43rd Annual Meeting and Awards
The FRIENDS 43rd Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony was held on April 17th, 2025.
2026 Annual Awards Call for Entries
This spring, FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts will celebrate outstanding achievement in preservation, architecture, and advocacy on the Upper East Side during our 2026 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony.
800 Fifth Avenue
A postmodern style apartment building designed by Ulrich Franzen & Associates and built in 1978. Application is to demolish the existing building and landscape features and construct a new building, install new landscape features, and relocate a curb cut.
109-113 East 73rd Street
A neo-Italian Renaissance-style row house (no. 109) designed by Hunt & Hunt and built in 1911-12; a row house (no. 111) with Renaissance-style details, designed by Gurdon S. Parker and built in 1922; and a row house (no. 113) originally designed by George B. Post & Sons, built in 1906-08,
1000 Fifth Avenue – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Beaux-Arts and Roman style museum building designed by Vaux and Mould, R.M. Hunt, McKim Mead and White, and others and built in 1864-1965; with designated interior spaces including an entrance vestibule, the Great Hall, a passageway, corridors, the Grand Staircase, halls, balconies, and all vaults and domes above these
985 Fifth Avenue
Application is to amend Certificate of Appropriateness 24-05651 for the demolition of the existing building and construction of a new building, including enlarging and redesigning certain aspects of the new building.
75 East 77th Street
Two Italianate/neo-Grec style residential buildings designed by Gage Inslee, built in 1871 and altered in the early 20th century to accommodate storefronts at the first and second floors. Application is to modify and infill masonry openings, combine the buildings, reclad and reconfigure the commercial base, replace storefront infill and windows,
710-712 Madison Avenue
Two Italianate/neo-Grec style residential buildings designed by Gage Inslee, built in 1871 and altered in the early 20th century to accommodate storefronts at the first and second floors. Application is to modify and infill masonry openings, combine the buildings, reclad and reconfigure the commercial base, replace storefront infill and windows,
News from FRIENDS – Fall 2025
The Fall 2025 issue is here, delivering a powerful look at the most urgent preservation battles and victories shaping the Upper East Side. This issue dives into the crisis of affordable housing and development, featuring an Open Letter to Mayoral Candidates. You will also find an in-depth analysis of the
821 Park Avenue
Application is to construct additions, modify and create window openings, and replace windows.