6 East 67th Street
A Beaux-Arts style building designed by James E. Ware and constructed in 1880-1881, with updates made to the façade by Clinton & Russell in 1923. Application is for the installation of two flagpoles and flags serving the ambassador's residence and offices of the Slovak Republic.
939-941 Madison Avenue
A neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by Silas M. Styles and built in 1876. Application is to modify storefront infill.
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
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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.