From last Thursday: “Somehow this minivan beached itself on the median concrete divider on 91st and Broadway. A dozen firefighters on the scene scratching their heads in full attire in the ninety plus heat.” Thanks to Amy for the photo and description.
Here are some local stories that made headlines in other media outlets last week.
Two townhouse buildings on 96th could be demolished. “Sackman Enterprises, the under-the-radar owner of a number of Manhattan properties, plans to demolish two Upper West Side townhouses to construct a 13-story building on the site, Department of Buildings records show. The two properties, at 15 and 17 West 96th Street, are four and five stories, respectively, and contain 10 rental units each, StreetEasy shows.” (The Real Deal)
Anchorwoman Ann Curry has been renovating an Upper West Side brownstone for 10 years, and neighbors say she’s been making their lives very difficult. “She hasn’t shown my wife and me a shred of compassion or understanding for the disruption their decade long home renovation caused our neighbors and us,” one said. (Daily Mail)
Madonna sold her Central Park West co-op apartment to a hedge fund manager for less than $20 million, after the Material Girl had listed it for $23.5 million. “It has 15 rooms, including six bedrooms, and two large living rooms with Juliet balconies and French doors opening onto the park, according to a listing by Adam Modlin of the Modlin Group, and Arabella Greene Buckworth of Brown Harris Stevens.” Neighbors in the building had sued Madonna for playing music and dancing. (Wall Street Journal)
Community Board 7 members want to get rid of newspaper boxes on street corners. “‘They’re so dirty that nobody in their right mind would touch them,’ said Marc Glazer, who said he discovered that under city laws it is the Department of Transportation’s responsibility to remove the racks if they are vandalized, dirty, empty or in disrepair…Board member Dan Zweig proposed not only calling on the DOT to take them all out, but to ban them entirely.” The board will consider the proposal on June 4. (DNAinfo)
“The New York Grand Opera Company has scrapped its two summer opera performances at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, citing an increasingly familiar menace: bad weather.” In previous years, the concerts have frequently been rained out. (WQXR)
YThe New York Foundation for Senior Citizens helped an elderly resident of the Apthorp find a roommate. Now they keep each other company in a gorgeous turn-of-the-century apartment for a fraction of the market price. “Linda Hoffman, the foundation’s president, said Holt-Harper’s example shows the importance of the program, which is growing in need. More than 12% of the city’s population is elderly…’This can be a huge financial benefit for both host and guest,’ Hoffman said. ‘But it can be about companionship and helping each other as well.'” (Daily News)
both of the west 96th st. properties are 5 stories tall
Why aren’t the west 96th st townhomes landmarked?
why should they be? Not everything should be landmarked.
why ? because they are classic UWS townhomes (mansions) that we all know and love.
AND
the new building will probably be another bland box.
Yes, but if they were landmarked then no developer would be able to make skads and skads more money by building those bland boxes and selling them to the Bankers just itching to become Upper West Siders. So go look at a picture of a brownstone (or a kiwi, or a Triceratops), and get out of the way of the Hungry Bankers!