Historic Districts
UPPER EAST SIDE
The Upper East Side Historic District is one of New York City’s largest landmark districts. Designated in 1981, this district stretches along Fifth Avenue from 59th Street to 78th Street, and at certain points, as far east as Third Avenue.
The neighborhood is synonymous with wealth and social standing. Since the turn of the century, many of New York’s most affluent people have lived here. Today, the district contains a rich mixture of modest brownstone row houses, opulent town houses, mansions, and imposing apartment houses. Some of the finest American examples of urban residential architecture can be found on these streets.
In the decades following the Civil War, the open land with ramshackle buildings was transformed into a bustling middle-class residential community. With the advent of the twentieth century, the neighborhood metamorphosed again — this time into an enclave of mansions and town houses.
The Upper East Side is full of townhouses that were “stylishly updated” at the turn of the century. At that time, brownstones were seen as dark, stodgy and unfashionable. 41 East 67th Street, the limestone building in this photograph, was designed by Breen & Nason, and built in 1878-79. In 1909, the architects Denby & Nute redesigned the facade to create this elegant neo-Classical design. The neighboring brownstone (1878, J.H. Valentine) was stripped of its details after this photograph was taken in 1947 (photo by Wurts Brothers).
Recent LPC Hearing Items in the Upper East Side Historic District
- 17 Dec
LPC Calendars Breuer Building for Individual and Interior Landmark Consideration
EXPLOREFor the fifth time in recent years, there is a fast-moving proposal at the State level to lift the longstanding cap on residential development in
- 12 Dec
692-696 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREThree neo-Grec style rowhouses designed by J.H. Valentine and built in 1878-79, and later altered with two-story storefronts.
- 14 Aug
857 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Electus D. Litchfield & Pliny Rogers and built in 1925. Application is to establish a master plan governing
- 31 Jul
23-25 East 64th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Electus D. Litchfield & Pliny Rogers and built in 1925. Application is to establish a master plan governing
- 20 Jun
690 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Electus D. Litchfield & Pliny Rogers and built in 1925. Application is to establish a master plan governing
- 20 Jun
57 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA Queen Anne style rowhouse designed by John G. Prague and built in 1881-82. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions and alter
- 18 Apr
41 East 74th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Georgian style town house designed by Aymar Embury II and built in 1928-29. Application is to alter the front façade at the ground floor,
- 18 Apr
1115 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style hotel building designed by Louis Korn and built in 1899-1900. Application is to legalize the installation of signage without Landmarks Preservation Commission
- 18 Apr
650 Park Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by John M. Kokkins and built in 1962-63. Application is to modify and create new window openings.
- 07 Mar
18 East 74th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style hotel building designed by Louis Korn and built in 1899-1900. Application is to legalize the installation of signage without Landmarks Preservation Commission
- 07 Mar
15-17 East 77th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style hotel building designed by Louis Korn and built in 1899-1900. Application is to legalize the installation of signage without Landmarks Preservation Commission
- 21 Feb
128 East 64th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse with classical details, designed by James E. Ware and built in 1878. Application is to modify a masonry opening.
- 07 Feb
19 East 74th Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style residence built c. 1869 and altered by Schwartz & Gross in 1930. Application is to modify window openings at the rear façade.
- 13 Dec
753 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Anthony M. Pavia and built in 1959. Application is to install signage and film at display windows.
- 19 Jul
10 East 76th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by John G. Prague and built in 1881-82 and altered in the Beaux-Arts style by Schwartz & Gross in 1907-08. Application is
- 11 Jul
992 Madison Avenue – 25 East 77th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Italian Renaissance style apartment hotel building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1926. Application is to extend a permit for the temporary
- 10 Jul
51-53 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA pair of Queen Anne style rowhouses designed by John G. Prague and built in 1885-86. Application is to construct a stoop and alter the
- 19 Apr
785 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Emery Roth & Sons and built in 1962-63. Application is to enlarge storefront openings and install infill and canopies.
- 27 Oct
630 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by J. E. R. Carpenter and built in 1916. Application is to construct a rear yard addition.
