1000 Park Avenue Receives the FRIENDS 2025 Exterior Restoration Award!
Susan Tunick, artist and President of Friends of Terra Cotta, presented the FRIENDS Exterior Restoration Award to the team behind the restoration of the 1000 Park Avenue façade, completed in 2024. The three-year project involved extensive cleaning and the repair of deteriorated terra cotta elements on this Emery Roth-designed building.
128 East 73rd Street
Two rowhouses built in 1879-80 and subsequently combined and altered in a neo-Georgian style, designed by A. Wallace McCrea and built in 1928. Application is to legalize cladding the rear façade and constructing a raised roof and parapet without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s).
FRIENDS Publication Award Celebrates “Rosario Candela and the New York Apartment 1927–1937”
At the Annual Awards Ceremony on April 17, 2025, Janet Ross presented the Publication Award to the authors of Rosario Candela and the New York Apartment 1927–1937.
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.
Advocacy Alert: Write to state lawmakers about concerning provisions in Faith-Based bill
The misleadingly named “Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act” has once again moved to the forefront in Albany — and it poses a serious threat to historic preservation and the character of neighborhoods across New York City.
1060 Fifth Avenue
A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by J. E. R. Carpenter and built in 1927-28. Application is to alter masonry openings and install a new window.
809 Madison Avenue
A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by F.B. and A. Ware and built in 1924- 25. Application is to construct additions, modify and create window openings, and replace windows.
New Upper East Side Individual and Interior Landmark!
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) unanimously voted to designate the (Former) Whitney Museum of American Art building at 945 Madison Avenue as both an Individual and Interior Landmark.
George M. Janes receives Ralph C. Menapace Award
Urban planner George M. Janes received the Ralph C. Menapace Award at the FRIENDS 2025 Annual Awards for his contributions to our advocacy work. FRIENDS rarely bestows the Menapace Award, named after Ralph Menapace, a seminal figure in New York City preservation. Click on the video above to listen to
Ronda Wist on Colonial Dames
FRIENDS Board member Ronda Wist presented the FRIENDS Institutional Restoration Award to The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York (NSCDNY) for the restoration of their headquarters. President Marguerite Morrison accepted the Award on behalf of NSCDNY