Landmark West!, the non-profit UWS group that works to achieve landmark status for neighborhood buildings, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a grand gala.  Purchase tickets to attend the Landmark West! 25th Anniversary Gala, taking place at Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse (66th at Amsterdam) on Tuesday.  Hosted by Tom Brokaw, the gala will [...]

Over 40 volunteers gathered together last Saturday for a day of cleaning to benefit the West-Park Presbyterian Church (86th and Amsterdam).  Preservation Alumni, who helped organize the event, gathered the volunteers together for a day of dusting, washing, sweeping, vacuuming, and dusting.  The church, which was the subject of UWS controversy earlier this year when [...]

The New York Post reports that a battle is brewing over the landmark status of hundreds of Upper West Side buildings. The Landmarks Preservation Commission, part of the New York City government, is considering extending landmark protection to an additional 790 buildings between 70th and 106th west of Broadway, according to the report. At first [...]

DNAinfo reports that West-Park Presbyterian Church, the recently landmarked building whose preservation has been a subject of passionate debate in the last few months, has been placed for sale.  The church’s senior pastor claims that they have no choice but to sell the 125-year-old building, located on 86th and Amsterdam, unless the City Council intervenes.  [...]

It was a win for preservationists on Tuesday when the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission gave the West-Park Presbyterian Church (86th at Amsterdam) landmark status.  The 116-year-old church building has been surrounded in controversy for years, with battles erupting between preservationists and church officials, who were considering making way for new real estate development to help [...]