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    Addition to Tammany Hall Approved after Reduction in Size

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Union Square, Manhattan
    A proposed rendering of the renovated Tammany Hall. Image credit: BKSK Architects

    A proposed rendering of the renovated Tammany Hall. Image credit: BKSK Architects

    Contemporary dome would sit atop restored neo-Georgian building facing Union Square. On March 10, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve the construction of an addition, as well as façade renovations, to the former Tammany Hall building at 44 Union Square East, an individual City landmark. Landmark first considered a proposal for the site in November of 2015. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Christopher Moore, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Roberta Washington, Tammany Hall, Union Square Park, Union Square Partnership
    Date:03/26/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Tortoise-shaped roof addition to former Tammany Hall proves controversial

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Union Square, Manhattan
    Proposed Rendering of Tammany Hall Addition. Image Credit: LPC

    Proposed Rendering of Tammany Hall Addition. Image Credit: LPC

    Applicants argued that addition would echo the domes of classical architecture, pay homage to the Lenape who once occupied Manhattan. On November 25, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application to construct an addition to a building that housed the Tammany political machine at 44 Union Square East, an individual City landmark. The building was the third Tammany Hall constructed, and the only one extant. Designated in 2013, the neo-Georgian 1929 building was later utilized as a union hall, theater, and film school. The building is substantially intact, though storefronts have been created at the ground level facing Union Square Park. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Jack Taylor, Jennifer Falk, Lenape Center, Manhattan Community Board 5, McManus Midtown Democratic Club, Meenakshi Srinivasan, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Tammany Hall, Union Square Community Coalition, Union Square Partnership
    Date:12/15/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Wide Support Expressed for Designation of Former Tammany Hall [Update: City Council Land Use Committee Voted Unanimously for Designation]

    Designation Hearing  •  Union Square, Manhattan
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    Former Tammany Hall at 100 East 17th Street, Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC.

    Speakers largely emphasized the role of Tammany in New York City’s social and political history. On June 25, 2013, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the potential designation of the former Tammany Hall, at 100 East 17th Street off of Union Square, as an individual City landmark. Landmarks calendared the building on May 14, 2013. The building was Tammany’s second headquarters, replacing a meeting hall on 14th Street. Built at the height of the political organization’s power in 1929, the neo-Georgian building’s design was inspired by Federal Hall in Manhattan and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia. After Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia came to power, Tammany’s fortunes ebbed, and it sold the building to the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. In the 1980s the building was converted to an off-Broadway theater, and is currently home to the New York Film Academy. Margaret Cotter, speaking on behalf of the owners, Liberty Theaters Inc., testified that the owner would not oppose designation, and looked forward to working with Landmarks going forward.

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    Tags : Jesse Denno, Tammany Hall
    Date:01/30/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Former Tammany Hall Near Union Square Enters Landmarking Process

    Designation Calendaring  •  Gramercy, Manhattan
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    Former Tammany Hall at 100 East 17th Street, Manhattan. Image Credit: CityLand.

    Hall served as home to powerful City political organization after abandonment of 14th Street headquarters. On May 14, 2013, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the former Tammany Hall, formally commencing the structure’s consideration as an individual City landmark. The building is located at 100-102 East 17th Street, just off Union Square.

    The Neo-Georgian building was completed in 1929 based on the designs of the firm of Thompson, Holmes & Converse and architect Charles B. Meyers. Three-and-a-half stories tall, the structure was loosely modeled on Wall Street’s Federal Hall, where George Washington took his oath of office. The building replaced the organization’s former headquarters on 14th Street, a structure that is no longer standing. The building possesses a stone base, with the upper floors primarily clad in brick. Decorative elements include a pedimented portico and sculptural reliefs in limestone and terra cotta.

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    Tags : Tammany Hall
    Date:05/17/2013
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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