1014 Fifth Avenue

A Beaux-Arts style townhouse designed by Welch, Smith & Provot and built in 1906-1907. Application is to amend work approved under LPC-23-00224, to modify doors, install signage, alter the areaway, and replace sidewalk pavers.

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1209 Park Avenue

A converted 19th century rowhouse with a Modern style facade designed by Lucien David and altered in 1960. Application is to reclad the front facade, replace the rear facade, and construct rooftop and rear yard additions.

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972 Fifth Avenue

A high Italian Renaissance style house designed by McKim, Mead, and White and built in 1902-1906. Application is to install light fixtures.

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134-138 East 74th Street

A Modern style house originally built in 1871-1875 as two rowhouses, altered and combined by W. & W. F. Crockett, E. P. Mellon & W. L. Smith in 1930; and an Italianate style rowhouse designed by John G. Prague and built in 1871 - 1875 with a commercial extension added

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177-179 East 73rd Street

A Beaux Arts style garage building designed by Charles F. Hoppe and built in 1906. Application is to amend work approved under Certificate of Appropriateness 19-28148 and Miscellaneous/Amendment 19-34214, to reconstruct a secondary facade. 

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130 East 67th Street

An Italian Renaissance style apartment building designed by Charles A. Platt and built in 1907. Application is to amend Permit for Minor Work 04-2679 and Miscellaneous/Amendment 06-5330, which established a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows.

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Installation of Link5G towers to be halted until completion of Section 106 Review

FRIENDS has learned that the city's proposed 32-foot tall Link5G towers will be subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

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FRIENDS Submits Testimony at Scoping Meeting for Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Plans

Last month, on March 2, 2023, the Department of City Planning (DCP) held a Scoping Meeting to give the public an opportunity to make their voices heard about what should be included in the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposal. FRIENDS' public testimony at the meeting (watch it here) pointed

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785 Fifth Avenue

An apartment building designed by Emery Roth & Sons and built in 1962-63. Application is to enlarge storefront openings and install infill and canopies.

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40 East 72nd Street

A neo-Classical style apartment building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1928. Application is to install a canopy. 

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