Landmark West!
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Historic preservation, programs, and education on the UWS since 1985.
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🎉 Landmark West! turns 40! 🎉
This is a BIG year. Not only is it 60 years since the Landmark's Law, but also the 40th birthday of Landmark West! For 4 decades, we have been proud to protect, preserve, and celebrate the historic architecture and heritage of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. 🏛️❤️
This is a BIG year. Not only is it 60 years since the Landmark's Law, but also the 40th birthday of Landmark West! For 4 decades, we have been proud to protect, preserve, and celebrate the historic architecture and heritage of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. 🏛️❤️
April 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🎉 Landmark West! turns 40! 🎉
This is a BIG year. Not only is it 60 years since the Landmark's Law, but also the 40th birthday of Landmark West! For 4 decades, we have been proud to protect, preserve, and celebrate the historic architecture and heritage of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. 🏛️❤️
This is a BIG year. Not only is it 60 years since the Landmark's Law, but also the 40th birthday of Landmark West! For 4 decades, we have been proud to protect, preserve, and celebrate the historic architecture and heritage of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. 🏛️❤️
Free Event!
May 7 @ 7 PM
7 W. 83rd St.
LW! invites you to celebrate the art and architecture of the synagogues of the UWS. Our friends at Rodeph Sholom have graciously offered to host this special event. This FREE illustrated lecture is part of LW!'s 40th Anniversary.
May 7 @ 7 PM
7 W. 83rd St.
LW! invites you to celebrate the art and architecture of the synagogues of the UWS. Our friends at Rodeph Sholom have graciously offered to host this special event. This FREE illustrated lecture is part of LW!'s 40th Anniversary.
April 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Free Event!
May 7 @ 7 PM
7 W. 83rd St.
LW! invites you to celebrate the art and architecture of the synagogues of the UWS. Our friends at Rodeph Sholom have graciously offered to host this special event. This FREE illustrated lecture is part of LW!'s 40th Anniversary.
May 7 @ 7 PM
7 W. 83rd St.
LW! invites you to celebrate the art and architecture of the synagogues of the UWS. Our friends at Rodeph Sholom have graciously offered to host this special event. This FREE illustrated lecture is part of LW!'s 40th Anniversary.
The Metro Theater’s recent acquisition signals the long-awaited revival of an UWS staple. But little is known about how long renovations will take to allow the public in once again, or what the renovated theatre will look like in the end. To read more, visit the Boulevard page!
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Metro Theater’s recent acquisition signals the long-awaited revival of an UWS staple. But little is known about how long renovations will take to allow the public in once again, or what the renovated theatre will look like in the end. To read more, visit the Boulevard page!
It's back! Tom Miller's long awaited "Stubborn Survivors: The Holdouts of West End Avenue" is rescheduled! Join us 3/26 to hear about WEA's eccentric leftovers—once refined rowhouses now vised between soaring apartment buildings in a suprising streetscape. landmarkwest.tickets...
Stubborn Survivors: The Holdouts of West End Avenue
In the early 20th c., West End Ave changed from private homes to upscale apartments. Blogger/historian Tom Miller (The "Daytonian in Manhattan") explores these stubborn holdouts--who lived there then and what life is like now. 3/26 landmarkwest.org
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March 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's back! Tom Miller's long awaited "Stubborn Survivors: The Holdouts of West End Avenue" is rescheduled! Join us 3/26 to hear about WEA's eccentric leftovers—once refined rowhouses now vised between soaring apartment buildings in a suprising streetscape. landmarkwest.tickets...
Ricardo Scofidio (1935-2025)
Landmark West! is saddened by the loss of visionary architect Ricardo Scofidio. He is known most for his work with the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which he co-founded alongside his wife, Elizabeth Diller, and partner, Charles Renfro.
Landmark West! is saddened by the loss of visionary architect Ricardo Scofidio. He is known most for his work with the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which he co-founded alongside his wife, Elizabeth Diller, and partner, Charles Renfro.
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ricardo Scofidio (1935-2025)
Landmark West! is saddened by the loss of visionary architect Ricardo Scofidio. He is known most for his work with the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which he co-founded alongside his wife, Elizabeth Diller, and partner, Charles Renfro.
