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
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11 Dec
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
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20 Nov
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.
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04 Nov
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
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04 Nov
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,
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15 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
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14 Jul
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
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14 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
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19 Jun
5‐7 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREA Modern style synagogue building designed by Percival Goodman and built in 1956.
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28 May
132 East 71st Street
EXPLOREOriginally a Queen Anne style, now neo-Federal style building designed by F.T. Camp and constructed in 1884-1885.
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28 May
132 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style rowhouse designed by John Sexton and built in 1871.
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28 May
815 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Georgian style apartment building designed by W. L. Rouse and L. A. Goldstone and built in 1917.
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28 May
46 East 66th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse originally built in 1877-1878 and altered in the neo-Georgian style by Mott B. Schmidt in 1919.
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28 May
21 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by J.W. Marshall, built in 1871 and altered in 1903 and 1906 with modifications to the first two floors.
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28 May
35 East 76th Street – The Carlyle
EXPLOREAn Art Deco style hotel building designed by Sylvan Bien and built in 1929-30.
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28 May
110 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA residence originally built in 1869 and altered by Robertson & Potter in 1905 in the simplified Beaux-Arts style.
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28 May
19 East 70th Street
EXPLOREAn Italian Renaissance style residence designed by Thornton Chard and built in 1909-1910.
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28 May
18 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA townhouse built c. 1866, and altered in the neo-Georgian style by William Lawrence Bottomley in 1922-23.
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28 May
841 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREA simplified Colonial Revival style store and apartment building designed by Thomas W. Lamb Inc. and built in 1929.
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28 May
730 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance/neo-Jacobean style apartment building designed by Lafayette A. Goldstone and built in 1929.
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28 May
4 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREA row house built in 1879-1880 and redesigned in the neo-Renaissance style in 1898 by Clinton and Russell.
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28 May
12 East 67th Street
EXPLOREAn altered Regency Revival style townhouse built in 1879 and re-designed in 1920 by James Gamble Rogers, and altered in 1978.
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28 May
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
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28 May
825 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Classical style apartment building designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and built in 1926.
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28 May
170 East 75th Street
EXPLOREAn Arts and Crafts style row house designed by Hill and Stout and built in 1880-81, and converted into an automobile stable in 1902.
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28 May
112 & 114 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA pair of Queen Anne and neo -Renaissance style row houses designed by Thom & Wilson and built in 1884-85.
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28 May
30 East 65th Street
EXPLOREAn apartment house designed by Kikkins & Lyras and built in 1959. Application is to modify the vestibule and replace the canopy.
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28 May
11-13 East 67th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Classical style dwelling designed by Foster & Gade and built in 1913 and an English neo-Classical style dwelling designed by Harry Allan Jacobs
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28 May
134-136 East 74th Street
EXPLOREA Modern style house with a commercial ground floor, originally built in 1871-1875 as two row houses, with subsequent alterations in 1920, 1928 and 1930.
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28 May
34 East 68th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by R.W. Buckley and built in 1879. Application is to reconstruct the facade.
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28 May
173 East 75th Street
EXPLOREA Renaissance Revival style school building designed by Robert J. Reiley and built in 1925-26. Application is to install an awning.
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28 May
38-40 East 75th Street
EXPLOREA row house built in 1881-82 and highly altered in 1926 by John W. Ingle; and a neo-Grec style row house designed by Thom &
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28 May
737 Park Avenue
EXPLOREClassicizing Art-Deco style building designed by Sylvan Bien and constructed in 1940. Application to remove ground floor window grilles.
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28 May
20 East 64th Street
EXPLOREA residence built in 1878-79 and altered in the neo-French Renaissance style by Frederick W. White in 1920-21. Application is to construct rooftop bulkheads, alter
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28 May
789 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn Italianate/neo-Grec style row house designed by F.S. Barus, and altered in 1909 by Albro and Lindeberg to accommodate a two-story commercial storefront extension. Application
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28 May
702-708 Madison Avenue & 22-24 East 63rd Street
EXPLOREA two-story neo-Federal style building designed by Merwin Shrady and built in 1940, a three-story neo-Federal style bank building designed by Frank Easton Newman and
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05 May
131 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA row house designed by Robert Mook, built ca. 1871, and altered in the Anglo-Italianate style by Grosvenor Atterbury in 1909-11. Application is to replace
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05 May
1032-1034 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREAn Italianate style row house designed by John G. Prague and built in 1871-75, and altered in 1927 by Harry A. Jacobs. Application is to
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05 May
827 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA residence built in 1880 and modified in 1923 by James Casale. Application is to re-clad the commercial ground floor and modify masonry openings.
