The last Bloomingdale Asylum building of what used to be called Macy Villa is now known as Buell Hall on Columbia University’s campus located at 515 W 116th Street in Morningside Heights. Photo: Alessia Girardin A Building at Columbia University used to be part of a 19th Century Insane Asylum Columbia University’s Buell Hall is currently a gallery space and academic building for the Department of Architecture. Who... News 02 Jun 2023 | 12:10
The building where it all happens. Screenshot via Zoom The UWS Landmark Behind ‘Only Murders In The Building’ If you’ve stuck around the Upper West Side long enough, your memory of an earlier era of apartments may have been jogged... News 09 Dec 2022 | 03:42
West-Park Presbyterian Church, at the corner of West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Photo courtesy of the church West-Park Lawsuit Ups The Ante The dwindling congregation that owns the West-Park Presbyterian Church, on the corner of West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue,... News 24 Aug 2022 | 05:36
Screenshot showing some of the structural concerns with the church. Photo: Zoe Kava No Word Yet on West-Park Church Following a July 19 Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting to discuss West-Park Presbyterian Church, no decisions will... News 20 Jul 2022 | 06:24
CB7 voted during a full-board meeting on Tuesday night to pass a resolution in opposition of West-Park Presbyterian Church’s hardship application. Photo: Abigail Gruskin CB7 Votes Down West-Park Presbyterian Church Hardship Application Neither side is letting up in a battle over the West-Park Presbyterian Church, an Upper West Side landmark deemed exemplary... News 10 Jun 2022 | 04:08
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. Photo: Zoe Kava A Push to Restore Iconic Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Following the celebration of Memorial Day, many Upper West Siders are seeking to honor our service members in a new way –... News 03 Jun 2022 | 09:21
Protective scaffolding has surrounded West-Park Presbyterian Church for over 20 years. Photo courtesy of West-Park Presbyterian Church CB7 Preservation Committee Shoots Down UWS Church’s Landmark Hardship Application Late on Thursday evening, Community Boards 7’s preservation committee voted to stamp a seal of disapproval on West-Park Presbyterian... News 07 May 2022 | 12:36
The West-Park Presbyterian Church was deemed a landmark in 2010. Photo courtesy of the West-Park Presbyterian Church A ‘David Versus Goliath’ Dispute Over West-Park Presbyterian Church A battle is brewing on the Upper West Side over an architectural piece of history: the West-Park Presbyterian Church. The... News 15 Apr 2022 | 09:18
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
