Designation report for National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Headquarters a four-story Georgian Revival-style clubhouse and museum designed in 1929 by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and opened in 1930.
Designation report for First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York City built in 1915-16. It served as an important community and political center in the "Little Hungary" neighborhood of Yorkville. The design by prominent architect Emery Roth combines Secessionist and Craftsman details.
Designation report for the Roosevelt Building, 841 Broadway, a transitional Romanesque Revival/Renaissance Revival-style building built in 1893-94 and designed by Stephen Decatur Hatch. It is a significant example of the high-rise commercial development along Broadway in the late 19th century.
Designation report for 840 Broadway Building, a 12-story Renaissance Revival-style building designed by Robert Maynicke. It is a significant example of the commercial development of Broadway at the end of the 19th century.
Designation report for 836 Broadway a six-story cast-iron-fronted store-and-loft building in the neo-Grec style designed in 1876 by Stephen Decatur Hatch. It is an early example of the commercial development along Broadway at the end of the 19th century.
Designation report for 817 Broadway a 14-story store-and-loft building designed in the Renaissance Revival style by George B. Post and constructed in 1895-96. It represents the high-rise commercial development along Broadway in the late 19th century.
Designation report for 826 Broadway (now the Strand Building) an 11-story Renaissance Revival-style store-and-loft building designed by William H. Birkmire in 1902. It represents the commercial development of Broadway at the start of the 20th century.
Designation report for 832-834 Broadway a 10-story Renaissance Revival store-and-loft building designed in 1896 by Ralph S. Townsend. It is representative of the high-rise commercial development of Broadway, south of Union Square, in the early 20th century.
Designation report for Gay Activists Alliance founded in December 1969 "to secure basic human rights, dignity, and freedom for all gay people." 99 Wooster Street served as the organization's headquarters from 1971 to 1974.
No. 31 Cornelia Street was the home of the Caffe Cino a coffee shop and experimental theater venue from 1958-1968. The Caffe Cino is significant as the birthplace of Off-Off Broadway and New York City's first gay theater.
The Women's Liberation Center, a former firehouse at 243 West 20th Street in Chelsea, was the home of numerous lesbian and feminist organizations from 1972 to 1987.
Designation report for 137 West 71st Street the most significant surviving building in the United States associated with the celebrated novelist, essayist, poet, and civil rights advocate James Baldwin.
Designation report for 207 St.Paul's Avenue, the primary residence from 1972 to 1987 of Audre Lorde, the celebrated African-American writer, educator, Poet Laureate of New York, and outspoken advocate for feminism and LGBT rights.
Designation report for The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center which serves the LGBT community through political action, social, and health and wellness programs. It has been housed in the former school at 208 West 13th Street since 1984.
Designation Report for the Sunset Park 50th Street Historic District which consists of two cohesive rows of remarkably well-preserved brownstone houses between Fourth and Fifth Avenues that represent the turn-of-the-century development of Sunset Park
Designation report for the Central Sunset Park Historic District a remarkably cohesive and well-preserved collection of 140 Renaissance Revival-style row houses built between 1897 and 1907 that represent Sunset Park's development at the turn of the 20th century.
Designation report for the Sunset Park South Historic District which represents the largest collection of well-preserved row houses in the Sunset Park neighborhood that recall Sunset Park's originals and history as a middle-class community.
Designation report for the Sunset Park North Historic District which consists of well-preserved early 20th century row houses and flats, buildings that recall the neighborhood's transformation into a working- and middle-class community.
The Bay Ridge Parkway - Doctors' Row Historic District is an intact block of row houses representative of Bay Ridge's development as a middle-class urban neighborhood in the early 20th century. The block has been and continues to be known for its large number of medical professionals.
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title 25, Section 318, report containing the October 2019 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title 25, Section 318, report containing the November 2019 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission
Designation report for 47 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
Designation report for 49 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
Designation report for 51 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
Designation report for 53 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
Designation report for 55 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
Designed by Renwick, Aspinwall and Tucker, the ASPCA's finest surviving structure in New York City and the horse drinking fountain in front of it constitute an elegant reminder of the early promotion of humane treatment of animals, and New York's central role in the national anti-cruelty movement.
Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station and Gate House was built in the early 20th century to house the mechanical systems needed to flush the Gowanus Canal , it represents one of the most important infrastructure projects in Brooklyn.
The Monumental BRT Central Power Station Engine House is a prominent reminder of the era when Gowanus Canal was a significant inland waterway and the Gowanus neighborhood was a major industrial center.
Somers Brothers Tinware Factory (later American Can Company) was once one of the largest decorated tinware manufacturing complexes in the United States, it remains one of Gowanus's most distinctive industrial buildings.
The Montauk Paint Manufacturing Company Building was built in 1908 as part of the growing industrial development surrounding the Gowanus Canal and remains one of the finest buildings in the neighborhood recalling this history.
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title 25, Section 318, report containing the January 2020 Staff Level Reports or the Landmarks Preservation Commission
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title 25, Section 318, report containing the February 2020 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission
This document is a New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report for Sunnyside Gardens Historic District, Borough of Queens. The Landmarks Preservation Commission found that the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District contains buildings and other improvements which have a special character and special historical and aesthetic interest and value which represent one or more eras in the history of New York City which cause this area, by reason of these factors to constitute a distinct section of the City. It was thus designated as a Historic District.
NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Report for Sunset Play Center Bath House, First Floor Interior. This report includes the summary of the building and its description.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Frederick C. and Birdsall Otis Edey Residence, located at 10 West 56th Street in Manhattan, as a city landmark. It was built in 1901 and is one of the few surviving townhouses designed by famous architects, Warren & Wetmore.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Murray Hill Historic District Extension in Manhattan. This area consists of twelve buildings built between 1863 and 1955.
Designation Report for the Thomson Meter Company building in Brooklyn states that the building's landmark site is around Brooklyn Tax Map Block 66, Lot 18, on 100-110 Bridge Street, Borough of Brooklyn.
This document is a New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report for the American Bank Note Company Printing Plant, Borough of the Bronx. The Landmarks Preservation Commission found that the American Bank Note Company Printing Plant has a special character and special historical and aesthetic interest and value as part of the development, heritage, and cultural characteristics of New York City. It is considered a symbol of progress for the prominent securities printing firm and is a form of the expressive industrial architecture of the time. It was thus designated as a landmark.
This landmark designation report describes the Fiske Terrace Midwood Park Historic District and its significance and determines whether or not it is a landmark.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Ridgewood North Historic District, located in Queens, as a city landmark. The district consists of well-preserved early 20th century model tenements that once dominated the area. These tenements are known as Mathews Model Flats, named after the developer, the G.X. Mathews Company.
NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Report for McCarren Play Center. This report includes the summary of its history and its description.
NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Report for 486 Greenwich Street House, Borough of Manhattan. This report includes the summary of its history and its description.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation as a landmark of the H. H. Richardson House located in Arrochar, Staten Island. It was built by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1868 - 1869.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Crown Heights North Historic District as a landmark. The district is an example of the architecture that dominated Brooklyn from the middle of the nineteenth century to the 1930s.