CENTRAL dARK, Tours and Events
FREE UWS Jane’s Walk! RSVP via Municipal Art Society Website. The East River Fifties Alliance’s (“ERFA”) Lisa Mercurio joins Save Central Park NYC to explore megatowers in development and invading our skyline. Casting shadows on residential blocks, landmark designated buildings and Central Park,...
architecture, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings, Historic District, Individual Landmark, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, New York, New York City, NYC, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Testimony, Upper West Side, UWS
March 27th is a coin toss… With lots on the docket, one must prioritize… Attend the BSA to speak against 200 Amsterdam Avenue, a development that even the Department of Buildings doesn’t think is legal, or speak out at the Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect the future of our landmarks?...
200 Amsterdam, Watch List
Hundreds of Upper West Siders flocked to a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May 3, to learn about plans to develop the tallest building in Manhattan north of 60th Street – right here on the Upper West Side – at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. Zoning consultant George Janes shared his critical examination of the plans, which he believes...
architectural, tours, Tours and Events, Uncategorized, Upper West Side, walking tour
Dead men may tell no tales, but gargoyles… Before it was an iconic New York City neighborhood, the Upper West Side was a bucolic stretch of land dotted with genteel country estates, modest wood frame homes, farms, taverns, and goats. For generations it remained a quiet, rustic scene. Then, in a frenzy of development in the 1880s, Queen...
Advocacy, First Church of Christ Scientist, Pay to Play
On March 8, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals gave a proposal to convert the landmarked former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 361 Central Park West to residential use another chance, a decision that allowed the project’s sponsors to avoid a widely expected negative vote on their application. LW! President Kate...
