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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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-2683 Willoughby-Hart Historic District ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING The proposed designation of the Willoughby-Hart Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the northwest corner of the property line of 445 Willoughby Avenue, and extending easterly along the northern property lines of 445 through 507 Willoughby Avenue, southerly along the […]
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, […]
