Central Park – West 85th Street Playground
A playground originally constructed in the 1930s, and pathways, within an English Romantic style public park designed in 1857-1858 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Application is to modify the playground footprint and pathways, and replace fencing.
2024 Annual Awards: Call for Entries
This spring, FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts will celebrate outstanding achievement in preservation, architecture, and advocacy on the Upper East Side during our 2024 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony.
753 Madison Avenue
An apartment building designed by Anthony M. Pavia and built in 1959. Application is to install signage and film at display windows.
News from FRIENDS – Fall 2025
The Fall 2025 issue is here, delivering a powerful look at the most urgent preservation battles and victories shaping the Upper East Side. This issue dives into the crisis of affordable housing and development, featuring an Open Letter to Mayoral Candidates. You will also find an in-depth analysis of the
1149 Park Avenue
A rowhouse built in 1884-85 and altered in the Modern Classical style by Emery Roth in 1917. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions.
854 Fifth Avenue
A French Beaux Arts style house designed by Warren & Wetmore and built in 1903-05. Application is to modify the stoop and install a barrier-free access lift, modify the areaway, install ironwork, replace a door, remove special windows, enclose a courtyard and construct and modify bulkheads.
1020 Fifth Avenue
A neo-Italian Renaissance style apartment building designed by Warren and Wetmore and built in 1924-25. Application is to construct a rooftop addition.
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