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    Landmarks Designates Angel Guardian Home as Individual Landmark

    Designation  •  Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

    Angel Guardian Home, Main Building

    The landmark highlights the history of social services in Brooklyn. On November 10, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Angel Guardian Home as an individual landmark. The Angel Guardian Home, located at 6301 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, is a former orphanage operated by the Sisters of Mercy. It is the first individual landmark in Dyker Heights. (read more…)

    Tags : Angel Guardian Home, landmarks designation
    Date:11/13/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Designates PS 48 as First Landmark in South Jamaica, Queens

    Landmarks Designation  •  Jamaica, Queens

    Public School 48. Image Credit: LPC/Lisa Kersavage

    PS 48 is the first landmark to undergo its entire designation public hearing process over Zoom. On September 22, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Public School 48, also known as The Robert E. Peary School in Jamaica, Queens, as an individual landmark. PS 48 is located on 108th Ave and 155th Street, and is a three-story art deco style public school building. PS 48 is the first building to be designated an individual landmark in South Jamaica, and is the second art deco building designated as a landmark in New York City. For CityLand’s past coverage on Public School 48, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : landmarks designation, Public School 48
    Date:10/13/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Holds Public Hearing on Public School 48 Designation

    Landmark Designation  •  Jamaica, Queens

    Public School 48. Image Credit: LPC/Lisa Kersavage

    Landmarks advocates and elected officials support the designation of the school as a landmark. On August 4, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing to designate Public School 48 in Jamaica, Queens as an individual landmark. Public School 48, also known as the Robert E. Peary School, is located at 155-02 108th Avenue and is an Art Deco style three-story public school building designed by Walter C. Martin. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the Public School 48 designation process, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : landmarks designation, Landmarks Public Hearing, Public School 48
    Date:08/24/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Designates Six LGBT Historic Sites as Individual Landmarks

    Designations  •  Manhattan and Staten Island

    The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    The designation of the six historic sites received strong public support. On June 18, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate five buildings in Manhattan and one building in Staten Island as individual landmarks. The buildings – the Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse, the Women’s Liberation Center, Caffe Cino, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, the James Baldwin Residence and the Audre Lorde Residence – all reflected pieces of New York City’s LGBT civil rights history. The designations come as New York City celebrates Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. For CityLand’s prior coverage of these six buildings, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : designation, landmarks designation, LGBT historic sites
    Date:06/26/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Holds Public Hearing on Tin Pan Alley Designation

    Designation Hearing  •  Flatiron District, Manhattan

    Nos. 47 – 55 West 28th Street were the home of many sheet music publishers in the 1890s and 1900s. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    The designation received strong public support despite objections from the owner. On April 30, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing to designate five buildings located at 47 – 55 West 28th Street collectively known as “Tin Pan Alley.” Landmarks calendared the five buildings on March 12, 2019. The street was the home of sheet music publishers in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The street received its moniker from the sound of different pianos playing from the various publishers along the block, which collectively sounded like tin pans banging together. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the Tin Pan Alley designation process, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : 47 West 28th street, 49 West 28th street, 51 West 28th Street, 53 West 28th street, 55 West 28th street, Designation Hearing, Landmarks, landmarks designation, Tin Pan Alley
    Date:06/06/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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