Founded | 1985 |
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Founder | Arlene Simon |
Dissolved | N/A |
Type | Educational Advocacy |
13-3363655 | |
Focus | Architecture, Landmarks, Education, Preservation and Peace |
Location |
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Coordinates | 51°29′24″N 0°05′58″W / 51.490127°N 0.099573°W |
Area served | Upper West Side of Manhattan |
Products | N/A |
Services | Charitable services |
Method | Community Organizing |
Members | Unknown |
Owner | N/A |
Key people | Chair of General Council Arlene Simon Executive Director: Kate Wood |
Subsidiaries | N/A |
Revenue | Unknown |
Disbursements | N/A |
Expenses | Unknown |
Endowment | Unknown |
Employees | Unknown |
Volunteers | Unknown |
Website | www |
Formerly called | N/A |
Member of Preservation, Historic, ??? |
Landmark West! is a non-profit advocacy group that identifies and protects historic and landmark buildings and districts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Landmark West! also performs outreach and has an education program to increase awareness and appreciation of neighborhood characteristics.
Landmarks West! is a non-profit advocacy group for historic preservation of architectural and cultural landmarks; as such Landmark West! is park of the Landmarking eco-system, of the landmarking process.
LW domain is the section of Manhattan from 59th Street to 110th Street from the Hudson River to Central Park [West?]??
Landmark West! is the curator [What?] of "nearly 2,700" architectural and cultural landmarks.
http://www.landmarkwest.org/mission.html
selected text from 990:
Landmark West! Is an award-winning community group working to preserve the best of the upper west side's architectural heritage from 59th to lloth streets between central park west and riverside drive. Since 1985, we have worked to achieve landmark status for individual buildings and historic districts. Today, Landmark West! Is the proud curator of the area's nearly 2,700 designated landmarks (up from only 337 in 1985), and continues to promote awareness of these architectural treasures and the urgent need to protect them against insensitive change and demolition.
4a (code ) (expenses$ 2 3 4 1 4 5 2 • including grants of$ ) (revenue$ 7 6 0 9 • ) preservation advocacy: providing advocacy and leadership to protect important historic places on the upper west side; collaboration with preservation organizations throughout new york city to address citywide issues and policies affecting historic places and neighborhood integrity; online resources (www.landmarkwest.org); involving community residents, architects, historians, preservationists, planners, and other volunteers who meet regularly to review applications submitted to the landmarks preservation commission for permits to work on landmark properties; helping businesses and commercial property owners maintain and renovate their storefronts in keeping with the special character of the neighborhood.
Briefly describe the organization's mission. Since 1985, Landmark West!, an award-winning non-profit, has worked to achieve landmark status for individual buildings and historic districts on the upper west side and to protect them from insensitive change and demolition. We are the proud curator of nearly 2,700 .. Form 990, part iii, line l, description of organization mission: designated architectural and cultural landmarks from 59th to lloth streets, central park to riverside park. We are dedicated to building community and promoting awareness of our neighborhood's special character. As the grassroots voice for historic preservation, we pursue a broad range of community activities, including special events and public programs, advocacy, leadership, and on-line resources.
Form 990, part iii, line 4a, program service accomplishments: youth education: school-based "education program, designed to strengthen young people's sense of engagement, ownership, and responsibility toward their community through learning about the built environment; reaching 1,600 students in 12 upper west side schools each year.
Public programs: special events and public programs including walking tours, lectures, workshops, and community gatherings to inform people of all ages about the history and architecture of our neighborhood.
Applicable Categories
edithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Designated_Landmarks_in_Manhattan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Designated_Landmarks_in_Manhattan_from_59th_to_110th_Streets
Avenues in Area
editRiverside Drive
editRiverside Boulevard
editFreedom Place
editWest End Avenue
editBroadway
editAmsterdam Avenue
editColumbus Avenue
editManhattan Avenue
editCentral Park West
editSuper blocks in the District
editAMNH
editLincoln Center
editFordham University
editLincoln Towers
editFrederick Douglass Houses
editHistoric Districts
editCentral Park West Historic Districts
editSimilar Entities:
edit- Historic District Council
- Historic District Council
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Districts_Council
- http://hdc.org/
- Historic District Council
Whoa! Check out this article on the Neighborhood Preservaion Center and it's parent organization
editCheck out this article on the Neighborhood Preservaion Center and it's parent organization is that right parent/child org?
- Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District
- friends-ues.org