Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL’S W. 70TH STREET LUXURY CONDOS DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN… Back in 2003, the late Peter Jennings (a West 70th Street neighbor) wrote: The synagogue gives the impression of having worked to bypass the neighbors, to...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
New legislation aims to regulate the Board of Standards and Appeals By Madeleine Thompson, West Side Spirit and Our Town Read LW’s 12/14/16 testimony before the NY City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations Email City Council...
architecture, Authors, interiors, Landmark West, Uncategorized
Still shopping? Give your friends and family the gift of escape into the pages of a good book from the LANDMARK WEST! Bookshelf. Enjoy special “members-only” pricing on titles exploring architecture, design, history, photography, film and –...
Backlog 95, IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKim Mead and White, Wish List
Well, Virginia… It’s still a tough world out there. After 37 years on the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation calendar, we hoped we’d be saying “Auld Lang Syne to landmarks limbo” for the former IRT...
IRT Powerhouse, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Wish List
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. ~ Virginia O’Hanlon (age 8), September 21, 1897 Virginia, sometimes we’re not so sure either. But New Yorkers could use some good news, so here goes… Dear Santa: It’s a...
Advocacy, Andrew S. Dolkart, Landmarks at Risk, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Watch List
After more than two decades of hard work, the LPC heard testimony on Tuesday for a much-anticipated Morningside Heights Historic District. Representatives from Jerrold Nadler’s, and Daniel O’Donnell’s offices spoke in favor of designation, as...
First Church of Christ Scientist, how the west was won, Landmarks, OHNY, When the Process Works
Don’t panic! This article from The New York Times is from May 1982…nearly 35 years ago. Today, the majestic structure of the (now) First Church of Christ, Scientist[1] is a landmark protected as part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West...
Community Board 7, Congregation Shearith Israel, Land Use Committee, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List
Olivia Kelley recounts the latest trials for Congregation Shearith Israel’s long-toothed proposal to build five stories of condos atop their new community house. In Shearith Israel Project Nixed Again (linked), Kelley hones in on key points...
