intern, New York City, preservation
Rachel Levy joined the LW! team as a Graduate Intern in January and will continue working at LW! this summer. She is a first year (almost second year!) student in Columbia University’s graduate program in historic preservation. Though originally from the small...
architecture, Historic District, Landmarks, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, Upper West Side, West End Avenue
A picture is worth a thousand words. Question: How could this out-of-context building get built? Answer: These 4 rowhouses were not designated NYC Landmarks when the then-owner of 2 Riverside Drive built on this site. The moral of the story?...
Advocacy, Historic District, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Landmarks, LPC, New York City, Riverside Drive, Upper West Side, West End Avenue
If Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis could do it, so can you. Please SIGN LW’s PETITION to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) Chair Tierney and ask for the designation of the extensions to Manhattan’s West End Historic Districts (HDs). Here’s...
architecture, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Landmarks, Landmarks Law, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Riverside Drive, Upper West Side, WEA, West End Avenue
In 1985, when LANDMARK WEST! was founded to advocate for more widespread protection of our neighborhood’s architectural heritage, the Upper West Side only had 337 designated landmarks.With the recent Riverside-West End HD Extension I designation, approximately...
Anthony Robins, Authors, Grand Central, New York City, Tours and Events
1978 image of the World Trade Center by Balthazar Korab. Korab was one of the leading architectural photographers in the period after World War II. He died at the age of 86 and his life was remembered in the New York Times obituaries on January 27th, 2013. The...
architecture, Grand Central, New York City, preservation, Tours and Events
Last Saturday, January 26th, LANDMARK WEST! and friends joined noted guide Justin Ferate for an engaging tour of one of New York’s most majestic and welcoming buildings, Grand Central Terminal. Beginning the tour across Park Avenue and gradually...
museum, New York, New York City, Renaissance
Guests attend LANDMARK WEST!’s “A Wunderkammer Evening” at a private residence in the West 67th Street Artist’s Colony Historic District on December 4, 2012.During the European Renaissance, objects reflecting the genius of man as well as...
Advocacy, landmark
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Next Stop: Grand Central Terminal!Saturday, January 26th 20131:00 PMOn August 2, 1967, New York City’s recently established Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Grand Central Terminal as an official New York City landmark. Join LANDMARK WEST! and...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Landmarks, landscape architecture, Louis Kahn, Manhattan, memorial, Moderism, monuments, NY, NYC, Roosevelt Island, skyline, Tram, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
LANDMARK WEST’s First Roosevelt Island Visit: FDR Four Freedoms Memorial Park Kyle Johnson leading LW! and friends beneath theQueensboro Bridge, en route to the MemorialYou read...
