Proposed East Midtown Rezoning – Proposed Individual Landmarks

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HDC Identifies Buildings of Interest in the East Midtown Rezoning Area.

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They have been separated into five different building types:

Residential:

: (1) Minnie Young Residence 19 East 54th Street Hiss & Weekes, 1899 Built FAR: 6.18 proposed 18

: (2) Martin Erdmann Residence (now Friar’s Club), 57 East 55th Street Taylor & Levi 1908-09 Built FAR:4.38 proposed 14.4

: (3) 39 East 51st Street York & Sawyer, 1902-03 Built FAR:3.63 proposed 14.4

Hotels:

: (1) Beverly Hotel (now Benjamin Hotel) 125 East 50th Street Emery Roth & Sylvan Bien, 1927 Built FAR:18.48 proposed 18

: (2) Montclair Hotel (now W New York Hotel) 541 Lexington Avenue Emery Roth, 1927-28 Built FAR: 12.84 proposed 13

: Montclair Hotel (now W New York Hotel) 541 Lexington Avenue (detail) Emery Roth, 1927-28 Built FAR: 12.84 proposed 13

: (3) Shelton Hotel (now Marriot East Side Hotel) 525 Lexington Avenue Arthur Loomis Harmon, 1922-23 Built FAR: 18.12 proposed 18

: (4) Lexington Hotel, 509 Lexington Avenue Schultze & Weaver 1928-29 Built FAR: 17.95 proposed 21.6

: (5) Barclay Hotel, 111 East 48th Street Cross & Cross, 1926 Built FAR: 10.39 proposed 21.6

: Barclay Hotel Marquee, 111 East 48th Street Cross & Cross, 1926 Built FAR: 10.39 proposed 21.6

: (6) Roosevelt Hotel, 45 East 45th Street George B. Post 1924 Built FAR: 13.81 proposed 24

Institutional:

: (1) The Brook, 111-131 East 54th Street Delano & Aldrich 1925 Built FAR: 4.09 proposed 14.4 or 21.6

: (2) The Bible House (now Svenska Kyrkan), 5 East 48th Street Built 1871; Alt. by Wilfred Anthony 1921 Built FAR: 3.99 proposed 14.4

: (3) Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue James Gamble Rogers 1915 Built FAR: 19.21 proposed 24

: (4) Chemist Club (now Dylan Hotel), 50-52 East 41st Street York & Sawyer, 1910 Built FAR: 11.2 proposed 21.6

Pre-War Commercial/Office Buildings

: (1) American Encaustic Tile Company 16 East 41st Street Rich & Mathesius, 1922 Built FAR: 3.73 proposed 21.6

: (2) 18-20 East 41st Street George & Edward Blum, 1912 Built FAR 18.78 proposed 21.6

: 18-20 East 41st Street (detail) George & Edward Blum, 1912-14

: (3) 22-24 East 41st Street George & Edward Blum 1912-14 Built FAR: 2.93 proposed 21.6

: ( 4) 299 Madison Avenue Hill & Stout, 1912-13 Built FAR: 13.18 proposed 21.6

: (5) Pershing Square Building ,100 East 42nd Street York & Sawyer, 1923 Built FAR: 20.92 proposed 21.6

: (6) Graybar Building, 420 Lexington Avenue Sloan & Robertson, 1927 Built FAR: 18.2 Proposed 24

: (7) Postum Building, 250 Park Avenue Cross & Cross, 1923 Built FAR: 17.81 Proposed 21.6

: (8) 400 Madison Avenue H. Craig Severance, 1929 Built FAR 16.27 Proposed 21.6

: 400 Madison Avenue (detail) H. Craig Severance, 1929 Built FAR: 16.27 proposed 21.6

: 400 Madison Avenue (detail) H. Craig Severance, 1929 Built FAR 16.27 Proposed 21.6

Post-War Commercial/Office Building

: (1) American Distillers Building, 99 Park Avenue Emery Roth & Sons, 1952 Built FAR: 20.68 proposed 21.6

: (2) 355 Lexington Avenue Emery Roth & Sons, 1955 Built FAR: 16.02 proposed 21.6

: (3) Lord Memorial Building, Children’s Aid Society 150 East 45th Street Gibbons & Heidtmann, 1950 (four floors added in 1967) Built FAR: 4.32 proposed 21.6

: (4) 711 Third Avenue William Lescaze & Associates, 1956 Built FAR: 14.07 proposed 18

: (5) Girl Scouts of America, 830 3rd Avenue Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Roy O. Allen & William T. Meyer), 1957 Built FAR: 13.44 proposed 18

: (6) Union Carbide Corporation Headquarters 270 Park Avenue Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1955, Built 1957-60 Gordon Bunshaft, Design Partner, Natalie de Blois, Senior Designer Built FAR: 16.82 proposed 21.6

: (7) Bankers Trust, 280 Park Avenue Emery & Sons, 1960-1963 Built FAR: 15.34 proposed 21.6

: (8) 400 Park Avenue Emery Roth & Sons, 1955 Built FAR: 17.08 proposed 21.6

: (9) Chase Manhattan Bank, 410 Park Avenue Emery Roth and Sons with Skidmore Owings & Merrill, 1956; completed 1959 Built FAR: 20.2 proposed 21.6

: (10) Universal Building, 445 Park Avenue Kahn & Jacobs, 1946 Built FAR: 17.5 proposed 21.6

: (11) 532 Madison Avenue Horace Ginsbern & Associates, 1957-58 Built FAR: 8.17 proposed 18

: (12) Hoffman Auto Display Room (interior), 430 Park Avenue Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954 Built FAR: 16.39 proposed 21.6

: Hoffman Auto Display Room (interior), 430 Park Avenue Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954 Built FAR: 16.39 proposed 21.6

Additional Buildings of Concern:

The original survey HDC conducts resulted in a list of 78 buildings, from that list it was refined down to 46, and then again to the final 33. Although they did not make the final list there are still 13 buildings that HDC believes deserve recognition as being under threat from he proposed zoning. You can view a list of those buildings here.