Beaux-Arts style
HDC@LPC May 14, 2013
Item 21 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 140637- Block 571, lot 7502- 22 East 14th Street – Baumann Brothers Furniture Store, Individual Landmark A store and loft building, designed by David and John Jardine and built in 1880-81, combining elements of the neo-Classical, neo-Grec and Queen Anne style. Application is to establish a Master [...]
HDC@LPC – February 26, 2013
Item 14 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 136229- Block 230, lot 5- 321 Canal Street – SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District A Federal style rowhouse built in 1821, altered in the mid-19th century to accommodate a commercial ground floor. Application is to alter the façade and install new storefront infill, replace windows and alter the [...]
HDC@LPC – January 22, 2013
Item 17 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 138879- Block 1257, lot 1- 476 Fifth Avenue – The New York Public Library, Individual Landmark A Beaux-Arts style library building designed by Carrere & Hastings and built in a 1898-1911. Application is to install rooftop mechanical equipment, replace windows, modify a window opening and modify the [...]
HDC@LPC – August 14, 2012
Item 8 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 130009- Block 46, lot 3- 100 Broadway – American Surety Company Building, Individual Landmark A neo-Renaissance style office building designed by Bruce Price and built in 1894-96, and enlarged in the 1920s with additions designed by Herman Lee Meader. Application is to alter the façade and install [...]
HDC@LPC Testimony – August 7, 2012
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 129685- Block 149, lot 150- 39-38 47th Street – Sunnyside Gardens Historic District A brick rowhouse with Colonial Revival style details designed by Clarence Stein, Henry Wright and Frederick Ackerman and built in 1925. Application is to legalize the installation of a retaining wall at the front [...]
HDC@LPC Testimony June 19, 2012
Item 29 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 130104- Block 829, lot 36- 236-238 5th Avenue – Madison Square North Historic District A Beaux-Arts style loft building designs by Buchman and Fox and built in 1906-1907. Application is to legalize the installation of windows without LPC permits. HDC finds that the windows are not up [...]
May 15, 2012
DESIGNATION TESTIMONY Item 1 LP – 2087 BOROUGH OF QUEENS BRINCKERHOFF CEMETERY, 60-65 182nd Street The LPC does not just designate sites for what they are, but sees landmarks for what they could be. Just as a building can be restored to its former glory, so too could the Brinckerhoff Cemetery, the last link this [...]
March 27, 2012
ITEMS TO BE HEARD FOR DESIGNATION: Item 1 LP – 2510 BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN YORKVILLE BANK BUILDING, 1511 Third Avenue HDC is happy to support the designation of the Yorkville Bank Building as an individual landmark. The elegant Italian Renaissance Revival-style building is not only a handsome addition to Third Avenue’s streetscape, it is also [...]
March 20, 2012
Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 128751- Block 1145, lot 8- 611 Vanderbilt Avenue – Prospect Heights Historic District A Renaissance Revival style store and flats building designed by Peter M. Cassidy and built in c. 1893. Application is to legalize the replacement of storefront infill and an exterior security gate without LPC [...]
March 6, 2012
Public Meeting Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Manhattan 127674- Block 180, lot 29- 7 Harrison Street – TriBeCa West Historic District A Renaissance Revival style store and loft building designed by William Schickel and built in 1893-94. Application is to install new storefront infill, add a canopy, alter the facades, and construct a [...]
