News from FRIENDS – Winter 2023

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.

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8 East 93rd Street

8 East 93rd Street

A Neo-Classical style townhouse designed by Harvey Stevenson and constructed in 1940. Application for a reconfiguration of the existing front yard and lowering the sill heights of three existing windows.

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33 East 93rd Street

33 East 93rd Street

A Renaissance Revival style building designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger and constructed in 1889-1890. Application for a new, retractable canvas awning above the entrance door.

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20 East 95th Street

20 East 95th Street

A Renaissance Revival style rowhouse designed by Henry Andersen and built in 1899. Application is to alter window openings.

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105 East 64th Street

122 East 93rd Street

A neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by Thomas H. McAvoy, built in 1877-1878 and altered in 1929. Application is to alter the front façade and install a wall and fence at the areaway.

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1318 Madison Avenue

1318 Madison Avenue

A Renaissance Revival style rowhouse designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger and built in 1889-90. Application is to construct a rear yard addition.

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103 East 91st Street

103 East 91st Street

A rowhouse originally built in 1884-84 and altered in the neo-Georgian style by C. Dale Bradgeley in 1950-51. Application is to construct a rooftop addition.

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1107 Fifth Avenue

1107 Fifth Avenue

A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by Rouse & Goldstone and built in 1925. Application is to enlarge a rooftop bulkhead.

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50 East 96th Street

50 East 96th Street

A neo-Renaissance style apartment building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1905-06. Application is to construct a rooftop addition.

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1150 Park Avenue

1150 Fifth Avenue

A neo-Georgian style apartment building designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and built in 1923-24. Application is to construct a rooftop addition.

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