Observer
  • Business
  • Art
  • Lifestyle
Newsletters
  • Business
    • Finance
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Policy
    • Wealth
    • Insights
    • Interviews
  • Art
    • Art Fairs
    • Art Market
    • Art Reviews
    • Auctions
    • Galleries
    • Museums
    • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Style
    • Travel
    • Interviews
  • Power Lists
    • Nightlife & Dining
    • Art
    • A.I.
    • PR
  • About
    • About Observer
    • Advertise With Us
    • Reprints
Newsletters

Landmarks

The interior of Julius' bar

Julius’, New York City’s Oldest Gay Bar, May Soon be Designated a Landmark

Julius', NYC's oldest gay bar and site of a historic 1966 "sip-in", will potentially receive landmark status in the next year.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Eiffel Tower before and after coronavirus

A Pandemic Empties the World’s Grandest Public Spaces

Out of necessity, we've abandoned the spaces we'd come to share. Until next time.
By Eric Vilas-Boas

Taylor Swift Can’t Shake Off Her Stalkers

She's had to deal with two separate incidents involving her homes in Beverly Hills and Rhode Island
By Morgan Halberg
The site of the skirmish.

Landmarks West Gets Into It with New York Historian Extraordinaire Kenneth T. Jackson

By Kim Velsey
Bad as-of-right development on the Upper West Side.

Decline of the West: Candidates to Succeed Gale Brewer Really, Really Don’t Like Development

By Stephen Jacob Smith
The proposed historic districts.

Saving the South Village: Commission Considers Landmarks District

By Kim Velsey
Grand Central Station: an example of balancing progress and preservation well. (TravelJapanBlog)

The Station that Started It All: How Grand Central Embodies the Battle Over Midtown East

By Kim Velsey

No Midtown for Old Men: MAS Wants 17 Buildings Saved in Face of Bloomberg’s Big Rezoning

By Matt Chaban
The old Gage & Tollner (NYT)

Gage & Tollner Building Now Houses a Garish Purveyor of Costume Jewelry

By Kim Velsey
Farragut. (Courtesy Library of Congress)

Woodlawn Cemetery Gets Second National Historic Landmark Designation

By M.H. Miller
The Omega Oil sign, on Frederick Douglas and 145th, that started it all. (Courtesy Frank Jump)

Ghost Sign Stories: Photographer Frank Jump Is Haunted By New York’s ‘Fading Ads’

By Kim Velsey
The landmark in question. (Daytonian in Manhattan)

Preservationists Issue Rallying Cry, Prepare to Save Landmarks Law from Big Real Estate

By Matt Chaban
No place for Lefferts Place. (Brooklyn to the Fullest)

Who Says the Landmarks Preservation Commission Is Out of Control? Not Clinton Hill

By Matt Chaban
Well, is it? (Responsible Landmarks Coalition)

The War on Landmarks Moves to Defcon 2: Big Real Estate Forming Big Coalition to Challenge Preservation

By Matt Chaban

The Unlikely Protesters of Park Avenue: Neighbors Wave Sheets at Planned Toll Brothers Tower

By Kim Velsey
MOMath

Landmarks Commission Thinks Museum of Math Design Adds Up

By Elise Knutsen
16 Court Street.

Pinsky Defends Downtown Brooklyn Landmarks Preservation Decision

By Daniel Geiger
Here to stay. (Getty)

Big Real Estate Could Not Knock Down the Downtown Brooklyn Skyscraper District

By Matt Chaban

‘Vornado and Landmarks Sitting in a Tree’ Sings Local Media

By Thornton McEnery
The New York Observer logo in black against a peach background.

Happy 125th Birthday, Lady Liberty! You’re Almost as Popular as Jerry Lewis

By Matt Chaban

Back from the Dead: LPC Approves New Plan for St. Vincent’s

By Matt Chaban

Nice Piece of Glass… But Where’s the Sculpture?!

By Matt Chaban

Where Should We Wave Our Terrible Towel of Shame? [Poll]

By Matt Chaban

Will the West End Avenue Historic District Kill the Upper West Side?

By Matt Chaban
More
  • ART
  • BUSINESS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • POWER LISTS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • RSS FEEDS
  • SITEMAP
  • TERMS
  • PRIVACY
  • REPRINTS
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Settings
  • Do not sell my data
Powered by WordPress VIP

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page