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    Postmodern Icon to be Considered as Individual Landmark

    Designation Calendaring  •  East Midtown, Manhattan

    AT&T Building. Image Credit: LPC.

    Tower’s design, which flamboyantly rejected the precepts of the International Style, generated tremendous publicity and controversy. On November 28, 2017, Landmarks voted to add the former AT&T Building, at 550 Madison Avenue to its calendar, formally commencing the designation process. Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, the building is considered an icon of Postmodernism. The building, built between 1978 and 1884, is just old enough to be considered under Landmarks’ rules mandating that only buildings that have stood for 30 years or longer may be designated.  (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Kim Vauss, Commissioner Michael Devonshire
    Date:12/08/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Two City Island Residences Designated as Individual Landmarks

    Designations  •  City Island, Bronx

    The Booth House. Image Credit: LPC.

    A late 19th century wood-framed Queen Anne style cottage and rare 1930 Sears Roebuck prefabricated bungalow both added to Landmarks portfolio. On November 28, 2017, Landmarks voted to designate two buildings on City Island in the Bronx as individual City landmarks. Both structures are single-family dwellings. The Samuel H. and Mary T. Booth House dates to the late 1800s, and stands at 30 Centre Street, and the 1930 Captain John H. Stafford House at 95 Pell Place. Both buildings were added to Landmarks’ calendar in 2011. (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Kim Vauss, Commissioner Michael Goldblum
    Date:12/06/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Proposed Development Raised Community Ire, Deemed Out-of-Scale by Commissioners

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Rendering of 536 Halsey Street. Image Credit: LPC.

    Commissioners asked for revisions to proposal, which would see two garage buildings converted− one to an apartment building and the other into two townhouses. On March 28, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for two adjoining lots at 536 Halsey Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. The midblock site is occupied by two early-20th-century utilitarian buildings; a three-story Queen Anne-style structure built in 1904 and a one-story building. Both were used as parking garages until recently, when they were acquired by Brookland Capital. Brookland intends to redevelop the properties for residential use. (read more…)

    Tags : Bedford-Stuyvesant/ Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, Brooklyn Community Board 3, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Kim Vauss, Commissioner Michael
    Date:04/05/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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