163 East 70th Street
A Neo-Italian Renaissance style stable and residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert and built in 1902. Application is to construct a rooftop addition.
Central Park – Mineral Springs building
A concession and restroom building, built in 1959, within an English Romantic style public park designed in 1857-1858 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Application is to construct a partially enclosed pergola assembly and modify walls and paving.
1000 Fifth Avenue – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Beaux-Arts and Roman style museum building built in 1864-1965 and designed by Vaux and Mould, R.M. Hunt, McKim Mead and White, and others; 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
1312 Madison Avenue
A Renaissance Revival style apartment hotel designed by George W. Spitzer and built in 1897. Application is to legalize the installation of an awning and HVAC units.
895 Park Avenue
A Classicizing Art-Deco style apartment building designed by Sloan & Robertson and built in 1929. Application is to construct a rooftop pergola and replace windows.
Remembering Joan K. Davidson: The Godmother of New York Preservation
This past Tuesday, March 27th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on a new set of rules the agency has proposed to streamline the process of making changes to designated historic buildings.
163-165 East 78th Street
A pair of vernacular rowhouses with Italianate style influences built in 1861 and later combined and enlarged. Application is to modify an entry, alter the penthouse, construct rear yard and rooftop additions, and excavate to lower the cellar floor.
985 Fifth Avenue
An apartment building designed by Wechsler & Schimenti and built in 1969-70. Application is to demolish the existing building and construct a new building.
10 East 76th Street
A 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 to replace areaway ironwork installed without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s), replace windows, alter the rear facade, and construct a rear yard addition and rooftop bulkheads.
992 Madison Avenue – 25 East 77th Street
A neo-Italian Renaissance style apartment hotel building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1926. Application is to extend a permit for the temporary installation of an artwork.