Testimony for Proposed Bronx Opera House Individual Landmark

LP-2667 Bronx Opera House – 436-442 East 149th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A four-story Italian Renaissance Revival style theater building built in 1912-13 by George Keister that became home to Latin music clubs through the 1960s and 1970s. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, HDC enthusiastically supports […]

Testimony for Proposed Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau, Bronx Central Office Individual Landmark

LP-2668 Fire Alarm and Telegraph Bureau, Bronx Central Office – 1129 East 180th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING An Italian Renaissance Revival-style civic building designed by Frank J. Helmle for the FDNY Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau and built from 1913-1915.  As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, HDC enthusiastically […]

Testimony for Proposed Firehouse, Engine Company 88/ Ladder Company 38 Individual Landmark

LP-2669 Firehouse, Engine Company 88/Ladder Company 38 – 2225 Belmont Avenue ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A 1908 Prairie-style firehouse designed by Herts & Tallant. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, HDC enthusiastically supports the designation of Firehouse, Engine Company 88/Ladder Company 38 as an Individual Landmark. Designed by […]

Testimony for Proposed (Former) Colored School No. 4 Individual Landmark

LP-2659 (Former) Colored School No. 4 – 128 West 17th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A three-story school building built 1849-50 by the Public School Society of New York City and used by African American students and teachers from 1860 to 1894.  As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods […]

Testimony for Proposed Linden Street Historic District

LP-2665 Linden Street Historic District ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed Linden Street Historic District is a remarkably intact group of 32 brick and brownstone row houses built between 1885 and 1901 when this area of Bushwick became more intensively urbanized. Designed by several Brooklyn architects, these distinctive row houses represent a variety of […]

Testimony for Proposed Julius’ Bar Building Individual Landmark

LP-2663 Julius’ Bar Building – 155-159 West 10th Street (aka 186-188 Waverly Place) ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of a 19th-century former row house in Greenwich Village, which since 1930 has housed Julius’ Bar, the scene of significant events in the history of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. As the citywide advocate […]

Testimony for Proposed Samuel Gompers Industrial High School (now Mott Haven Community, Health Education & Research Occupations, and New Visions Charter High Schools) Individual Landmark

LP-2666 Samuel Gompers Industrial High School (now Mott Haven Community, Health Education & Research Occupations, and New Visions Charter High Schools) – 455 Southern Boulevard (aka 462 Wales Avenue) ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of a vocational high school designed in the Medieval Revival style by William H. Gompert, with modifications by […]

Testimony for Proposed Lesbian Herstory Archives Individual Landmark

LP-2662 The Lesbian Herstory Archives – 484 14th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A Renaissance Revival row house designed by Axel Hedman and constructed in 1908 that has housed the Lesbian Herstory Archives since 1991. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural Landmarks, HDC enthusiastically supports the designation of The […]

Testimony for Proposed Melrose Parkside Historic District

LP-2664 Melrose Parkside Historic District ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed Melrose Parkside Historic District is a remarkably cohesive and intact group of 38 single- and two-family row houses located on Parkside Avenue between Flatbush and Bedford avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. As the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods, HDC […]

Proposed Conference House Park Archaeological Site

LP-2648 Conference House Park Archaeological Site – 298 Satterlee Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING An approximately 20-acre site within Conference House Park that is associated with over 8,000 years of occupation by Native American people and contains important archaeological resources. The Historic Districts Council enthusiastically supports the proposed designation of the Conference House Archaeological […]