FEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER

The following items will be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, (212-669-7855) 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 and also by teleconference.

The Upper East Side items are:

60 East 93rd Street – Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt House – Individual Landmark – Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
Certificate of Appropriateness
A neo-French Classic style townhouse designed by John Russell Pope and built in 1930-31.  Application is to alter the rear façade and infill a light court.

60 East 93rd Street – Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt House – Individual Landmark – Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
Modification of Use and Bulk
A neo-French Classic style townhouse designed by John Russell Pope and built in 1930-31.  Application is to request that the Landmarks Preservation Commission issue a report to the City Planning Commission relating to an application for a Modification of Use pursuant to Section 74-711 of the Zoning Resolution.

The following items will be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, (212-669-7855) 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 and also by teleconference.

The Upper East Side items are:

101 East 63rd Street – Upper East Side Historic District
A Modern style residence and garage designed by Paul Rudolph and built in 1966.  Application is to modify the entrance.

117 East 72nd Street – Upper East Side Historic District Extension
A Colonial Revival style apartment building designed by Kenneth M. Murchison and built in 1927-28.  Application is to enlarge a penthouse.

828 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 modify a masonry opening, install new infill and replace windows

The link to the Community Board 8 Landmarks Committee on February 13, 2023 is https://forms.gle/oni8ouDCfX6fjuzUA  The agenda is attached.  The items are:

980 Fifth Avenue (Metropolitan Museum Historic District)
A multi-family building designed by Paul Resnick and Harry F. Green and constructed in 1965-68. Application is to construct an accessory use gym in the rear yard at the cellar level topped with a skylight.

828 Madison Avenue (Upper East Side Historic District)
A Neo-Renaissance building designed by George Pelham and constructed in 1925-26. Application is for proposed alteration of existing window, new door and transom and proposed second floor scope.

234 East 61st Street (Treadway Farm Historic District) 
A 4-story row house designed by F.S. Barnes and constructed in 1873.Application is for the vertical enlargement and interior renovation of existing 4-story single-family dwelling.

117 East 72nd Street (Upper East Side District Extension) 
An apartment building designed by Kenneth Murchison constructed in 1927-1928.Application for alterations to an existing penthouse including the expansion of the existing penthouse for a new interior stair and enlarged bulkhead at upper terrace and the construction of an open exterior egress stair

101 East 63rd Street (Upper East Side Historic District) 
A stable and residence originally constructed in 1881 but altered in 1966-68 by Paul Rudolph as a single-family home. Application is to alter an existing entrance recess.

Landmark Preservation Commission Actions January, 2023

20 East 76th Street – Upper East Side Historic District
A neo-Classical style apartment building designed by Schwartz & Gross and built in 1925-26.  Application is to modify openings, replace an entrance canopy, replace windows and doors, and alter the rooftop addition.
This application was approved with modifications.

16 East 79th Street – Metropolitan Museum Historic District
A Neo Georgian style building designed by Warren & Wetmore and built in 1901-03.  Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows.
No action was taken on this application.