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05 May
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
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05 May
18 East 69th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style row house designed by Charles Buek & Co., and built in 1881-82. Application is to create window openings, raise a parapet wall,
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05 May
11 East 68th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Herbert Lucas and built in 1912-13. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, alter and infill
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05 May
851 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREAn altered neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by Robert H. Coburn and built in 1880- 81. Application is to install new storefront infill.
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05 May
125 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA neo-Federal style dwelling designed by Charles Brendon and constructed in 1909-1910. Application is to replace windows.
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05 May
1055 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style row house designed by William Picken, built in 1877-78, and altered in 1913 with the installation of a storefront and in 1926
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05 May
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
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05 May
1 East 70th Street & 10 East 71st Street: The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library
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
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05 May
680 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Georgian style apartment building designed by K. B. Norton and built in 1950-51. Application is to replace windows and spandrel panels at the 2nd
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05 May
965 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREA Classicizing Modern style apartment building designed by Irving Margon and built in 1937. Application is to alter window openings.
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05 May
123 East 71st Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style residence built c.1865, and heavily altered in 1904 by Thomas Nash. Application is to construct a rooftop addition.
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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.
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05 May
42 East 69th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Renaissance style residence built in 1919-21 and designed by C.P.H. Gilbert. Application is to construct an addition, modify window openings, and replace doors.
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05 May
15 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style residence designed by Charles I. Berg, and built in 1909-10. Application is to alter ironwork.
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05 May
909 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Federal style bank building designed by Schultze and Weaver and constructed in 1931. Application is create a new entrance, install a barrier free access
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05 May
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.
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05 May
119 East 78th Street
EXPLOREA residence built in 1871, later altered in 1936 by Harvey Stevenson & Eastman Studds in the neo-Classical style. Application is to alter the areaway
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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.
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05 May
22 East 72nd Street
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style row house designed by Rose & Stone and built in 1893-94. Application is to legalize the installation of rooftop mechanical equipment installed
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05 May
138 East 65th Street
EXPLOREA row house built in 1870-71 and altered in the Colonial Revival style by Samuel Edson Gage in 1906. Application is to alter the front
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05 May
21 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Classic style row house designed by William G. Rogers and built in 1918-19. Application is to alter the ground floor and the rear
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05 May
150 East 73rd Street (aka 1009-1017 Lexington Avenue)
EXPLOREA Colonial Revival style apartment building designed by Cross & Cross and built in 1922-23. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future
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05 May
2-6 East 61st Street
EXPLOREA neo-Classical style hotel designed by Schultze and Weaver and built in 1929-30. Application is to replace an existing addition.
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05 May
12-22 East 89th Street
EXPLOREA Romanesque Revival style apartment hotel designed by Thomas Graham and built in 1891-93. Application is to demolish and reconstruct a portion of the building,
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05 May
823-825 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building built in 1880 and altered in 1926 in the neo-Federal style by S. Edson Gage. Application is to alter the facade and
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05 May
711 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style row house designed by Charles Baxter, built in 1877, and altered in the 20th century. Application is to replace windows.
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05 May
42 East 76th 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
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05 May
785 Fifth Avenue
EXPLOREAn apartment building designed by Emery Roth and Sons and built in 1962-63. Application is to alter window openings, replace terrace guardrails, and construct a
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05 May
14 East 60th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style hotel building designed by R.C. Gildersleeve and built in 1902. Application is to alter the westernmost marquee, replace windows and doors, and
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05 May
48 East 64th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse, designed by John G. Prague, and built in 1883-84. Application is to construct rear yard additions and a rooftop bulkhead, and
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05 May
10 East 70th Street
EXPLOREA white brick apartment house designed by Richard Roth of Emery Roth & Sons and built in 1960. Application is to alter a rooftop bulkhead.
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05 May
955-967 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA white brick apartment building designed by Paul Resnick and built in 1958. Application is to alter storefronts and install a new storefront opening.
