40 East 66th Street
A neo-Renaissance style apartment building with commercial ground floor designed by Rosario Candela and built in 1928-29. Application is to construct stair bulkheads and alter penthouse window openings.
53 East 67th Street
A neo-Grec style dwelling designed by D. & J. Jardine and built 1878-1879. Application is to construct rear yard and rooftop additions; excavate the rear yard; install a stoop; and modify the front entrance and areaway.
31 East 72nd Street
A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by W.L. Rouse & L.A. Goldstone and built in 1916. Application is to alter the penthouse.
1136 Fifth Avenue
A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1924-1925. Application is to modify masonry openings and replace infill and cladding at the penthouse.
755 Madison Avenue
An apartment building designed by Anthony M. Pavia and built in 1959. Application is to modify storefront infill.
1143 Fifth Avenue
A Neo-Federal style apartment building designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and built in 1922-23. Application is to construct a multi-story rooftop addition, alter secondary facades and install a new sidewalk entry canopy and garden.
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On October 7th FRIENDS released a neighborhood study which proposes 12 recommendations to preserve the community character, local businesses, affordable housing, and architectural legacy of the five diverse neighborhoods that make up the Upper East Side.
39 East 67th Street
A Beaux-Arts style building designed by D. & J. Jardine and constructed in 1876-1877 (present façade designed by Ernest Flagg and constructed in 1903-04). Application is to replace dormers, modify the rear facade and el, and construct a rooftop addition.
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12th Annual Ambassador to the Upper East Side Award Dinner a Huge Success
More than 200 members of New York City’s philanthropic, preservation and civic communities gathered last evening at the Metropolitan Club as FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts (FRIENDS) honored renowned pianist and bandleader Peter Duchin at its twelfth annual award dinner.