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    Landmarks Preservation Commission

    Jacob Dangler House Calendared for Individual Landmark Consideration

    Landmarks Calendaring  •  Bed-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    The Jacob Dangler House. Image Credit: LPC.

    A late addition to Landmarks’ agenda, the Commission unanimously voted in favor of calendaring the Brooklyn mansion. On June 7, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the Jacob Dangler House, located at 441 Willoughby Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn for designation. (read more…)

    Date:07/06/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Considers Application to Demolish Church Based on Hardship Request

    Landmark Status  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

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

    Met with both strong support and staunch opposition, a Manhattan church’s hardship application would allow the landmarked building to be demolished. On June 14, 2022, the Landmark Preservation Commission held a public hearing to discuss the future of Individual Landmark West Park Presbyterian Church, located on 165 86th Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The West Park Administrative Commission has applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish the church building on the grounds of hardship. (read more…)

    Tags : hardship exception, landmark status, Landmarks Preservation Commission, West Park Presbyterian Church
    Date:06/28/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    LPC Celebrates LGBTQ+ Landmarks with Interactive Story Map

    Pride Month  •  Citywide

    Imagine Credit: LPC

    Released in honor of pride month, the story map features significant places like the Stonewall Inn. On June 16, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission announced the launch of “Pride: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Landmarks”. This interactive story map highlights individual landmarks designated by LPC for their significant contributions to LGBTQ+ cultural and civil rights movements. (read more…)

    Tags : Landmarks, Pride Month, Sarah Carroll, Stonewall Inn
    Date:06/23/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    LPC Celebrates New Historic District Markers for Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District in Harlem

    Historic Districts  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    The new historic district marker at Dorrance Brooks Square Park. Image Credit: NYC LPC.

    On February 23, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation (NYLPF), and the Dorrance Brooks Property Owners and Residents Association celebrated last year’s designation of the Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District with new historic district markers.

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    Date:02/24/2022
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Brooklyn’s East 25th Street Historic District Receives Historic District Marker

    Historic Districts  •  East Flatbush, Brooklyn

    Landmarks Chair Sarah Carroll and Council Member Farah N. Louis joined local residents and advocates to celebrate the installation of the historic district marker for the East 25th Street HD. Image Credit: NYC LPC.

    The markers commemorate Flatbush’s first historic district. On December 8, 2021, the Landmarks Preservation Commission revealed the historic district marker that will commemorate the East 25th Street Historic District in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The historic district, which runs on East 25th Street between Clarendon Road and Avenue D, was designated last year.  (read more…)

    Tags : East 25th Street Historic District
    Date:12/17/2021
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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