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05 May
791 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREAn Italianate/neo-Grec style row house designed by F.S. Barus and built in 1871. Application is to alter the facades.
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05 May
817-819 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA Beaux-Arts style mansion designed by Carrere & Hastings and built in 1892. Application is to construct a rear yard addition.
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05 May
696 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style residence designed by J.H. Valentine and built in 1878-79. Application is to legalize the installation of a storefront and awning without Landmarks
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05 May
20 East 63rd Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse originally designed by Gage Inslee and built in 1876, and altered by J.M. Beringer in 1954. Application is to install storefront infill and
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05 May
1016 Lexington Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse altered for mixed use, designed by Thom & Wilson, and built in 1880-81. Application is to replace storefront infill and install
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05 May
105 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by Thom & Wilson and built in 1881-82, and altered in the neo-Georgian style by Grosvenor Atterbury in 1903. Application is to
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05 May
20 East 71st Street
EXPLOREA neo-Italian Renaissance style residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert and built in 1922-23. Application is to install a guardrail at the rear facade, and to
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05 May
45 East 65th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Georgian style rowhouse designed by Hoppin and Koen and built in 1909-10. Application is to construct a rooftop addition, and to alter the rear
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05 May
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
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04 May
44 East 74th Street
EXPLOREA Beaux Arts style residence designed by the George F. Pelham and built in 1904-1905. Application is to remove a metal railing and construct a
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04 May
15-17 East 77th Street
EXPLORETwo neo-Grec style rowhouses designed by John G. Prague and built in 1878. Application is to combine the two rowhouses, alter the front and rear
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04 May
14 East 75th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Medieval style apartment building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1928-29. Application is to modify window openings and enlarge a rooftop addition.
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04 May
976-980 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA modern style gallery building designed by Walker & Poor and built in 1948-50. Application is to alter a bank depository and install signage.
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04 May
48 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse built in 1885-86, altered in the neo-Federal style by S. Edson Gage in 1916, and again in 1979. Application is to modify the
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04 May
127 East 71st Street
EXPLOREA house originally built circa 1865 and modified in the Modern style by Joseph D. Weiss in 1955. Application is to construct a rear yard
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04 May
785 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA modern style apartment building designed by George F. Pelham, Jr. and built in 1939-1940. Application is to reclad and alter the base of the
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04 May
45 East 66th Street
EXPLOREA neo-French Renaissance style apartment building with Gothic style elements designed by Harde and Short and built in 1908. Application is to construct a rooftop
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04 May
111-113 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA modern style building designed by Brown, Lawford & Forbes and built in 1962. Application is to alter the front facade of 113 East 73rd
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04 May
39 East 72nd Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse with neo-Grec style elements designed by Robert B. Lynd and built in 1881-1882, and subsequently altered in 1905 by William Strom. Application is
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04 May
126-134 East 78th Street
EXPLOREA neo-Federal style school building designed by James W. O’Connor and built in 1923-24, and a pair of Italianate residences built c. 1866. Application is
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04 May
820 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Medieval style apartment building designed by Henry Allen Jacobs and built in 1926-27. Application is to replace windows.
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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
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04 May
713 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by Charles Baxter, built in 1877 and altered in 1915. Application is to install signage.
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04 May
575 Park Avenue
EXPLOREA neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1926-27. Application is to replace entrance infill, a canopy, an awning, menu
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04 May
132 East 73rd Street
EXPLOREA neo- Grec style rowhouse designed by William McNamara, built in 1879-1880, and altered in the Medieval Revival style by John J. Foley in 1913.
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04 May
1006 Madison Avenue
EXPLOREA French Second Empire style residence designed by G. E. Knowlde and built in 1870, altered with a two-story commercial extension in the early 20th
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04 May
151 East 71st Street
EXPLOREAn Italianate style residence built c. 1870, with a two-story commercial extension. Application is to legalize window installed without a Landmarks Preservation Commission permit.
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03 May
36 East 68th Street
EXPLOREA rowhouse designed by R.W. Buckley, built in 1879, and modified in the neo-Classical style by Morris & O’Connor in 1932. Application is to reconstruct
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03 May
27 East 62nd Street
EXPLOREAn apartment building with neo-Renaissance style details designed by Lawlor and Haase and built in 1912-1913. Application is to construct additions.