56 East 93rd Street
A neo-Regency style townhouse designed by Walker and Gillette and built in 1932; and two rowhouses designed by A.B. Ogden & Sons, and built in 1890, and altered in the neoGeorgian style by Moore & Landsiedel in 1932. Application is to alter the Madison Avenue facades, construct rooftop and rear
Preserving Landmarks, Protecting Neighborhoods? Rethinking Transfer of Development Rights After City of Yes
Two years after the City of Yes zoning changes were adopted, their impact is no longer theoretical—it is beginning to reshape the Upper East Side in ways that FRIENDS and many residents feared. FRIENDS opposed the Adams administration's sweeping rezoning proposal and warned that it would fundamentally alter neighborhoods like
159-161 East 78th Street
Vernacular Italianate style rowhouses built in 1861. Application is to request that the Landmarks Preservation Commission issue a favorable report to the City Planning Commission regarding the continuing maintenance program for the landmark in connection with a transfer of development rights pursuant to Section 75-42 of the Zoning Resolution.
1 East 75th Street – Edward S. Harkness House
A neo-Italian Renaissance style club building designed by McKim, Mead & White Architects and built in 1892-94, with alterations in 1912 by Ogden Codman Jr.
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168 East 75th Street
A rowhouse built in 1880-81, and altered as an Arts and Crafts style garage building by Edmund C. Stout in 1902. Application is to construct a rooftop addition, modify masonry openings, replace windows, and alter the rear façade and extension.
133 East 95th Street
A Neo-Federal style building designed by Frank Wennemer and constructed in 1189-90.
1185 Park Avenue
A neo-Gothic style apartment building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1928-29.
53 East 77th Street
A modified neo-Spanish Renaissance style residence altered by Pleasants Pennington in 1926-27, from what was originally a Beaux Arts style residence designed by Henry Rutgers Marshall and built in 1900-01. Application is to amend Certificate of Appropriateness 25-04569 to modify previously approved changes to the front façade and install rooftop
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