LPC To Review Proposal For Renovations to West 85th Street Playground on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review plans for the reconstruction of the West 85th Street Playground, located within Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Led by the Central Park Conservancy, the project aims to modernize the play area formerly known as the Spector Playground, while making it more accessible and inclusive for various mobility needs.

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Anagram Wraps Up at 1 West 60th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Construction is wrapping up on Anagram, a 25-story residential at 1 West 60th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by INC Architecture & Design with SLCE Architects as the architect of record and developed by Global Holdings Management Group, the 281-foot-tall structure spans 180,813 square feet and yield 123 market-rate and affordable housing units with interiors by The Setting, as well as 20,000 square feet of retail space on the first two levels. Pavarini McGovern is the general contractor and DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the façade consultant for the property, which is alternately addressed as 1841 Broadway and located at the corner of Broadway and West 60th Street, just north of Columbus Circle and the southwest corner of Central Park.

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