logo CityLand
      • Home
      • About CityLand
      • CityLand Sponsors
      • Filings & Decisions
      • Commentary
      • Archive
      • Resources
      • CityLaw
      • Current Issue

    City’s Newest Landmark also its Youngest

    Designation  •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    United Nations Hotel

    United Nations Hotel

    Late 1970s and early 1980s hotel interiors are a rare preserved exemplar of late Modern and early Postmodern design. Landmarks voted to designate as an interior City landmark the hotel lobby and Ambassador Grill of the United Nations Hotel at its meeting on January 17, 2017. The hotel, at 1 United Nations Plaza was built as part of a larger complex by the United Nations Development Corporation. The two interior spaces were completed seven years apart− the Grill in 1976 and the lobby area in 1983. (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Fred Bland, Robert A.M. Stern, United Nations Plaza Hotel
    Date:01/31/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Wide Support for Designation of Early Postmodern Hotel Interiors

    Designation Hearing  •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    United Nations Hotel

    United Nations Hotel. Image Credit: LPC

    Some speakers testified that landmarked space should be expanded to connect bar and lobby as one designated interior. At its meeting on November 22, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard testimony on the potential designation of two interior spaces on the first floor of the United Nations Hotel at 1 United Nations Plaza in East Midtown. The interiors under consideration are the Ambassador Grill and the Hotel Lobby, built as part of a hotel and office complex by the United Nations Development Corporation. Both designed by the firm Kevin Roche Dinkeloo Associates. The grill was completed in 1976, and the Lobby in 1983. Landmarks voted to add the interiors to its calendar on September 20, 2016. (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Docomomo, Sarah Carroll, United Nations Development Corporation, United Nations Plaza Hotel
    Date:12/08/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Disco-Era Hotel Interior Enters Designation Process

    Designation Calendaring  •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    United Nations Hotel

    United Nations Hotel. Image Credit: LPC

    Early Postmodern bar and lobby a rare intact example of interior architecture and design from the late 1970s and early 1980s. On September 20 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add first floor interiors on the United Nations Hotel at 1 United Nations Plaza to its calendar, formally commencing the designation process. The interiors under consideration are the hotel’s lobby and the public areas of the Ambassador Grill. The lobby was completed in 1983, and the grill in 1976. Both were designed by the firm of Kevin Roche Dinkeloo Associates for the United Nations Development Corporation. (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Fred Bland, Ford Foundation, United Nations Plaza Hotel
    Date:10/20/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (1) Comment

    Hotel chain off the hook on $1.4 million tax bill

    Regal Hotels chain appealed a determination that it owed transfer taxes in connection with its UN Plaza Hotel deal. In 1997 the City, the United Nations Development Corporation, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation put out a bid for proposals to purchase and operate the United Nations Plaza Hotel, currently the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, situated within two adjacent buildings. The 39-story first tower, known as One UN Plaza and located at 787 First Avenue, has office space on the first 26 floors and hotel space on the remaining floors. The second tower, known as Two UN Plaza, is located at 322 East 45th Street. The two towers are the same height, have the same exterior appearance and lobby, and are connected by two pedestrian bridges.

    The deal included the sale of the City’s property interest in the first tower and the transfer of then City’s lease interest in the second tower. The City selected the Regal Hotels chain, which paid $59.1 million to acquire the first tower, $36.5 million for the second tower lease, and $1.55 million in transfer taxes. (read more…)

    Tags : 322 East 45th Street, 787 First Avenue, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Two UN Plaza, United Nations Development Corporation, United Nations Plaza Hotel
    Date:03/15/2007
    Category : Court Decisions
    Leave a Comment

    Subscribe To Free Alerts


    Follow Us on Social Media

    twitterfacebook

    Search

    Search by Category

      City Council
      CityLaw
      City Planning Commission
      Board of Standards & Appeals
      Landmarks Preservation Commission
      Economic Development Corporation
      Housing Preservation & Development
      Administrative Decisions
      Court Decisions
      Filings and Decisions
      CityLand Profiles

    Search by Date

    © 1997-2010 New York Law School | 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212.431.2100 | Privacy | Terms | Code of Conduct | DMCA | Policies
     

    Loading Comments...