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    Landmarks Rescind Landmarks Designation Status of Former School

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Landmarks Designation Rescission  •  Grand Concourse, Bronx

    Public School 31 in 2014 before its demolition./Image Credit: Google Maps

    The landmarked building featured many late Gothic details. On December 10, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to rescind the individual landmark designation of a vacant lot, located at 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx. The lot was formerly the location of Public School 31, which was demolished in 2015.

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    Tags : 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx, Chair Sarah Carroll, Commissioner John Gustafsson, Grand Concourse, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Public School 31
    Date: 12/11/2019
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    Waldorf-Astoria Interiors Designated Ahead of Residential Conversion

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation  •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    Waldorf-Astoria

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

    Interior landmark is composed of contiguous spaces over three floors, including the Main Lobby and Grand Ballroom. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Interiors at its meeting on March 7, 2017. The exterior of the Hotel, at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan, has been an individual City landmark since 1993. The hotel was purchased by Chinese investment firm Anbang in 2014. Anbang has closed the hotel for renovation, and intends to partially convert the building to condominium use. (more…)

    Tags : Anbang, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner John Gustafsson, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Date: 03/13/2017
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    Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Six Auxiliary Buildings Collectively Designated an Individual Landmark

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation  •  Morningside Heights, Manhattan

    St. John the Divine Cathedral. Image Credit: LPC.

    Unfinished cathedral, the largest in the world, designated a landmark for second time. On February 21, 2017, Landmarks commissioners voted to designate the St. John the Divine Cathedral and Close an individual City landmark. The cathedral, the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, is the largest church in the United States, and the largest cathedral in the world. It stands at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights neighborhood.

    The Landmarks Commission first held a hearing on the potential designation of the cathedral in 1966, and ultimately voted to designate the cathedral a City landmark in 2003. The designation was overturned by the City Council because it was limited to the cathedral’s footprint, and would allow for the development of the rest of the campus.

    The Commission again added the cathedral to its calendar on July 19, 2016. This potential designation included six historic auxiliary buildings comprising the cathedral close. (more…)

    Tags : Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner John Gustafsson
    Date: 02/23/2017
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