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 […]
LP-2671 – Hotel Cecil & Minton’s Playhouse Building – 206 West 118th Street (aka 150-158 St. Nicholas Avenue, 206-212 West 118th Street) Item to be heard A five-story Renaissance Revival style hotel built 1895-96, where the legendary Harlem jazz club Minton’s Playhouse flourished for more than three decades. As the citywide advocate for New York’s […]
LP-2657 – John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie Residence – 105-19 37th Avenue (aka 34-68 106th Street), Corona Item to be heard A Colonial Revival style building home to legendary jazz trumpter John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie from 1953 to 1965. As the citywide advocate for New York’s architectural, historical and cultural neighborhoods, HDC enthusiastically supports the designation […]
LP-2670 – 935 St. Nicholas Avenue Building – 935 St. Nicholas Avenue (aka 929-939 St. Nicholas Avenue, 462-466 West 157th Street) Item to be Heard A Gothic Revival style apartment building built in 1915 and designed by architects Groenberg & Leichtag, which for many years was home to legendary jazz musicians Duke Ellington and Noble Sissle. […]
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 […]
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 […]
