DESIGNATION TESTIMONY Item 1 LP – 2087 BOROUGH OF QUEENS BRINCKERHOFF CEMETERY, 60-65 182nd Street The LPC does not just designate sites for what they are, but sees landmarks for what they could be. Just as a building can be restored to its former glory, so too could the Brinckerhoff Cemetery, the last link this […]
Item 25 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 125776- Block 1750, lot 34- 81 East 125th Street – Mount Morris Bank, Individual Landmark A Queen Anne/Romanesque Revival style bank building designed by Lamb and Rich and built in 1883-84 and enlarged 1889-90. Application is to reconstruct the partially demolished building. Sitting on a prominent corner […]
LPC Docket Number: 115333 Manhattan, Block: 1258, Lot: 40 510 Fifth Avenue – Individual Landmark and Interior Landmark Historic District An International style building designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and built in 1953-54. Application is to alter facades, install signage and new entrances, and to replace and reconfigure interior features and finishes. HDC Testimony […]
February 1, 2011 Statement of the Historic Districts Council before the Landmarks Preservation Commission In support of the preservation of the interior of 510 Fifth Avenue As a New York City Designated Interior Landmark The Historic Districts Council is the citywide advocate for New York’s historic neighborhoods and buildings. HDC is pleased to have this […]
LPC Docket Number: 111226 Manhattan, Block: 627, Lot: 7 34 Gansevoort Street – Gansevoort Market Historic District An Italianate style French flats with store building designed by Charles Mettam and built in 1870. Application is to install signage. HDC Testimony HDC approves of the blade sign as it is a traditional type of signage in […]
LPC Docket Number: 111226 Manhattan, Block: 627, Lot: 7 34 Gansevoort Street – Gansevoort Market Historic District An Italianate style French flats with store building designed by Charles Mettam and built in 1870. Application is to install signage. HDC Testimony HDC approves of the blade sign as it is a traditional type of signage in […]
LPC Docket Number: 091749 Queens, Block: 8017, Lot: 46 343 Knollwood Avenue – Douglaston Historic District A cottage style house designed by G.A. Mezger and built in 1929. Application is to replace the windows. HDC Testimony The removal of four façades worth of original steel casement windows (including ones readily visible from the street) would […]
LPC Docket Number: 091749 Queens, Block: 8017, Lot: 46 343 Knollwood Avenue – Douglaston Historic District A cottage style house designed by G.A. Mezger and built in 1929. Application is to replace the windows. HDC Testimony The removal of four façades worth of original steel casement windows (including ones readily visible from the street) would […]