- 10 Oct
140 East 74th Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style rowhouse designed by John G. Prague and built in 1871-75. Application is to alter a one-story commercial extension and replace a sidewalk
- 10 Oct
800 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Electus D. Litchfield & Pliny Rogers and built in 1925. Application is to establish a master plan governing
- 10 Oct
714 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn Italianate/neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by Gage Inslee and built in 1874, with a storefront addition built in 1926. Application is to install signage, awnings
- 13 Jul
18 East 68th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert and built in 1904-05. Application is to install a gate at the entrance stairs.
- 17 Jun
105 East 64th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by W. P. & A. M. Parsons built in 1881-1882, and later altered c. 1941. Application is to construct a new building.
- 13 Jun
1002 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Federal style bank building built in 1930. Application is to replace entrance infill and screen the windows.
- 16 May
18 East 74th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse built c. 1871 and altered in the neo-Italian Renaissance style by A. Wallace McCrea in 1921. Application is to construct rooftop and rear
- 16 May
895 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA Classicizing Art-Deco style apartment building designed by Sloan & Robertson and built in 1929. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future
- 07 Mar
38 East 75th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by Thom & Wilson and built in 1881-82, and altered by John Ingle in 1926. Application is to alter and redesign the
- 17 Feb
18 East 68th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert and built in 1904-05. Application is to install sculptural figures and a gate at the stoop.
- 14 Feb
112 East 75th Street
EXPLOREA Modern style synagogue building designed by Schuman & Lichtenstein and built in 1964-1968. Application is to alter the façade, enclose the recessed ground floor
- 10 Jan
21 East 63rd Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style rowhouse built in 1900 and designed by Buchman and Fox and altered in 1980. Application is to remove the stoop, alter the
- 04 Jan
1022 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse built in 1880-1881 and designed by Thom and Wilson. Application is to replace storefront and entrance infill and modify openings.
- 21 Jul
118 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by Robert Mook and built in 1869-70 and altered in a late Beaux Arts style by Carrere & Hastings in 1909. Application
- 19 Jul
19 East 74th Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style residence built c. 1869 and altered in a simplified neo-Federal style by Schwartz & Gross in 1930. Application is to replace windows
- 19 Jul
945 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA Modern style museum building designed by Marcel Breuer & Associates and built in 1964-1966. Application is to install signage.
- 17 May
4 East 66th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Italian Renaissance style apartment building designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and built in 1919-20. Application is to create and modify window openings and install balconies.
- 19 Apr
163 East 69th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Gregorian style garage and house designed by Albro & Lindeberg and built in 1909, and later altered in 1954. Application is to construct rooftop
- 15 Mar
14 East 60th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style hotel building designed by R.C. Gildersleeve and built in 1902. Application is to replace storefront infill and install signage.
- 18 Feb
900 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building with classical details designed by Sylvan Bien and built in 1939. Application is to modify the base of the building and install
- 08 Feb
45 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Classic style mansion designed by Aymar Embury II and built in 1928-29. Application is to replace decorative metal balconies, stairs and railings, and
- 04 Feb
160 East 70th Street
EXPLOREItalianate style residence with some Neo-Classical elements, designed by William McNamara and constructed in 1872-1874, present facade designed by Thomas Lehreche and constructed in 1961.
- 16 Nov
107 East 64th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by W.P. & A.M. Parsons, originally built in 1881-1882, and later altered c. 1939 by George B. Post & Sons. Application is
- 19 Oct
5‐7 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREA Modern style synagogue building designed by Percival Goodman and built in 1956.
- 19 Oct
61 East 77th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Federal style school building with Beaux-Art style features designed by Harde and Hasselman built in 1916. Application is to reconstruct the stoop and construct
- 19 Oct
135 East 71st Street
EXPLOREAn apartment building built in 1959. Application is to modify the building's base, replace storefront infill, establish a Master Plan for the installation of signage,
- 14 Sep
1022 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse built in 1880-1881 and designed by Thom and Wilson. Application is to replace storefront and entrance infill and modify openings.
