Church of the Fourth Universalist Society Architect: William Appleton Potter. Built: 1897-1898.  160 Central Park West.

Put on your Easter bonnet,

clean out your chametz*,

then put on your walking shoes

for a family outing with 

LANDMARK WEST's free WALKING TOUR app!  

After you hunt down your Easter eggs or afikomen**, go on a hunt for the great landmarks and religious sites of the Upper West Side.

DOWNLOAD your free copy of the LANDMARK WEST! Walking Tour app for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, and experience the rich combination of history and architecture that people of all faiths have been discovering for over one hundred (100) years, and view the neighborhood as it appeared a century ago!  Spring is finally here, so while you've got the family gathered for the holidays, take an outing to explore one of America's great neighborhoods!

(*Chametz- The Torah commands Jews not to eat or possess chametz during the week of Passover. Chametz is any of the five grains -- wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye -- which has come into contact with water for more than 18 minutes.)

(**Afikomen- A piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoh set before the leader of a seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder receiving a reward.) 

Here are 18 more reasons to download

LANDMARK WEST's new free walking tour app

for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch!

LANDMARK WEST! has put together this map of UWS religious sites to help you target religious sites along or near the walking tour.  DOWNLOAD the free app by clicking here, EXPLORE the UWS and these great landmark and/or religious sites, then EMAIL US!

Giving your opinion has never been so easy!

Send your comments to landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org, and just for telling us what you think of our fun new app, LANDMARK WEST! will say "thanks!" with one complementary ticket to an upcoming 2011 public program.***  It's so easy!  

*** A limited number of complementary tickets will be honored per event.  Advance reservations required.

 

Religious Institutions on the Map

1. Congregation Shearith Israel,  8 W. 70th St.  
2. Grace and St. Paul's Church,  123 W. 72nd St.
3. Church of the Blessed Sacrament,  152 W. 71st St. 
4. (demolished) Church of the Blessed Sacrament,  152 W. 71st St.
5. (demolished) Christ Church,  211 W. 71st St. 
6. Manhattan Chinese Baptist Church,  236 W. 72nd St. 
7. Rutgers Presbyterian Church,  236 W. 73rd St.
8. (demolished) Rutgers Riverside Presbyterian Church,  2095 Broadway
9. Manhattan Congregational Church,  2162 Broadway 
10. (demolished) Manhattan Congregational Church,  2162 Broadway
11. West Side Institutional Synagogue,  120 W. 76th St.
12. Church of the Fourth Universalist Society,  160 Central Park West 
13. (demolished) Mount Neboh Synagogue,  130 W. 79th St.
14. First Baptist Church,  265 W. 79th St.
15. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church,  142 W. 81st St.
16. Congregation Rodeph Sholom,  7 W. 83rd St.
17. (demolished) St. Matthew's Church,  26 W. 84th St.
18. Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy,  26 W. 84th St.