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    Morningside Heights-Notable for Early 20th Century Architecture Designated

    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. (read 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
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Waldorf-Astoria Interiors Proceed Toward Designation

    Designation Hearing  •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    Waldorf-Astoria

    The Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Image Credit: LPC.

    Speakers at hearing on designation lavish praise on quality and significance of hotel’s opulent Art Deco interior spaces. On January 24, 2017, Landmarks held a hearing on the potential designation of certain interior spaces in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan. The exterior of the hotel, with its block-sized footprint, was designated an individual landmark in 1993. Landmarks officially added the interiors to its calendar on November 1, 2006.  The specific interiors in the potential designation were identified by Landmarks staff as the most important spaces, as well as the corridors that connect them. The hotel was designed by the firm Schultze and Weaver, with partner Lloyd Morgan overseeing the project. (read more…)

    Tags : Anbang, Andrew Dolkart, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Date:02/08/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Potential Developers Say Designation Would Likely Halt Adaptive Reuse of Former Dairy

    Designation Hearing  •  East New York, Brooklyn
    Empire State Dairy Company Buildings. Image Credit: LPC.

    Empire State Dairy Company Buildings. Image Credit: LPC.

    Developer’s engineers say stabilizing the buildings while conducting environmental remediation would lead to six million dollars in unplanned costs. On September 13, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a second hearing on the potential designation of two of the buildings that once composed the Empire State Dairy Company at 2840 Atlantic Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn. (read more…)

    Tags : Andrew Dolkart, Historic Districts Council, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Langan Engineering, LSC Development, Paget and Riesel, Sive, Valerie Campbell
    Date:09/29/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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