Testimony for Ditmas Park West Historic District

LP-2693 Ditmas Park West Historic District ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION  The proposed Ditmas Park West Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the southeastern corner of Dorchester Road and Westminster Road, continuing easterly along the southern curbline of Dorchester Road across Argyle Road, Rugby Road, and Marlborough Road to a […]

Testimony for Beverley Square West Historic District

LP-2692 Beverley Square West Historic District  ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION The proposed Beverley Square West Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the southeastern corner of Beverley Road and Argyle Road, continuing easterly along the southern curbline of Beverly Road, across Rugby Road and Marlborough Road, to a point on […]

Testimony for Proposed Lefcourt Clothing Center Individual Landmark

LP-2691 Lefcourt Clothing Center – 275 Seventh Avenue  ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A 26-story Art Deco skyscraper designed by Buchman & Kahn and built between 1927 and 1928. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the Lefcourt Clothing Center as an […]

Testimony for Proposed 29th Street Towers Individual Landmark

LP-2689 29th Street Towers – 214-226 West 29th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A pair of connected 14- and 16-story tall Gothic Revival-style commercial buildings designed by Henry I. Oser in 1925. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the 29th […]

Testimony for Proposed Furcraft Building Individual Landmark

LP-2690 Furcraft Building – 242-246 West 30th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A 14-story store-and-loft building designed by Henry I. Oser and built in 1925-26. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the Furcraft Building as an Individual New York City […]

Testimony for Proposed Fashion Tower Individual Landmark

LP-2688 Fashion Tower – 135 West 36th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A 20-story Medieval and Renaissance Revival-style commercial building designed by Emery Roth and built in 1924-25. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical, and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of Fashion Tower as an Individual New […]

Testimony for Proposed Barbey Building Individual Landmark

LP-2687 Barbey Building – 15-17 West 38th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of a 12-story Renaissance Revival-style loft building designed by Delano & Aldrich and built in 1908-09. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the Barbey Building […]

Testimony for (Former) Whitney Museum of American Art as an Individual and Interior Landmark

LP-2685 and LP-2686 (Former) Whitney Museum of American Art (Individual and Interior) – 945 Madison Avenue ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A Brutalist-style museum building designed by Marcel Breuer and Associates and built between 1964 and 1966 and the interior of the (Former) Whitney Museum, a Brutalist-style building designed by Marcel Breuer and Associates and […]

Testimony for Modulightor Duplex Interior Landmark

LP-2684 Modulightor Building Apartment Duplex – 246 East 58th Street  ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of the Modulightor Building Apartment Duplex, a late modern work by Paul Rudolph built between 1989 and 1994, consisting of the entire third and fourth floors, including the entrance hall, north and south living rooms, kitchen, balconies, […]

Testimony for Jacob Day Residence Individual Landmark

LP-2658 Jacob Day Residence – 50 West 13th Street  ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A three-story Greek Revival style row house built in 1845 which from 1859 to 1884 was the home and business of the prominent African American abolitionist and businessman Jacob Day. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural […]