City Hall, Landmarks Preservation Commission
The Mayor’s Press office have issued the following press release about the appointment of Sarah Carroll as the new Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Read the full release HERE, or copied below: Mayor de Blasio Appoints Sarah Carroll as New...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
Reporter Michael Garofalo reports on the DOB CHALLENGE against 36 West 66th Street in the September 20-26 issue of the West Side Spirit. FULL ARTICLE HERE. Jointly filed by LANDMARK WEST! and neighbors of the 10 West 66th Street Corporation, the challenge...
#votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK
Local, City and State Electeds write in support of the 10 West 66th Street Corporation and LANDMARK WEST! zoning challenge against 36 West 66th Street. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Councilmember Helen Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard M. Gottfried...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
The definition of SuperTall has “grown” as the sky is, increasingly no longer the limit. SHoP Architects has just passed the threshold into the SuperTall Club. DEZEEN (linked) writes that 111 West 57th Street, the 43-foot wide plot will rise...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK
Ever vigilant, LW! and Neighbors filed a Department of Buildings Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street,* today. * (the proposed 39-story building which hopes to rise 775-feet, as tall as a 77-story office building) ...
Advocacy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, West End Avenue, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
In 2015, LW! pressed the Landmarks Preservation Commission to maintain the original boundaries of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II. Unfortunately, after a vote, they did not, hence the “de Blasio Diet” where every building that...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, Zoning
Mark your Calendars: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th: (1) New York State Primary Day Polls are open 6am-9pm. Please remember to vote! (2) Zoning Challenge Forum Doors open at 6:30pm. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, West 65th Street...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, CENTRAL dARK
New York City’s Department of City Planning, Manhattan division met with neighbors and LANDMARK WEST! this week to address mounting concerns over zoning abuses not only on the Upper West Side, but city-wide. Oft-voiced concerns pertain to unnecessary void...
#votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK
‘Life isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon’ so they say — sometimes it is BOTH. LW! and neighbors race to file Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) as long-range efforts to curb...