Landmark West! is saddened by the loss of visionary architect Ricardo Scofidio. He is known most for his work with the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which he co-founded alongside his wife, Elizabeth Diller, and partner, Charles Renfro.
On 3/12, Dr. Paula Uruburu takes on the true crime podcast! An expert in historic places and their scandals, she offers aforensic analysis of Only Murders in the Building and its place in the cultural phenomenon of the true crime podcast. landmarkwest.tickets...
(Not Only) Murders and Their Buildings: The True Crime Podcast Phenomenon
Get tickets online for (Not Only) Murders and Their Buildings: The True Crime Podcast Phenomenon at landmarkwest.org/pubicprograms
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March 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On 3/12, Dr. Paula Uruburu takes on the true crime podcast! An expert in historic places and their scandals, she offers aforensic analysis of Only Murders in the Building and its place in the cultural phenomenon of the true crime podcast. landmarkwest.tickets...
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When it opened in 1900 the Wollaston was said to be in “the choicest and most convenient section of the West Side.” www.westsiderag.com/2025/02/21/w...
When the Wollaston Goes, So Does Another Piece of UWS History
A 1900 ad for the Wollaston. Photo from The New York Tribune By Pam Tice Demolition was announced last summer
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February 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When it opened in 1900 the Wollaston was said to be in “the choicest and most convenient section of the West Side.” www.westsiderag.com/2025/02/21/w...
Mark your calendars for our next event! Join us on the 27th at 6pm as historian Rob Garber reconstructs a slide from money to murder in Bloomingdale. Get your tickets here: landmarkwest.tickets...
The Man with the Mercury Hammer
Now forgotten, the uber-wealthy Dixon clan of NYC declined through a succession of disastrous marriages to cranks, schemers, and even a killer! From Gilded Age UWS to Alaska during the Gold Rush. 2/27 via Zoom. landmarkwest.org/publicprograms.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Mark your calendars for our next event! Join us on the 27th at 6pm as historian Rob Garber reconstructs a slide from money to murder in Bloomingdale. Get your tickets here: landmarkwest.tickets...
Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth on the Upper West Side by heading to our blog! There you'll read about the often-forgotten (sometimes by design) history of Black neighborhoods, artists, and entrepreneurs that flourished on the West Side.
February 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth on the Upper West Side by heading to our blog! There you'll read about the often-forgotten (sometimes by design) history of Black neighborhoods, artists, and entrepreneurs that flourished on the West Side.
Happy #AdoorableThursday! This week, let's celebrate with the beautiful ionic columns outside 300 West 107th Street, aka 955 West End Avenue. This Renaissance Revival apartment building was designed by George F. Pelham and built between 1898-1899. www.landmarkwest.org/building/bui...
January 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Happy #AdoorableThursday! This week, let's celebrate with the beautiful ionic columns outside 300 West 107th Street, aka 955 West End Avenue. This Renaissance Revival apartment building was designed by George F. Pelham and built between 1898-1899. www.landmarkwest.org/building/bui...
Join us on Zoom on the 30th for a special behind-the-scenes look at the hidden sculptures on St. John the Divine's unfinished South Tower! Photojournalist Robert F. Rodriguez will show us his rare documentation of these carved treasures. landmarkwest.ticketspice.com/voices-of-th...
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Join us on Zoom on the 30th for a special behind-the-scenes look at the hidden sculptures on St. John the Divine's unfinished South Tower! Photojournalist Robert F. Rodriguez will show us his rare documentation of these carved treasures. landmarkwest.ticketspice.com/voices-of-th...
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let's explore this memorial to his works and legacy right here on the Upper West Side. William Tarr designed this massive cube momument at his namesake high school on West 66th Street in 1973.
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let's explore this memorial to his works and legacy right here on the Upper West Side. William Tarr designed this massive cube momument at his namesake high school on West 66th Street in 1973.
#OnThisDay in 1755 (or maybe it was 1757), Alexander Hamilton was born. Of course, many people know his story through the hit musical about his life. But did you know that he also has a statue in Central Park? It was donated by Hamilton's son John in 1880. www.landmarkwest.org...
