The following addresses are on this month’s list. If additional Landmark items come up for February, we will email everyone.
19 East 74th Street
128 East 64th Street
1295 Madison Avenue
5 East 63rd Street
935 Park Avenue
18 East 74th Street
128 East 64th Street
1295 Madison Avenue
828 Madison Avenue
The following item will be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, (212-669-7855) 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, on Tuesday February 13, 2024 2024 and also by teleconference.
The Upper East Side Item is:
19 East 74th Street – Upper East Side Historic District
An Italianate style residence built c.1869 and altered by Schwartz & Gross in 1930. Application is to modify window openings at the rear façade.
The link to the Community Board 8 Landmarks Committee on February 12, 2024 is https://forms.gle/inyyzb5jhTnC8p4b6.
The items are:
128 East 64th Street – Upper East Side Historic District
A Neo-Grec style building designed by James E. Ware and constructed in 1899. Application is to replace a window at the basement level with a door, with the door installation imitating the appearance of the existing window and with the goal of significantly improving the functionality of the space.
1295 Madison Avenue East – Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
A Neo-Renaissance style building designed by Louis Korn and constructed in 1899, opening to the public in 1902. Application is to install non-illuminated building signs.
5 East 63rd Street – Upper East Side Historic District
A Neo-Classical style building designed by Heins & LaFarge and constructed in 1900, with façade modifications and added upper stories by Harry Hurwuit in 1942. Application is for a new cornice on the street façade, replacement of double-hung windows with casement windows on the front and rear facades, modifications to the existing stair bulkhead on the roof, replacement of lot line windows, and the addition of a new skylight on the roof.
828 Madison Avenue – Upper East Side Historic District
A Neo-Renaissance style building designed by George F. Pelham and constructed in 1925-26. Application is to install storefront infill and signage at the building’s southern seven storefront bays along East 69th Street and Madison Avenue.
The following items will be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, (212-669-7855) 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, on Tuesday, February 27, 2024and also by teleconference.
The Upper East Side Items are:
18 East 74th Street – Upper East Side Historic District
A rowhouse built c. 1871 altered in the neo-Italian Renaissance style by A. Wallace McCrea in 1921, and again with a two-story addition constructed c, 1980. Application is to reclad the front façade of the rooftop addition.
128 East 64th Street – Upper East Side Historic District
A neo-Grec style rowhouse with classical details, designed by James E. Ware and built in 1878. Application is to modify a masonry opening.
1295 Madison Avenue – Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
A neo-Renaissance style hotel building designed by Louis Korn and built in 1899-1900. Application is to legalize the installation of signage without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s).
828-850 Madison Avenue – Upper East Side Historic District
A Neo-Renaissance style hotel building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1925-26. Application is to install storefront infill and signage.
Landmark Preservation Commission Action January, 2024
935 Park Avenue – Park Avenue Historic District
A Renaissance Revival style apartment building designed by Sugarman, Hess & Berger and built in 1923-24. Application is to install a rooftop pergola, stairs, and railings.
This application was approved with modifications.