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    Landmarks Launches Digital Archive of Designation Photos

    Interactive Tools  •  Citywide

    The front page of the new Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection. Image Credit: LPC.

    Over 55 years of photos of historic landmarks across New York City are now available on a publicly-accessible digital archive. On August 18, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission announced the launch of its Designation Photo Collection, a searchable digital photo archive of the City’s designated landmarks and historic districts. For the first time, members of the public can search through high-resolution photos of designated buildings and sites throughout the five boroughs. The images, which used to be available by request only, are available for download at no cost. Reproductions of archive photos must credit the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as the source. (read more…)

    Date:08/29/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Launches Business Express Service

    Business Support  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: LPC

    On August 3, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission announced the launch of their Business Express Service, a one-stop-shop where businesses operating in landmarked buildings can easily get permits. This Landmarks initiative aims to strengthen the City’s pandemic recovery in accordance with the Mayor’s Economic Blueprint. (read more…)

    Date:08/25/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    West Park Presbyterian Church Responds to Public Testimony

    Landmark Status  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    The West Park Presbyterian Church. Image Credit: NYC LPC.

    Following Landmarks’ firsthand visit to the site, West Park was given an additional opportunity to speak in support of their hardship application. On July 19, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public meeting to question the West Park Presbyterian Church about their hardship application. The building is designed in the Romanesque Revival style and located at 165 West 86th Street in Manhattan. (read more…)

    Date:08/16/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Holds Public Hearing for Jacob Dangler House

    Designation Hearing  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    The Jacob Dangler House. Image Credit: LPC.

    UPDATE: (7/21/22) The developer began demolition on the Dangler House on July 21, 2022. CityLand will continue to follow this story as it develops.

    The owner and a potential developer oppose landmarking, but many community members support saving the French Gothic mansion. On July 12, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing for the designation of the Jacob Dangler House as an Individual Landmark. Located at 441 Willoughby Avenue at the intersection of Willoughby and Nostrand, this Bedford-Stuyvesant mansion was calendared for consideration on June 7, 2022. (read more…)

    Date:07/21/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Lesbian Herstory Archives Calendared for Individual Landmark Designation

    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. (read more…)

    Date:07/18/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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