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    Lesbian Herstory Archives Calendared for Individual Landmark Designation

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Calendaring  •  Park Slope, Brooklyn

    The Lesbian Herstory Archive, located at 484 14th Street in Park Slope. Image Credit: LPC.

    Already located within the Park Slope Historic District, the building will now be considered for a designation as an Individual Landmark. On June 28, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the Lesbian Herstory Archives for designation. Located at 484 14th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, this French Renaissance Revival-style rowhouse was constructed in 1908 and has housed the Lesbian Herstory Archives since 1991. (more…)

    Date: 07/18/2022
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    Landmarks Calendars Kimlau War Memorial for Landmark Designation

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Calendaring  •  Chinatown, Manhattan

    The Kimlau War Memorial. Image Credit: NYC LPC.

    The arch features traditional Chinese architectural styles. On May 4, 2021, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the Kimlau War Memorial in Chinatown, Manhattan for designation. The Kimlau War Memorial, a granite ceremonial gateway arch with two benches, is located in Kimlau Square Park at the intersection of Chatham Square, Oliver Street and East Broadway. (more…)

    Date: 05/17/2021
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    Landmarks Calendars Hamilton Grange for Landmark Designation Amendment

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Landmark Designation Amendment  •  Hamilton Heights, Manhattan

    Hamilton Grange at its current location./Image Credit: LPC

    The Federal-style mansion is also a national historic landmark. On May 19, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar a decision to amend the individual landmark designation for the Hamilton Grange mansion located in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. Hamilton Grange is a two-story frame mansion that belonged to Alexander Hamilton. The mansion was located at 287 Convent Avenue at the time of its designation but it was moved to 414 West 141st Street in 2008. The amendment would rescind the designation for the former site and designate the current site.

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    Tags : 414 West 141st Street, Hamilton Grange, Hamilton Heights, Landmark Designation Amendment, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date: 06/03/2020
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    LPC Calendars Update to Kingsland Homestead’s Landmark Designation

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Landmark Designation  •  Flushing, Queens

    Kingsland Homestead Image Credit; Queens Historical Society

    Landmark’s works to make sure Kingsland Homestead’s designation is accurate. On May 19, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar a proposed amendment that would update Kingsland Homestead’s landmark designation to its current location. Kingsland Homestead was built in 1785 on tract of land located near Block 5270 in Flushing, Queens. In 1965, the two-story home was designated as a landmark at 40-25 155th Street in Flushing. Shortly after, in 1968, Landmarks approved a Certificate of Appropriateness to move the landmark to its current Weeping Beech Park location. This amendment would update the landmark designation to 143-35 37th Avenue, the Weeping Beech Park address in Flushing. Timothy Frye, Director of Special Projects and Strategic Planning, presented the application to the commission.

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    Tags : Flushing, Flushing Queens, Kingsland Homestead, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Weeping Beech, Weeping Beech Park
    Date: 05/28/2020
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    Iconic Postmodern Tower Takes Step Toward Individual Landmark Designation

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Hearing  •  Midtown, Manhattan

    AT&T Building. Image credit: LPC.

    Proponents of revitalization stressed need for adaptability in redeveloping currently vacant building, others lamented destruction of lobby, and urged Landmarks to maintain oversight of entire lot. On June 19, 2018, Landmarks held a public hearing on the potential designation of the former AT&T Corporate Headquarters at 550 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The 37-foot-tall tower was completed in 1984 and designed by Philip Johnson, recipient of a 1979 Pritzker Prize, and John Burgee. An early significant work of postmodern architecture, in the Headquarters Johnson and Burgee, rejected the unadorned glass curtain walls of International Style modernism, exemplified in New York by the Seagram Building. The building is clad in masonry and employs historicist quotations, including its famous pediment recalling design motifs in Chippendale furniture. It possesses a monumental entrance arch on Madison Avenue that is flanked by more arches that originally opened to Italian Renaissance-inspired arcades beneath the tower, and covered pedestrian space between east 55th and 56th Streets. The arcades have since been filled in. (more…)

    Tags : 550 Madison Avenue, AT&T, AT&T Corporate Headquarters, designation, Italian Renaissance, Landmarks, postmodern architecture
    Date: 06/29/2018
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