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    Landmarks Releases Online Timeline in Honor of its 55th Anniversary

    Landmarks Story Map  •  Citywide

    Fifty-Five Years of LPC timeline homepage./Image Credit: LPC

    The interactive timeline aims to foster civic pride for New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 16, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission announced the release of an online timeline, Fifty-Five Years of LPC. Fifty-Five Years of LPC was released in honor of Landmarks’ 55th year anniversary. The timeline is interactive and includes excerpts of Landmarks’ history and highlights its notable accomplishments through the decades.

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    Tags : COVID-19, Fifty-Five Years of LPC, Gale brewer, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Sarah Carroll
    Date:04/27/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Holds Hearing on Upper West Side Church Adaptation

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Proposed Rendering of 361 Central Park West Image Credit: Landmarks

    Upper West Side community weary on rooftop addition and removal of stained glass windows. On March 3, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard an application by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan for a Certificate of Appropriateness regarding 361 Central Park West, a Beaux Arts classical style church overlooking Central Park. The building is located on the northwest corner of Central Park West and 96th Street in Manhattan. Approval of the application would permit adaptive reuse of the building by facilitating roof additions, window replacements, alterations to entrances, door replacements, signage installation and the excavation of the cellar.

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    Tags : 361 Cenral Park West, certificate of appropriateness, Children's museum of manhattan, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Mark Levine, First Church of Christ Scientist, FXCollaborative, Gale brewer, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Robert Rodriguez
    Date:03/16/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    City Planning Holds Hearing on Transfer of Development Rights from Landmarked East Village Building

    Zoning Special Permit  •  East Village, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed Development at 3 St. Marks Place Image Credit: City Planning

    Community questions benefits received and context of development. On March 4, 2020, the City Planning Commission heard an application by Real Estate Equities Corporation for a special permit to transfer development rights from a landmarked site and construct a ten-story commercial building in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The development site is located at 3 St. Marks Place, on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and St. Marks Place and is currently vacant. The special permit would transfer approximately 8,336 gross feet of floor area from the landmarked “Hamilton-Holly House,” across the street at 4 St. Marks Place.

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    Tags : Anna Hayes Levin, Comissioner Michelle De La Uz, Gale brewer, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Kenneth J. Knuckles, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Village Preservation
    Date:03/10/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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