Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City, NYC, parks, preservation, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side, UWS
Today via Twitter, LANDMARK WEST! learned about the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) pop-up signage project “Designed by a Landscape Architect”. Columbus Circle, NY. August 17, 2011. The open, green spaces we enjoy–public...
parks, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Brace yourselves: These photos. Are. Adorable.At the end of last week, our good friends at West Side Rag gave a boost to our ongoing photo series, Playtime in Central Park, with this article. If you’re not already, follow them on Twitter...
New York City, NYC, Upper West Side, UWS
REPORT from the FIELDBy intern Kate G. This past Saturday, August 15, proved to be a beautiful day for Amsterdam Houses’ annual celebration of family and fun: Family Day 2011! Neighbors mingled and danced to the festive music, kids enthusiastically lined...
Individual Landmark, New York, parks, Scenic Landmark, skyline, Upper West Side, UWS
If it weren’t for the outline of the distinguished Beresford Apartments on the horizon, you’d swear this photo was snapped in the wilds of upstate New York! LW’s Cristiana Peña and intern Kate Gilmore snapped this photo, of boaters...
Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, parks, preservation
UPDATE from the FIELDAs reported by Cristiana P. Cherry Hill Concourse, following the 1980s renovation. Thirty years ago, architect Gerald Allen, under the auspices of Peter Gluck & Associates, breathed fresh life into the Cherry Hill Concourse in Central...
parks, photography, playground, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Only at a playground is work synonymous with play! This pair of circa 1972 photos come to us from a mother who said of her tyke and his friends, as they made like monkeys, climbing up trees: “Being a kid is their job, to have fun!” We have...
parks, photography, playground, preservation, Richard Dattner, Upper West Side, UWS
… must come down, right lil’ Charles S.? Adventure Playground, just inside Central Park at West 67th Street, has gotten a good amount of bloglove during the photo series, and why shouldn’t it! As architect Richard Dattner’s...
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Gather your crew; organize your tribe; rally your club. Saturday is all about FAMILY!Come together at Amsterdam Houses to celebrate the spirit of community with residents and neighbors at this year’s Family Day celebration! LW! will be there (fourth...
landmark, New York, New York City, parks, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS
Show some respect–Bowls is older than your great-great-great-great-great grandparents, and then some!In Central Park, the New York Lawn Bowling Club gathers regularly to play a sport more than 5,000 years old. Below, Club members put their skills to the...
landmark, New York, New York City, parks, photography, preservation, Scenic Landmark, Upper West Side, UWS
Rollerskating at the Naumburg BandshellLocated just a stone’s throw south of Bethesda Terrace is the mecca of roller and in-line skating: the Bandshell. It seems fitting that the Park’s principal formal element–the rectilinear promenade that...
