The Building Dept slapped a stop work order on crane work after 70 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from it onto West 66th St. near Central Park. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Major Oil Spill at Lux Condo Site Draws Crane Stop Order, Fine A 70 gallon diesel oil spill on December 27 at a controversial luxury condo tower construction project overlooking Central... Home 29 Dec 2022 | 04:33
Lori Zabar’s book, published in May. Photo via Zabar’s Instagram. Lox of Love for Zabar’s Zabar’s customers have their favorites. An onion bagel with nova, capers, red onion and scallion cream cheese. A cinnamon... News 09 Sep 2022 | 04:14
Starbucks Reserve is going in where Longchamps once was. Photo: Michael Oreskes Saving the Starbucks Stairway Preservationists demanded that the Empire State Building and its new tenant, Starbucks, reveal their plans for an historic... News 26 Aug 2022 | 12:44
San Juan Hill street scene. Photo courtesy of Landmark West Uncovering the Stories of San Juan Hill If you’ve never heard of a New York City neighborhood called San Juan Hill, you’re probably not alone. Landmark West, a community-based... News 19 Jun 2022 | 10:26
A rendering of Grand Central Station with the lower levels of Project Commodore in the background. Image courtesy of SOM Politics and Preservation As the city’s mayoral candidates continue to debate the issues most urgent to New Yorkers, a group of New York’s preservationist... News 05 Apr 2021 | 12:45
The personal studio apartment in Sixty-Seventh Street Studios of artist Henry Ranger, who co-planned the building. Photo: Architectural Record Revisiting the History of the West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Landmark West! — a nonprofit that advocates for the preservation of Upper West Side buildings and districts as landmarks... News 23 Jan 2021 | 05:00
A rendering of the future home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the former Christian Science church on Central Park West on 96th Street. ( Rendering: Courtesy of CMOM / FXCollaborative)) LPC Approves CMOM’s New Design UWS residents were initially thrilled with the idea that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) had a found a new home... News 22 Jun 2020 | 10:59
A rendering of the future home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the former Christian Science church on Central Park West on 96th Street. It shows a new roof atop the landmark, complete with a walkway and performance space, as well as new transparent windows that would replace the 120-year-old stained-glass windows. ( Rendering: Courtesy of CMOM / FXCollaborative) Raise High the Roof Beam, CMOM Upper West Siders rolled out the welcome mat in early 2018 when it was revealed that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan had... News 11 Feb 2020 | 11:05
