200 Amsterdam, Watch List
“PLANS FOR UPPER WEST SIDE’S TALLEST BUILDING ON HOLD AS CITY REVIEWS CHALLENGE BY NEIGHBORS,” reports the West Side Rag on June 10, 2017. George Janes, the zoning expert who filed an official Zoning Challenge against SJP Properties’ plan...
200 Amsterdam, Watch List
A 668′ tall tower right next to a public school and playground would have multiple deleterious impacts on the students of P.S. 199 including: More Shadows Noise Hazards (drilling/excavation) Air pollution for many months Construction safety concerns YOU...
200 Amsterdam, CENTRAL dARK, Watch List
LANDMARK WEST! has taken action to send letters to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman calling their attention to deficiencies in the NYC Department of Buildings approval of the skyscraper planned for 200...
Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Under Fire
On Tuesday, May 23rd, the LPC denied a revised proposal brought before them by the owners of the Hopper-Gibbons House, a landmark which is part of the Lamartine Place Historic District. The district, a trim collection of twelve landmarks whose residents...
200 Amsterdam, Watch List
“…exceptionally irregular zoning lot…” “…four floors of mechanical spaces at the top of the building do not meet the definition of a permitted obstruction…” “…inconsistent with New York...
Board of Standards and Appeals, Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
LANDMARK WEST! has filed an Article 78 to challenge the BSA approval of special permits allowing Congregation Shearith Israel to build a community house with a stack of luxury apartments atop–luxury apartments which break with contextual zoning and are much...
preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Come rally Tuesday to fight the supertall skyscraper planned for 200 Amsterdam Avenue. At 668′, this would be the tallest building in Manhattan north of Midtown. 8:30am at 69th Street at Amsterdam. BRING A...
200 Amsterdam, Watch List
LW! has secured a $5,000 challenge grant to help bring community legal counsel on board to fight 200 Amsterdam, which (if built) would be the tallest tower in Manhattan north of 60th Street. Matching funds are needed by May 25! Please help!...
200 Amsterdam, CENTRAL dARK, Watch List
THE PROBLEM Towers soaring to 600 feet and more are creeping beyond Midtown Manhattan into residential neighborhoods like the Upper West Side, threatening the balance between preservation and development that makes communities like ours so beautiful,...
