Midtown

Manhattan , NY

Midtown is home to some of the city’s most iconic buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the headquarters of the United Nations, as well as the Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square.

Midtown is sometimes split into three sections including Midtown West and Midtown East.

Midtown is sometimes split into three sections including Midtown West and Midtown East.

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Preservation Activity

Apr 30, 2013

East Midtown- Joint letter to Chair Tierney from HDC, NYLC, and MAS

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Feb 21, 2018

LPC Should Evaluate 270 Park Avenue as a Landmark

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May 11, 2016

Proposed East Midtown Rezoning

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May 11, 2016

East Midtown Rezoning- List of Designated Buildings

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Martin Erdmann House
57-59 East 55th Street, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 The Martin Erdmann House is an outstanding example of a fashionable English Renaissance Revival town house LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 The Martin Erdmann House is an outstanding example of a fashionable English Renaissance Revival town house LEARN MORE
Minnie E. Young House
19-21 East 54th Street, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 Designed by classically-trained architects, the house reflects the upper class tastes and preferences of wealthy New LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 Designed by classically-trained architects, the house reflects the upper class tastes and preferences of wealthy New LEARN MORE
18 East 41st Street Building
18 East 41st Street, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 18 East 41st Street is an early skyscraper with a striking white, beige and blue terra-cotta facade. LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 18 East 41st Street is an early skyscraper with a striking white, beige and blue terra-cotta facade. LEARN MORE
Hampton Shops Building
18-20 East 50th Street, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 Designed in the neo-Gothic or Perpendicular Gothic style, it has an 11-story tripartite facade clad with grey LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 Designed in the neo-Gothic or Perpendicular Gothic style, it has an 11-story tripartite facade clad with grey LEARN MORE
Yale Club of New York City Building
30-32 West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 The former Yale Club of New York City Building is located along “Clubhouse Row,” West 44th Street LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 The former Yale Club of New York City Building is located along “Clubhouse Row,” West 44th Street LEARN MORE
Pershing Square Building
125 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 The Lombard Revival-style Pershing Square Building anchors a prominent corner directly across 42nd Street from Grand Central LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 The Lombard Revival-style Pershing Square Building anchors a prominent corner directly across 42nd Street from Grand Central LEARN MORE
Graybar Building
420 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 While the powerful stepped massing conforms to the 1916 zoning resolution that required structures to setback as LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 While the powerful stepped massing conforms to the 1916 zoning resolution that required structures to setback as LEARN MORE
Shelton Hotel
525 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 Even while it was under construction the Shelton Hotel was recognized as the first successful embodiment of LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 Even while it was under construction the Shelton Hotel was recognized as the first successful embodiment of LEARN MORE
Hotel Lexington

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated November 22, 2016 *The Hotel Lexington is one of the premiere hotels constructed along the noted “hotel alley” stretch of LEARN MORE
Designated November 22, 2016 *The Hotel Lexington is one of the premiere hotels constructed along the noted “hotel alley” stretch of LEARN MORE
Citicorp Center (now 601 Lexington Avenue) including Saint Peter’s Church
601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA

STATUS: Designated Individual Landmark

Aaron Dexter, Aaron Douglas, Abolitionist, Academic ... VIEW ALL

Designated December 6, 2016 Commissioned by First National City Bank (now Citibank), the 915-foot-tall office tower is one of New York LEARN MORE
Designated December 6, 2016 Commissioned by First National City Bank (now Citibank), the 915-foot-tall office tower is one of New York LEARN MORE