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Upper East Side Historic District Walking Tour
Upper East Side Historic District: A Walking Tour Sunday, November 11th at 1:00pm Tour meets on the NW corner of Fifth Avenue and East 60th Street $10 members, $15 non-members ADVANCE PAYMENT REQUIRED One of the city’s largest historic districts, this area contains some of the finest examples of urban residential
15 East 70th Street
A Beaux-Arts style residence designed by Charles I. Berg, and built in 1909-10. Application is to alter ironwork.
800 Fifth Avenue
A Postmodern style apartment building designed by Ulrich Franzen & Assoc. and built in 1978. Application is to alter the garden and plaza.
21 East 70th Street
A neo-French Classic style row house designed by William G. Rogers and built in 1918-19. Application is to alter the ground floor and the rear facade, install balconies and new lot-line windows, and construct a rooftop addition.
11-13 East 67th Street
A neo-French Classical style dwelling designed by Foster & Gade and built in 1913 and an English neo-Classical style dwelling designed by Harry Allan Jacobs and built in 1920-21.
38-40 East 75th Street
A row house built in 1881-82 and highly altered in 1926 by John W. Ingle; and a neo-Grec style row house designed by Thom & Wilson and built in 1881-82, with Beaux-Arts style additions designed by Herts & Tallant in 1910. Application is to combine the buildings, construct a rooftop
Metropolitan Museum Historic District Walking Tour
Following the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1880, the adjacent area along Fifth Avenue quickly became New York City’s most fashionable neighborhood, where prominent families constructed magnificent residences.
11 East 68th Street
A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Herbert Lucas and built in 1912-13. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, alter and infill window openings, alter the courtyard, install a new entrance door, canopy, window grilles, and lighting, and replace portions of the sidewalk.
968 Lexington Avenue
An Italianate style row house designed by John G. Prague and built in 1871-75, and altered in 1927 by Harry A. Jacobs. Application is to install storefront infill and paint the facade.