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Listen to WNYC – West Park Discussion

January 15, 2026

Conservancy President Peg Breen joined actor Mark Ruffalo as a guest on the Brian Lehrer Program on WNYC on January 15. They discussed their work to save the landmark West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side.

The Presbytery is seeking permission from the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to sell the Romanesque Revival church to a developer who would replace it with a market-rate tower.


To hear the interview, click on the button above or listen here.

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West Park Presbyterian Church at 86th Street & Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side
Peg Breen & Mark Ruffalo at WYNC – Courtesy of The Center at West Park
At the LPC Hearing, from left – A.J. Lumalcuri, Councilmember Gale Brewer, Conservancy Director of Public Policy Andrea Goldwyn, Conservancy President Peg Breen, Actor & Activist Mark Ruffalo. Photo from Gale Brewer.

 

 

 

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