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    Landmarks Votes to Designate Manida Street HD

    Designation  •  Hunts Point, Bronx

    Streetscape of Manida Street./Image Credit: LPC

    The designation created the 150th historic district in New York City. On June 23, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to create the Manida Street Historic District in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. The designation followed support from local residents, community activists, and elected officials who wanted to preserve 42 semi-detached brick houses along Manida Street from Garrison to Lafayette Avenues.  (read more…)

    Tags : Historic District Designation, Hunts Point, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manida Street Historic District
    Date:07/10/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Approves New Three Story Residential Building in Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights HD

    Binding Report  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, Brooklyn

    Rendering of Proposed Building at 358 Malcolm X Blvd./Image Credit: Gerald J. Caliendo Architects and LPC

    The building’s ground-floor storefront design was inspired by the commercial storefronts seen on the block. On June 9, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to issue a binding report for the construction of a new three-story residential building on a vacant lot located at 358 Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn. The vacant lot is located within the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. The proposal is part of a Department of Housing and Preservation Development affordable housing project and the building will be used as a three-family dwelling.

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    Tags : 358 Malcolm X Boulevard, Bedford-Stuyvesant/ Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, Binding Report, Gerald J. Caliendo Architects, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date:07/09/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Calendars Jamaica, Queens Public School for Designation

    Calendaring  •  Jamaica, Queens

    Public School 48 in Jamaica, Queens/Image Credit: LPC

    The public school building’s design and details set it apart from other school buildings built during the early 20th century. On June 9, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar Public School 48 in Jamaica, Queens for designation as an individual landmark. Public School 48, located at 155-02 108th Avenue, is an Art Deco style three-story public school building designed by Walter C. Martin. 

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    Tags : calendaring, Jamaica, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Public School 31, Public School 48, Queens, Sarah Carroll
    Date:07/03/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Approves New 13-Story Office Building in Madison Square North HD

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Madison Square North Historic District, Manhattan

    Rendering of the modified design for 1162 Broadway office building./Image Credit: Morris Ajemi Architects

    The modified design received support from the majority of the Commissioners. On May 12, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a new 13-story office building on a vacant lot at 1162 Broadway, Manhattan. The vacant lot is located within the Madison Square North Historic District. In 2013, Landmarks originally approved the building’s construction and design for a new hotel but nothing was constructed. Morris Ajemi Architects, the building’s architectural firm, made slight modifications to the previously approved design.

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    Tags : 1162 Broadway, certificate of appropriateness, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Madison Square North Historic District, Morris Ajemi Architects
    Date:06/17/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Calendars Site of Former Synagogue for Designation Rescission

    Landmark Designation Rescission  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan

    Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue at the time of designation./Image Credit: LPC

    The former landmarked synagogue was home to the country’s oldest Russian Orthodox Jewish congregation. On May 19, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar a decision to rescind the individual landmark designation of a vacant lot, located at 60 Norfolk Street, Manhattan. The lot was formerly the site of the Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, which was fully demolished in 2019 after a fire destroyed most of the building.

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    Tags : 60 Norfolk Street, Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, Landmark Designation Rescission, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Lower East Side
    Date:06/04/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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