#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Zoning
Read LANDMARK WEST!’s full testimony (linked) before the BSA from their March 27th Hearing. Their next hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2018. To see the proceedings from this day, watch the YouTube recording (linked). See you on June...
C of A, Landmark West, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, LPC, New York, New York City, preservation, Preservation Under Fire, Upper West Side, UWS
Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Landmark West, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission
We Need YOU! Your Neighborhood Needs YOU! Action is Needed on 3 Major Preservation Issues: NY State legislators want to raise the FAR Cap meaning even denser developments. After years of attempts, this time it’s written into the State Budget...
Advocacy, C of A, City Hall, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire
Echoing the position of LANDMARK WEST! and several colleague organizations, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced his opposition to the proposed LPC Rules changes that LANDMARK WEST! informed you about. In his letter to Chair Srinivasan, (Full text...
Tours and Events, Upper West Side
Speaker Anthony Bellov educated, amused, and energized the room Tuesday night as he exposed the “Famous & Infamous Above 96th Street”. He was careful, however, to only spill secrets of characters from Bloomingdale’s more distant past “who...
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...
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Milton Glaser
Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser was famously struck by inspiration in an NYC yellow cab in 1977 — he got in with a scrap bit of envelope and got out with the iconic “I [heart] NY” logo for the city. (The envelope with the doodle is now in...
200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of Buildings, Landmark West, shadows, skyline, Upper West Side
Clear Skies or Long Shadows overhead? LANDMARK WEST! and Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, along with many elected officials, have questioned the development proposal for the former Lincoln Square Synagogue site at 200 Amsterdam Avenue....
200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings
The law does not make an agency repeat past mistakes. The DOB’s recent defense of their actions of issuing permits to SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America is that although flawed, and they won’t do it again, they are standing by their decision to...
REBNY, State of New York, Zoning
UPDATE: As of June 15, 2018 Success! S. 6760 will not be acted on and the Assembly will not take up the issue! Many thanks to all who contacted their State Assembly Members and Senators to push back against efforts to remove the existing cap on height...
