West Park Church Hearing Raucous But Constructive

By Elizabeth Wu

More than 60 speakers testified before the City Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Uses Tuesday morning about the landmark Read More / Comment »

Landmarks Showdown! History, Money, and Power Collide in Church Battle

This Tuesday at 11 a.m., a City Council committee will consider whether to designate West Park Presbyterian Church on 86th Street as a landmark, and local activists on both sides are expected to pack the room. Westside Independent Writer Matthew Huisman took a look at the church’s history, and the stakes involved. Read More / Comment »

Fierce Battle Over the Future of West Park Presbyterian

The Landmark Preservation Commission’s decision to call West Park Presbyterian Church a landmark was controversial, but now the fight over what to do with the decrepit church is escalating. Read More / Comment »

Private School’s Controversial Addition Approved by LPC

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School’s application to build a rear yard extension on Tuesday over the complaints of neighbors who said that it would change the character or the area, Curbed reported. Read More / Comment »

West Park Presbyterian a Landmark; Bye-Bye Homeless

The Landmarks Preservation Commission decided on Tuesday to declare West Park Presbyterian Church, the beautiful beaten-down church on the corner of 86th Street Read More / Comment »

Fighting to Preserve West End Avenue

By David Xia
It is not the most exalted avenue in New York, nor the most scenic. But residents who live on West End Avenue and historic preservationists want to Read More / Comment »

Landmarks Commission Approves Chabad Proposal

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved a controversial proposal by Chabad of the Upper West Side to build a day school, synagogue and community center in two landmark rowhouses on Read More / Comment »

Mickey Mantle School on 82nd Declared a Landmark

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the Mickey Mantle School/PS 811M, which opened in 1896, as a New York City landmark on Tuesday. Read More / Comment »