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    Morningside Heights-Notable for Early 20th Century Architecture Designated

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation  •  Morningside Heights, Manhattan

    Morningside Heights Historic District Map. Credit LPC.

    District is composed of 115 buildings between West 109th and West 199th Streets. On February 21, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Morningside Heights Historic District, in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights neighborhood. Made up of 115 buildings, the district is characterized by its residential architecture, developed within a relatively short period of time in the early 20th century, for middle and upper class tenants. The district is bounded by West 109th Street to the south, and West 119th street to the north, between Riverside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue. (more…)

    Tags : Andrew Dolkart, Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Member Mark Levine, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Morningside Heights Historic District
    Date: 02/27/2017
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    Addition to American Museum of Natural History on Columbus Avenue Side Approved

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Binding Report  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan
    Museum of Natural History

    Rendering of the interior of the Museum. Image Credit: LPC.

    Approved addition, occupying a quarter acre of parkland, will increase connections for better museum circulation, provide additional space to store collection materials, and allow visitors to watch scientists at work. At its meeting on October 11, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to issue a binding report for the construction of an addition, and associated demolition, to the American Museum of Natural History, an individual landmark on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The addition, to be named the Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation, will be the first significant intervention on the museum campus since the completion of the Rose Center for Earth and Space in 2000. The addition would be sited on the western side of the museum, and would create new Columbus Avenue public entrance. (more…)

    Tags : American Museum of Natural History, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Landmark West!, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Municipal Art Society, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Wellington Chen
    Date: 10/31/2016
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    115-Property District in Morningside Enters Designation Process

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Calendaring  •  Morningside Heights, Manhattan
    Historic District Map. Image Credit: LPC

    Morningside Heights Historic District Map. Image Credit: LPC

    Potential 115-building district was largely developed in a short time frame following closures of two asylums that occupied area and extension of IRT subway line at turn of the century. On September 13, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add the Morningside Heights Historic District to its calendar, formally commencing the designation process. The proposed district is composed of approximately 115 buildings in upper Manhattan, to the west and south of Columbia University’s campus. The district is almost entirely residential in character, with some institutional buildings, including Broadway Presbyterian Church, falling within its borders. (more…)

    Tags : Beaux Arts, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Morningside Heights Historic District, Renaissance Revival, Tudor Revival
    Date: 09/30/2016
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    Four Manhattan Properties Designated Individual City Landmarks

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designations  •  Manhattan
    St. Joseph's Church in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC

    St. Joseph of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC

    Two Catholic churches designated over archdiocese opposition. On June 28, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate four Manhattan properties as individual City landmarks. Three of the items had been added to Landmarks calendar before 2010 and were addressed as part of the Commission’s backlog initiative. (more…)

    Tags : Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date: 07/13/2016
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    Plan by West End Collegiate Church to Develop Adjacent Lot Approved

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan
    Architect rendering of the proposed West End Collegiate development. Image credit: CFA

    Architect rendering of the proposed West End Collegiate development. Image credit: CFA

    Demolition of existing building and construction of new residential tower generally supported by community and preservationist organizations. On December 8 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve two applications submitted by West End Collegiate Church for the redevelopment of adjoining properties. The sites are currently occupied by the Collegiate School, from whom the church repurchased the property when the school made a decision to relocate. The plan calls for the demolition of the existing building at 260 West 78th Street, called Platten Hall, and to replace it with a new residential tower. The second application entailed the construction of rooftop addition to 378 West End Avenue, with other alterations to the building. The sites to be redeveloped lie within the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension. Restoration work to the historic church and school, an individual landmark, was not included in the application, and will be handled at staff level. (more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Bill Higgins, CookFox Architects, Fred Bland, Higgins Quasebarth, Landmark West!, Meenakshi Srinivasan, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Rick Cook, West End Collegiate Church, West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension
    Date: 12/21/2015
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