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    Landmarks Holds Public Hearing on Tin Pan Alley Designation

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Hearing  •  Flatiron District, Manhattan

    Nos. 47 – 55 West 28th Street were the home of many sheet music publishers in the 1890s and 1900s. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    The designation received strong public support despite objections from the owner. On April 30, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing to designate five buildings located at 47 – 55 West 28th Street collectively known as “Tin Pan Alley.” Landmarks calendared the five buildings on March 12, 2019. The street was the home of sheet music publishers in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The street received its moniker from the sound of different pianos playing from the various publishers along the block, which collectively sounded like tin pans banging together. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the Tin Pan Alley designation process, click here. (more…)

    Tags : 47 West 28th street, 49 West 28th street, 51 West 28th Street, 53 West 28th street, 55 West 28th street, Designation Hearing, Landmarks, landmarks designation, Tin Pan Alley
    Date: 06/06/2019
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    HPD Seeks Urban Development Action Area Designation for Two City-Owned Properties in East Village

    City Planning Commission  •  ULURP  •  East Village, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed buildings at 204 Avenue A (left) and 535 East 12th Street (right) in East Village, Manhattan. Image Credit: CPC.

    Approval of the proposed project will provide housing to families that have been displaced for over ten years. On December 5, 2018, the City Planning Commission heard an application that would allow for the demolition of existing buildings on two City-owned lots and development of ten co-operative units at 204 Avenue A and eleven one-bedroom rental units at 535 East 12th Street in Manhattan. The lots are located on the same block in the East Village, bounded by Avenue A, East 12th Street, East 13th Street, and Avenue B. To facilitate the proposed development, the applicant team requested approval for the disposition of the City-owned lots and designation and approval of the lots as an Urban Development Action Area Project.  The application was brought by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, along with the selected developer for the project, Juan Barahona of SMJ Development. (more…)

    Tags : 204 Avenue A, 535 East 12th Street, Affordable Neighborhood Cooperative Program, City Planning Commission, Disposition of City-owned property, East Village, Housing Development Fund Corporation, HPD, Tenant Interim Lease Program, UDAAP
    Date: 12/18/2018
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    Landmarks Holds Designation Public Hearing for Seven Broadway Buildings

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Landmark Designation  •  Union Square, Manhattan

    Five of the seven buildings considered for designation. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Residents divided between bureaucratic concerns and a desire for a larger historic district. On December 4, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held public hearings for the individual landmark designation of seven buildings on Broadway south of Union Square. The buildings are located at 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Broadway, and 841 Broadway. (more…)

    Tags : Landmark Designation, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Union Square
    Date: 12/10/2018
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    Seven Buildings South of Union Square Enter Designation Process

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Calendaring  •  Union Square, Manhattan

    Five of the seven buildings calendared for designation. Image Credit: Google Maps

    The buildings feature various architectural styles and were home to garment manufacturers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On September 25, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted to add seven buildings to its calendar for consideration as individual landmarks. The buildings are located at 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Broadway, and 841 Broadway. All of the buildings are south of Union Square in Manhattan.  (more…)

    Tags : 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Braodway, 841 Broadway, Landmark Designation, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Union Square
    Date: 10/16/2018
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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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