January 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#OnThisDay in 1755 (or maybe it was 1757), Alexander Hamilton was born. Of course, many people know his story through the hit musical about his life. But did you know that he also has a statue in Central Park? It was donated by Hamilton's son John in 1880. www.landmarkwest.org...
Happy #AdoorableThursday! Today we celebrate with the beautiful wooden doors of 154 West 94th Street, an 1899 building developed by Constance Torburg. Just look at the beautiful dentil detailing above the entrance! www.landmarkwest.org/building/154...
January 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy #AdoorableThursday! Today we celebrate with the beautiful wooden doors of 154 West 94th Street, an 1899 building developed by Constance Torburg. Just look at the beautiful dentil detailing above the entrance! www.landmarkwest.org/building/154...
The true-life story of Ella Wendel and her six sisters is extraordinary—it gives Dickens’ Great Expectations a run for its money in depictions of fabulous wealth, reclusive spinsters, and the faded grandeur of a Gilded Age mansion.
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The true-life story of Ella Wendel and her six sisters is extraordinary—it gives Dickens’ Great Expectations a run for its money in depictions of fabulous wealth, reclusive spinsters, and the faded grandeur of a Gilded Age mansion.
3...2...1...Happy New Year! Here's wishing you a 2025 filled with community, happiness, and, of course, preservation!
January 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
3...2...1...Happy New Year! Here's wishing you a 2025 filled with community, happiness, and, of course, preservation!
Wishing you the happiest of holidays, from our team here at Landmark West!. This year and every year, we will raise a toast to our incredible neighborhood and community.
December 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Wishing you the happiest of holidays, from our team here at Landmark West!. This year and every year, we will raise a toast to our incredible neighborhood and community.
Got any last minute holiday shopping to do? Look no further! We recently launched our first merch shop with Worx Printing, a worker owned union co-op. We have t-shirts, tote bags, and mugs available now to show off your Upper West Side pride! shop.worxprinting.co...
December 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Got any last minute holiday shopping to do? Look no further! We recently launched our first merch shop with Worx Printing, a worker owned union co-op. We have t-shirts, tote bags, and mugs available now to show off your Upper West Side pride! shop.worxprinting.co...
The holidays are just around the corner, and today we are celebrating on Columbus Avenue! Meet three neighbors and business owners bringing cheer to the Avenue this year.
December 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM
The holidays are just around the corner, and today we are celebrating on Columbus Avenue! Meet three neighbors and business owners bringing cheer to the Avenue this year.
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The designers meticulously sourced new stone from the same Maine quarry as the original granite. www.westsiderag.com/2024/12/16/r...
Restored Riverside Drive Staircase Reopens on 106th Street; 'It's Gorgeous!'
The designers meticulously sourced new stone from the same Maine quarry as the original granite.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM
The designers meticulously sourced new stone from the same Maine quarry as the original granite. www.westsiderag.com/2024/12/16/r...
Meet your neighbors on 72nd Street! This holiday season, let's celebrate close to home by highlighting the local restaurants and businesses that bring us cheer all year round.
December 13, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Meet your neighbors on 72nd Street! This holiday season, let's celebrate close to home by highlighting the local restaurants and businesses that bring us cheer all year round.
John Tauranac has lived on the Upper West Side for most of his life, and in the same apartment building at 900 West End Avenue for over fifty years. Suffice it to say that when he leaves home and heads for the IRT at 103rd Street, he has a pretty good sense of where he’s going.
December 12, 2024 at 8:35 PM
John Tauranac has lived on the Upper West Side for most of his life, and in the same apartment building at 900 West End Avenue for over fifty years. Suffice it to say that when he leaves home and heads for the IRT at 103rd Street, he has a pretty good sense of where he’s going.
The holiday spirit has hit the Upper West Side! We couldn't resist a visit to the tree stand on the corner of Columbus & 67th to brighten up this dreary winter day. A festive friend even accompanied us back to the office!
What are your favorite neighborhood holiday decorations?
What are your favorite neighborhood holiday decorations?
December 9, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The holiday spirit has hit the Upper West Side! We couldn't resist a visit to the tree stand on the corner of Columbus & 67th to brighten up this dreary winter day. A festive friend even accompanied us back to the office!
What are your favorite neighborhood holiday decorations?
What are your favorite neighborhood holiday decorations?