Backlog 95, Individual Landmark, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, When the Process Works
(revised) It is with great excitement that LANDMARK WEST! can report that the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate the IRT Powerhouse, McKim Mead and White’s 1904 city-beautiful Beaux-Arts style edifice on Eleventh Avenue between...
IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks Preservation Commission, LPC, McKim Mead and White, Powerhouse, Save the Powerhouse, Wish List
IRT Powerhouse: At Long Last There have been various reports circulating about completion of the Backlog 95, a Landmarks Preservation Commission initiative to settle landmarking decisions for 95 sites across the five boroughs. Those proclamations come...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Upper East Side, urban planning, When the Process Works, Zoning
The East River Fifties Alliance (ERFA) has the extraordinary news that the City Planning Commission has adopted their rezoning efforts. The East River Fifties is the area from East 52nd Street through East 59th Street, east of First Avenue. Their goal was to update...
#votersagainstsupertalls, CENTRAL dARK, shadows, skyline, Upper West Side, Zoning
Snohetta’s intention for the revamped CPW skyline viewed from south east. Image from Snohetta website. Design Intent for 50 West 66th Street Revealed UPDATE: Read further coverage in WEST SIDE RAG, ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER, DEZEEN This...
Anthony Robins, Architectural History Spotlight
Guest post by Anthony W. Robins — 50 W. 67th Street, the “Musicians’ Building”, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, and in honor of the occasion I took the opportunity to put together a history of the building, including its many...
Congregation Shearith Israel, First Church of Christ Scientist, Landmarks at Risk, Pay to Play, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
FIND MOST RECENT UPDATES HERE The past few months have brought wave after wave of news about real estate deals involving developers, their lobbyists, political contributions, and the de Blasio administration. Sometimes, the little guy wins, but too...
200 Amsterdam, Watch List
200 Amsterdam Avenue: GOOD NEWS! WE DO NOT GET ENOUGH GOOD NEWS THESE DAYS BUT HERE IS SOME. DAVID ROSENBERG, LW!’s crusading lawyer has filed the LW! Challenge to the Department of Buildings (DOB)’s shameful and wrongful approval of the seriously flawed...
Individual Landmark, landmark, Landmark West, New York City, NYC, Tours and Events, Upper West Side, UWS
As we draw closer to the holiday season, take time to mark a special day on your calendars! On November 15th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, LANDMARK WEST! will be hosting a celebration at the Belnord Apartments, located at 225 West 86th Street. We gather both to...
