviet Union detonated a 1.7-kiloton atomic...
July 23rd, 1974 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s (Former) First Church of Christ, Scientist and New York Society for Ethical Culture were designated as the Upper West Side’s tenth and eleventh Individual Landmarks. Also on this day, U.S....
March 19th, 1974 – On this day, the Upper West Side’s Schinasi Residence and Shearith Israel Synagogue were designated as the Upper West Side’s eighth and ninth Individual Landmarks. Also on this day, John Thomas “Rocky” Coppinger,...
April 19th, 1973 – On this day, the Central Park West – 76th Street Historic District and the Riverside Drive – West 105th Street Historic District, were designated as the Upper West Side’s first and second Historic Districts. Also on this day,...
