156 East 71st Street

An Italianate style rowhouse designed by W. O'Gorman and built in 1871. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, and modify the areaway.

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6 East 74th Street

An Italianate style rowhouse built in c. 1871 and modified with eclectic style details in 1898 and 1928. Application is to enlarge rooftop and rear yard additions and modify windows at the rear façade.

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640 Park Avenue

A neo-Italian Renaissance style apartment building designed by J. E. R. Carpenter and built in 1913-14. Application is to replace windows.

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132-134 East 64th Street

A rowhouse built in 1879, and altered with classical details by Gurdon S. Parker in 1941.

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809 Madison Avenue

An Art Deco style apartment building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1929-1930. Application is for the installation of HVAC equipment.

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21 East 74th Street

A neo-Italian Renaissance style apartment building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1924-1925. Application is to replace a solarium.

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49 East 67th Street

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.

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823 Madison Avenue

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.

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News from FRIENDS – Fall 2024

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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41 East 74th Street

A neo-Georgian style town house designed by Aymar Embury II and built in 1928-29. Application is to alter the front façade at the ground floor, and to modify fenestration on secondary facades.

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