Thanks to you and many other concerned New Yorkers, last February the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) finally calendared West-Park Presbyterian Church for possible designation as an official NYC Landmark. Now, more than 20 years after not including this building in the Upper West Side/Central Park Historic District (first heard in 1988, designated in 1990), the LPC has named the day for West-Park’s long-awaited public hearing: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (time tba)!
Mark your calendars for a “double header ” because on the same day, the LPC will hold a public hearing to consider designating the original Interborough Rapid (IRT) Transit Powerhouse, also a landmark decades in the making. The Powerhouse was first heard back in 1979 and again in 1991 – with your support, the third time should be the charm!
Rarely is there the opportunity to speak up simultaneously for two such worthy – and overdue – landmarks in waiting. Please make every effort to join us on July 14 to celebrate these buildings as they get their much-anticipated day in the sun. You are the key to ensuring West-Park and the Powerhouse get the happy ending they deserve! Please read on for tips on contacting Mayor Bloomberg, the LPC and other important decision-makers. They need to hear from you!
For information about these buildings’ architectural, historical and cultural significance, please follow the links below…
West-Park Presbyterian Church (northeast corner of West 86th Street & Amsterdam Avenue)
“…unquestionably one of the most beautiful religious structures on the Upper West Side…” ~ Andrew S. Dolkart
Original IRT Powerhouse (West 58-59th Street between Eleventh & Twelfth Avenues)
“If the Woolworth Building is a Cathedral of Commerce, this is a Palace of Power.” ~ David Garrard Lowe
Please write letters of support (one each for West-Park and the Powerhouse) and send to:
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
Go to http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
and type your message
212-788-2460 (fax)
Hon. Robert B. Tierney, Chair
NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1 Centre Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10007
212-669-7955 (fax)
Hon. Gale A. Brewer
NYC Council Member
563 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10024
212-513-7717 (fax)
Hon. Christine Quinn
NYC Council Speaker
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
212-564-7347 (fax)
Hon. Jessica Lappin
NYC Council Member & Landmarks Committee Chair
336 East 73rd Street (Suite C)
New York, NY 10021
212-535-6098 (fax)
Please send copies of your letters to landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org , 212-875-0209 (fax)
Other key officials who need to hear from you:
Hon. Jerrold Nadler
US Congressman
201 Varick Street, Suite 669
New York, NY 10014
http://www.house.gov/nadler/emailform.shtml
212-367-7356 (fax)
Hon. Scott R. Stringer
Manhattan Borough President
1 Centre Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10007
212-669-4900 (fax)
Hon. Linda B. Rosenthal
NYS Assembly Member
230 West 72nd Street, Ste 2F
New York, NY 10023
212-873-6520 (fax)
Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman (West-Park only)
NYS Senator
80 Bennett Avenue, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10033
212-929-0396 (fax)
Hon. Thomas K. Duane (Powerhouse only)
NYS Senator
322 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10001
212-633-8096 (fax)
