LP-2679 – 1 Wall Street Banking Room Interior – 1 Wall Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The former banking hall and reception room of the Irving Trust Company at 1 Wall Street, designed in the Art Deco style by Ralph Walker in 1931 and featuring elaborate mosaic tile wall and ceiling finishes designed by […]
LP-2682 – Frederick Douglass Memorial Park – 3201 Amboy Road ITEM PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION A 14.88-acre cemetery designed by J. Wallace Higgins and opened in 1935 As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of The Frederick Douglass Memorial Park on Staten Island as […]
LP-2680 Brooklyn Edison Building – 345 Adams Street, Brooklyn (aka 372-392 Pearl Street, 11-17 Willoughby Street) ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of a renaissance Revivalstyle commercial building designed by McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin and built in 1922-1926 for the Brooklyn Edison Company. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and […]
LP-2681 5 Beekman Street (aka 3-9 Beekman Street; 119-133 Nassau Street; 10 Theatre Alley) As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the Temple Court Building (now The Beekman Hotel) Atrium as an Interior Landmark. We are thrilled that this spectacular space, which […]
Heckscher Building (now the Crown Building) 730 Fifth Avenue (AKA 728-734 Fifth Avenue, 2-4 West 57th Street) As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the Heckscher Building (now the Crown Building) at 730 Fifth Avenue as an individual landmark. Built between 1920 […]
LP-2677 New York Public Library, Tremont Branch – 1866 Washington Avenue ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A two-story Neo-Federal Style library designed by Carrere & Hastings and built in 1905. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, The Historic Districts Council supports the designation of the New York Public Library, […]
LP-2676 The Modulightor Building – 246 East 58th Street ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A mixed use structure designed in a late 20th century modern style by architect Paul Rudolph in 1989. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, HDC enthusiastically supports the designation of Paul Rudolph’s Modulightor Building as […]
LP-2675 Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion – 12-12 33rd Avenue ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING A single story commercial building built in the mid-20th century modern style by architect Ulrich Franzen in 1957-58. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, HDC enthusiastically supports the designation of the Barkin, Levin […]
LP-2673 Old Croton Aqueduct Walk Scenic Landmark – 2200 Aqueduct Avenue ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of a New York City park located on top of a section of the 1842 Old Croton Aqueduct designed by John B. Jervis. The proposed landmark site includes the following tax lots: Block 3210 Lots 1 […]
LP-2674 Joseph Rodman Drake Park and Enslaved African Burial Ground – Oak Point Avenue, Drake Park South, Longfellow Avenue, and Hunts Point Avenue ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of a New York City park, opened in 1910, containing two surviving colonial-era cemeteries for Hunts Point’s early European-descended settler families, and for the […]
