#Preservationists have a vested interest in UWS church fight

#Preservationists have a vested interest in UWS church fight

“Preservationists have a vested interest in UWS church fight” Preservation and landmarking disputes sometimes make for hard choices. Whether to raze crumbling West-Park Presbyterian Church at Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street might not be the easiest call at first glance. The pretty, 140-year old, Romanesque-Revival structure is a rare grace note amidst mostly drab surroundings. But the…

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#NYC neighborhood fights to save Underground Railroad site

#NYC neighborhood fights to save Underground Railroad site

“#NYC neighborhood fights to save Underground Railroad site” Clad in fake stoneface and mostly shorn of its old clapboard and ornament, the dingy, two story house at Riverside Drive and 159th Street isn’t much to look at. But a group of neighbors, preservationists, historians and local politicians believe it was once a stop on New…

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