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    At Final Backlog Hearing, Testimony Considered on Manhattan Items

    Special Hearing  •  Manhattan
    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Credit: LPC.

    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Credit: LPC.

    The proposed designation of the former Yuengling Brewery Site in East Harlem proved contentious, dividing preservationists and those who wished to see site developed.  On November 12, 2015 the Landmarks Preservation Commission held the final of four special hearings organized to address the backlog of items added to the Commission’s calendar before 2001, but never brought to a vote on designation.  The final hearing consisted of items in Manhattan, occupying Community Boards six through twelve.  Landmarks is expected to make determinations on the items in early 2016.

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    Tags : Bryan Cave, Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Robert Jackson, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Docomomo, Docomomo Tri-State, Historic Districts Council, Janus Property, Manhattan Community Board 12, Manhattan Community Board 6, Manhattan Community Board 9, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Society for the Architecture of the City, Thomas W. Lamb
    Date:11/19/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Times Square’s Paramount Hotel designated

    Designation  •  Midtown, Manhattan
    The Paramount Hotel at 235 West 46th Street in Manhattan. Photo: CityLand.

    Theater District hotel’s architect was primarily known as a theater designer. On November 17, 2009, Landmarks voted to designate the Paramount Hotel, located at 235 West 46th Street in Manhattan. Thomas W. Lamb built the 600-room French Renaissance hotel between 1927 and 1928. The Scottish-born Lamb was a prolific theater and cinema architect, having designed more than 300 theaters around the world. The Paramount is one of only a very few hotels he designed. Rising nineteen stories, the building’s facade includes ornate brick, terra cotta, and stone, and it is topped off by a copper mansard roof. The Paramount’s ground floor facade notably features a double-height arcade with twelve marble-faced arches.

    At the time of the hotel’s construction, Times Square was peaking in prominence as an entertainment hub, and the Paramount served as a luxury destination for visitors enjoying the City’s nightlife. After a long period of neglect, hotelier Ian Schrager bought the Paramount in the 1990s, repairing the hotel’s exterior and hiring Philippe Starck to redesign its lobby. (read more…)

    Tags : 235 West 46th Street, Ian Schrager, Paramount Hotel, Philippe Starck, Thomas W. Lamb, Times Square
    Date:12/15/2009
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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