The Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District is associated with notable African American figures of the Harlem Renaissance. It features a striking collection of residential and religious structures designed by prominent New York City architects and that form cohesive streetscapes.
Designed by architect Poy Gum Lee the ceremonial gateway with benches is named for Lt. Benjamin R. Kimlau and is dedicated in the memory of Chinese American soldiers who died during World War II.
200 Madison Avenue First Floor Lobby Interior was designed by Warren & Wetmore and built in 1925-1926, the glittering neoclassical lobby of 200 Madison Avenue contains a richly
embellished through-block arcade and elevator hall.
Our audit found that not all of the Manhattan Community Boards complied with the City Charter requirements relating to public meetings and hearings and to maintaining websites.
The site of the April 21, 1966 “Sip-In” protesting and publicizing anti-gay discrimination in bars and other public places, the Julius’ Bar Building is New York City’s most significant site of pre-Stonewall LGBTQ+-rights activism.
A three-story school building built 1849-50 by the Public-School Society of New York City and used by African American students and teachers from 1860 to 1894.
935 St. Nicholas Avenue, an architecturally distinct early 20th-century Neo-Gothic Revival style apartment building in the Washington Heights neighborhood, was the well-established home to jazz trailblazers, Duke Ellington, and
Noble Sissle, each for over 20 years.
The Renaissance Revival-style Hotel Cecil was home to Minton’s Playhouse, the legendary nightclub where the pivotal style “bebop” emerged and flourished in the 1940s, redefining jazz and American music.
The Office of the Manhattan Borough President's report on the application and selection processes for the appointment of community board members for the 2022-24 term and the 2023-2025 term pursuant to New York City Charter section 82(17)(a).
Report supporting the designation of the Modullightor Building, designed by the prominent architect Paul Rudolph in 1988-93 and built in phases, as a New York City landmark.
A French Renaissance Revival style skyscraper designed by Warren & Wetmore in 1920-22. It was one of the first skyscrapers in this section of Fifth Avenue and one of the earliest buildings to conform to the groundbreaking 1916 Building Zone Resolution.
A rare example of a full-height, skylit atrium in a late-19th century tall office building, featuring eight levels of historic galleries with ornate ironwork and arched doors and windows.
The stunning reception room and banking hall for the Irving Trust and Bank Company, this unusual and elaborately tiled space, completed
in 1931, represents the work of two masters: architect Ralph Walker and muralist Hildreth Meière.