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    Seven Buildings South of Union Square Enter Designation Process

    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.  (read 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
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Extraordinary Community Efforts Lead to Landmarks Victory in Carroll Gardens

    Landmarks Designation  •  Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

    Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten, at 236 President Street. Image credit: LPC.

    Carroll Gardens newest landmarks are a preservation of a rich history of service to the neighborhood. On September 18, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved individual landmark designation of the Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten at 236 President Street and adjacent 238 President Street House in the Carroll Gardens community in Brooklyn. The approvals came following strong appeal from the community to designate the properties as landmarks in order to preserve not only their rich cultural history and architectural heritage, but to help shield them from the threat of redevelopment. (read more…)

    Tags : 236 President Street, 238 President Street, Carroll Gardens, Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten, Landmark Designation
    Date:10/09/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Testimony in Support and Opposition to Historic District Extension Heard from Community Members

    Designation Hearing  •  Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

    Proposed Boerum Hill Historic District Extension. Image Credit: LPC.

    Controversy focused on small section of Atlantic Avenue commercial corridor proposed for inclusion in district extension, characterized by 19th-century low-rise buildings. Landmarks held a hearing on the designation of the Boerum Hill Historic District Extension on May 8, 2018.  The extension would be composed of three direct sections adjoining the existing Boerum Hill Historic District to the north, south, and west. Approximately 288 buildings are included in the proposed extension, roughly equal in size to the existing 300-property district. (read more…)

    Tags : Boerum Hill, bulildings, designation, historic district, landmark, Landmark Designation
    Date:05/15/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Early Purpose-Built Kindergarten and Associated Deaconess Home Enter Designation Process

    Designation Calendaring  •  Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

    Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten. Image credit: LPC.

    Two adjoining buildings from different eras with shared history to be considered together as an individual City landmark. Landmarks voted to add two buildings to its calendar for consideration as individual landmarks at the Commission’s April 10, 2018, meeting. The buildings are the 238 President Street House and the adjoining Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten at 236 President Street. The structures stand in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. (read more…)

    Tags : Carroll Gardens, French Renaissance Revival, House, Kindergarten, Landmark Designation, Landmarks, President Street
    Date:04/23/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    [Update] Bowery Mission Considered for Landmarks Status

    Designation Hearing  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan

    The Bowery Mission

    Broad support for landmarking one of the country’s oldest extant Christian missions. On June 12, 2012, Landmarks held a public hearing to consider designating the Bowery Mission at 227 Bowery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side as an individual landmark. The red brick neo-Grec store-and-loft building was constructed in 1876 for use by an undertaker. The Bowery Mission relocated to the building in 1909 after its former home at 55 Bowery was demolished to accommodate the approach to the Manhattan Bridge. In 1908 and 1909, the Mission altered 227 Bowery by installing four stained-glass windows with mock half-timbering at the second floor. The Mission is one of the oldest extant Christian missions in the country. In 1909, President William H. Taft made a speech to 600 men at the Mission, and the building soon became famous for the bread lines that once queued outside.

    The Mission President and CEO Ed Morgan testified in support of designation. Morgan spoke of the desperate conditions in the Bowery at the time the Mission moved into the building. He (read more…)

    Tags : Bowery Mission, Landmark Designation
    Date:06/15/2012
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    [Update] Two Hotels in Midtown Designated as Individual Landmarks

    Designations  •  Midtown, Manhattan

    Hotel Mansfield

    Turn-of-the-century residential hotels, which served rising professional class, among City’s newest landmarks. On June 12, 2012, Landmarks voted to designate two Midtown hotels constructed in the early 20th century as individual landmarks. The Beaux-Arts Hotel Mansfield is located at 12 West 44th Street, and the Renaissance Revival Martha Washington Hotel is located at 30 East 30th Street.

    The 12-story Hotel Mansfield is on the same block as several other individual landmarks, including the Algonquin Hotel, the New York Yacht Club, the Harvard Club, and the former Yale Club. The firm of Renwick, Aspinwall and Owen designed the Hotel Mansfield, which was completed in 1902. The hotel catered to affluent single men and couples without children, who occupied rooms on a permanent and transient basis. The heavily ornamented building features a two-story rusticated limestone base, a balcony below a copper cornice, and a mansard roof with three large arched dormers. The building continues to function as a hotel. At a hearing on the designation in March (read more…)

    Tags : Hotel Mansfield, Landmark Designation, Martha Washington Hotel, Midtown
    Date:06/15/2012
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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