- 14 Sep
147 East 69th Street
EXPLOREA garage/residence, originally built as a carriage house in 1880, and altered in the neo-Georgian style by Barney & Colt in 1913. Application is to
- 13 Jul
706 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo‐Federal style bank building designed by Frank Easton Newman and built in 1921; and a commercial and retail building designed by Paige Ayres Cowley
- 15 Jun
793 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style residence with stores at the first two floors, designed by Thom & Wilson and built in 1881. Application is to modify storefronts
- 15 Jun
5‐7 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREA Modern style synagogue building designed by Percival Goodman and built in 1956.
- 05 May
800 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA Postmodern style apartment building designed by Ulrich Franzen & Assoc. and built in 1978. Application is to alter the garden and plaza.
- 05 May
740 Park Avenue
EXPLOREAn Art Deco style apartment building designed by Rosario Candela and built in 1929-30. Application is to install through-the-wall air conditioning units.
- 04 May
807 Park Avenue
EXPLOREAn altered apartment, originally built as a Romanesque Revival/neo-Renaissance style residence designed by Neville & Bagge in 1898-99, and enlarged in the 1980s. Application is
- 22 Apr
1109 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by W.P. & A.M. Parsons, originally built in 1881-1882, and later altered c. 1939 by George B. Post & Sons. Application is
- 22 Apr
106 East 78th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by W. P. & A. M. Parsons built in 1881-1882, and later altered c. 1941. Application is to construct a new building.
- 04 Apr
34 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Medieval style residence, originally built as two row houses in 1884-85, altered and combined by William Lawrence Bottomley in 1924-29. Application is to alter
- 20 Feb
38 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA neo-Grec/Queen Anne style house designed by Charles Buek & Co. and built in 1886-87. Application is to legalize the construction of a rear yard
- 12 Dec
110th Street and Lenox Avenue, Central Park
EXPLOREAn Italianate/Second Empire style rowhouse designed by John Sexton and built in 1869. Application is to reclad the facade.
- 19 Nov
605 Park Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Sylvan Bien and built in 1953-1954. Application is to replace railings and install a canopy. An additional application is to
- 06 Nov
132 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style rowhouse designed by John Sexton and built in 1871.
- 10 Sep
25 East 64th Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style rowhouse designed by John G. Prague, built in 1879-80 and altered in 1919 and 1926. Application is to construct a rooftop elevator
- 07 Aug
815 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA building built in 1870-71 and altered in 1923 by Murgatroyd and Ogden, and subsequently stripped of ornament at the upper floors. Application is to
- 16 Jul
160 East 70th Street
EXPLOREItalianate style residence with some Neo-Classical elements, designed by William McNamara and constructed in 1872-1874, present facade designed by Thomas Lehreche and constructed in 1961.
- 16 Jul
46 East 65th Street
EXPLOREA five-story residence built in 1876-77 and redesigned in the neo-Federal style by Ogden Codman in 1906-07. Application is for window replacement at the front
- 16 Jul
20 East 68th Street
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Boak & Raad and built in 1955. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows.
- 15 Jul
822 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA four-story and basement neo-Grec residence built in 1881-82 by Charles Buek & Co., since converted for commercial use. Application is for the installation of
- 15 Jul
740 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn Italianate style residence designed by John G. Prague and built in 1879-1880. Application is to legalize the installation of rooftop mechanical equipment without Landmarks
- 12 Jul
157 East 72nd Street
EXPLOREA Renaissance Revival style apartment building designed by Rouse & Goldstone and built in 1924. Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future
- 21 Jun
20 East 74th Street
EXPLOREA Modern style apartment building designed by Sylvan Bien and built 1945-1947. Application is to remove a window.
- 07 Jun
910 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREProject Information: An apartment building designed by Fred F. French, built in 1919, and altered by Sylvan Bien in 1958-59. Application is to replace windows.
- 07 Jun
136 East 65th Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style rowhouse designed by Frederick S. Barus and built in 1870-71, and altered in the Colonial Revival style by James Gamble Rogers in
- 13 May
146 East 65th Street
EXPLOREA Colonial Revival style house designed by Treanor and Fatio and built in 1924. Application is to construct a greenhouse at the rear yard.
