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    Eleven Buildings Individually Landmarked as part of the Greater East Midtown Initiative

    Designations  •  Midtown, Manhattan
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    The Graybar Building at 420 Lexington Avenue. Image Credit: LPC

    Hearing were held on twelve buildings over two meetings, with vary degrees of opposition— Citicorp Center Complex will be voted on separately at a later date. On November 22, 2016, Landmarks voted to designate eleven buildings in the Midtown area as individual City landmarks. Public testimony on the buildings was considered at two meetings on July 19 and September 13 of 2016. Landmarks undertook the surveying of the area as part of a mayoral program to strengthen and revitalize East Midtown as a commercial core. The initiative is expected to entail zoning for greater density, improvements to public spaces and mass transit, and commitments to economic-growth plans.

    Landmarks staff identified three periods of significant development in the area; the pre-Grand Central terminal era; the period of intense development following the construction of Grand Central and other transit improvements; and the modern, post-World War II era. (read more…)

    Tags : Beverly Hotel, East Midtown, Hotel Lexington, Martin Erdmann Residence, Minnie E. Young Residence, Pershing Square Building, Shelton Hotel, Yale Club
    Date:12/20/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Penn Club designated

    Designation  •  Midtown, Manhattan
    30 West 44th Street Image: CityLand

    Beaux-Arts style building once housed Yale’s bachelor graduates,and is currently occupied by the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Club. On February 9, 2010, Landmarks voted unanimously to designate the former Yale Club at 30 West 44th Street as an individual City landmark. Marc Eidlitz & Son built the eleven-story Beaux-Arts style building in 1901. The firm of Tracy & Swartwout designed the structure to function as living, dining, and social space for bachelor graduates of Yale University. The Yale Club used the building until 1915, when the club relocated to a larger facility two blocks away. The section of 44th street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues was known as “Clubhouse Row” because, in addition to the Yale Club, it hosted the Harvard Club, the New York City Yacht Club, and the City Club. (read more…)

    Tags : 30 West 44th Street, Clubhouse Row, Former Yale Club, Marc Eidlitz & Son, Tracy & Swartwout, University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Club, Yale Club, Yale University
    Date:03/15/2010
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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