- 12 Apr
39 East 67th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style building designed by D. & J. Jardine and constructed in 1876-1877 (present façade designed by Ernest Flagg and constructed in 1903-04). Application
- 06 Mar
105 East 64th Street
EXPLOREBuilding designed by W.P. and A.M. Parsons and constructed in 1881-82 (present façade designed by Adams and Prentice and constructed in 1941). Application is for
- 06 Mar
103 East 75th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Italian Renaissance style building originally designed by Lawlor & Haase and constructed in 1912-13. Application is for the replacement of windows.
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760 Madison Avenue (Between East 65th and East 66th Streets)
EXPLOREApplication is to demolish a non-historic four-story building at 760 Madison Avenue and construct a new building on the site.
- 08 Feb
828-850 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style hotel building designed by George B. Pelham and built in 1925-26. Application is to modify the façade and install new storefronts.
- 04 Dec
695 Park Avenue
EXPLOREAn International Modern college building designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed in 1938-1941. Application is for limited exterior renovations and door modifications.
- 03 Dec
132 East 71st Street
EXPLOREOriginally a Queen Anne style, now neo-Federal style building designed by F.T. Camp and constructed in 1884-1885.
- 16 Nov
10 East 63rd Street
EXPLOREA house designed by James E. Ware in 1878-1879 and later altered in the neo-Classical style by A. Wallace McCrea in 1922. Application is to
- 16 Nov
144-146 East 65th Street
EXPLOREA Colonial Revival style house designed by Treanor and Fatio and built in 1924. Application is to construct a rooftop addition, alter the rear façade,
- 16 Nov
730 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance/neo-Jacobean style apartment building designed by Lafayette A. Goldstone and built in 1929.
- 26 Oct
160 East 70th Street
EXPLOREItalianate style residence with some Neo-Classical elements, designed by William McNamara and constructed in 1872-1874, present facade designed by Thomas Lehreche and constructed in 1961.
- 18 Oct
781 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic style hotel building designed by Schultze & Weaver and Buchman & Kahn and built in 1926-27. Application is to install window
- 18 Oct
110 East 71st Street
EXPLOREA neo-Federal style rowhouse designed by Hill & Stout and built in 1916-17. Application is to replace the cornice.
- 18 Oct
44 East 67th Street
EXPLOREAn Art Deco style apartment building designed by Rosario Candela and built in 1940-41. Application is to construct a pergola and raise a chimney.
- 21 Sep
50 East 69th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Classic residential building designed by Henry C. Pelton built in 1917-18. Application is to modify and remove stained glass windows at the rear
- 17 Jul
753 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Anthony M. Pavia and built in 1959. Application is to legalize work at the corner storefront in non-compliance with Certificate
- 16 Jul
36-38 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREA neo-Georgian style club building designed by Trowbridge & Livingston, built in 1902, and altered by Cross & Cross in 1916. Application is to raise
- 21 Jun
50 East 69th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Classic residential building designed by Henry C. Pelton built in 1917-18. Application is to modify and remove stained glass windows at the rear
- 08 Jun
870 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Italian Renaissance style residence designed by Albert Joseph Bodker, built in 1910-11, and altered in 1929. Application is to replace windows.
- 18 May
1 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA French Louis XVI style mansion designed by Carrere & Hastings and built in 1913-14, and altered by John Russell Pope in 1931-35; an Italian
- 17 May
954 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Classical style commercial building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1925. Application isto modify the ground floor, replace windows, and install awnings
- 18 Apr
157 East 70th Street
EXPLOREAn altered rowhouse originally built c. 1879, with the current façade built pursuant to Certificate of Appropriateness 95-0132. Application is to alter the façade, ironwork
- 13 Apr
923 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Sylvan Bien and built in 1949-1951. Application is to modify masonry openings; and amend the Master Plan governing the future
- 09 Apr
655 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA Georgian style apartment building, designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and Mott B. Schmidt and constructed in 1923. Application is to make alterations to roof, involving
- 22 Mar
122 East 66th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Regency style club building designed by Thomas Harlen Ellett and built in 1931-32. Application is to install mechanical equipment at the roof.
- 08 Mar
971 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREAn altered rowhouse designed by Thom & Wilson and built in 1887-1888. Application is to install awnings and signage, and to legalize the painting of
- 08 Mar
875 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA simplified Art Deco style apartment building designed by Emery Roth & Sons and built in 1939-40. Application is to modify masonry openings, install an