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October 13, 2009	Chelsea Enclave Linked to Underground Railroad and 1863 Draft Riots Named a Historic District
May 12, 2009	Commission Landmarks Two Districts and a Presbyterian Church
April 14, 2009	Commission Gives Landmark Status to Two New York Public Libraries in The Bronx
February 17, 2009	Commission Schedules Hearings on Proposals to Designate Four Individual Landmarks and a Historic District
January 13, 2009	Commission Approves Five New Landmarks
December 16, 2008	Commission Landmarks East Village Church and Former Engineering Society Headquarters in Midtown
December 9, 2008	Mayor Bloomberg And Landmarks Commission Chairman Robert B. Tierney Announce The Publication Of The Commission'S Guide To New York City Landmarks, Fourth Edition
October 28, 2008	Murray Hill Roman Catholic Church and Former Greenwich Village Paint Plant Named New York City Landmarks
September 16, 2008	Former East Village Milk Bone Dog Biscuit Factory, Bank Building Named New York City Landmarks
September 16, 2008	Commission Landmarks Two WPA-Funded Swimming Pool and Recreation Centers in Staten Island and Brooklyn
September 16, 2008	Commission Bestows Landmark Status on 124-Year-Old Former East Harlem Firehouse
September 4, 2008	Three Commissioners Appointed to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
July 15, 2008	Landmarks Commission Designates West Chelsea Section of Manhattan as New York City's 92nd Historic District
July 15, 2008	Morningside Park Becomes a Scenic Landmark, the City's First Since 1983
July 15, 2008	Commission Grants Landmark Status to 19th Century Tottenville Shop Building on Staten Island
May 13, 2008	Commission Approves Expansion of Manhattan's NoHo Historic District
May 9, 2008	State Supreme Court Justice Orders Repairs to Landmarked Windermere Apartment Complex in West Midtown Manhattan
March 18, 2008	250 Houses in Brooklyn's Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Earn Landmark Status
March 18, 2008	1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, a Modernist Symbol of Lower Manhattan's Resurgence in the Mid-20th Century, Nominated for New York City Landmark Status
February 12, 2008	Commission Crowns Queens with Two More Landmarks: Jamaica Savings Bank Earns Landmark Status for a Third Time Since 1974 and Corona's Congregation Tifereth Israel Wins Approval
February 5, 2008	Commission Mints Securities Printing Plant in the Bronx as New York City Landmark
December 18, 2007	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates DUMBO as New York City's 90th Historic District
November 20, 2007	Former P.S. 90 in Flatbush Makes the Landmarks Grade
October 30, 2007	Commission Landmarks 19th Century Brooklyn Pencil Factory Complex, a Modernist Manhattan High Rise, and a Retail Giant, Among Others
October 30, 2007	Manhattan House Becomes a New York City Landmark
October 30, 2007	Commission Grants Landmark Status to Pair of Federal-Style Houses on Manhattan's Lower East Side
October 30, 2007	Lord & Taylor Building Voted as a New York City Landmark
October 30, 2007	Staten Island Varnish Plant and Mansion Designated as New York City Landmarks
October 30, 2007	Landmarks Commission Designates Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory Complex in Greenpoint as a Historic District
October 30, 2007	Voelker-Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden in Queens Given New York City Landmark Status
September 25, 2007	Domino Sugar Refinery Named a New York City Landmark
August 14, 2007	Highbridge Pool Complex Becomes a New York City Landmark
July 24, 2007	Two Rare, Federal Style Houses in Manhattan Designated as NYC Landmarks
July 24, 2007	Two Turn-of-the 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Mansions in Midtown Manhattan Earn Landmark Designation
July 24, 2007	Commission Grants Landmark Status to Three More Parks Department Swimming Pools
June 27, 2007	City Council Confirms Reappointment of Landmarks Preservation Commission Robert B. Tierney and Appointment of New Commissioner
June 26, 2007	Landmarks Preservation Commission Achieves Highest Number of Fiscal Year Designations in Nearly Two Decades with Approval of Sunnyside Gardens Historic District
June 26, 2007	Commission Adds Crotona Pool Complex and Bath House Interior in the Bronx to New York City's Growing Collection of Landmarks
May 15, 2007	Landmarks Preservation Commission Adds Section of Manhattan Avenue to City's Growing Roster of Historic Districts
May 15, 2007	Mid-19th Century Staten Island Italianate Villa Designated as a New York City Landmark
May 15, 2007	Landmark Status Approved for 63 Nassau Street, One of Only Five Known Surviving Structures in the U.S. Attributed to Cast Iron Pioneer James Bogardus
April 10, 2007	Jackie Robinson Recreation Center, Pool and Bath House Interior in Harlem Heights Earn Landmark Status
March 28, 2007	Five Commissioners Appointed to The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
March 13, 2007	Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Laboratory Administration Building Designated a New York City Landmark
March 13, 2007	Extra! Extra! Former Tribeca Home of the New York Daily News Receives Landmark Designation
March 6, 2007	Commission Designates Three Far West Village Buildings as New York City Landmarks
March 6, 2007	Landmarks Preservation Commisssion to Consider Landmarking Proposed Sunnyside Gardens Historic District in Western Queens
February 27, 2007	Sohmer & Co. Piano Factory in Queens Earns New York City Landmark Designation
February 14, 2007	New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Unveils Plaque at Site of One of the Nation's Most Important Stations Along the Underground Railroad
February 1, 2007	Landmarks Preservation Commission and New York City Law Department Announce Settlement Over Illegal Rooftop Tent On Greenwich Village Restaurant
January 30, 2007	Two Italian Gothic-Style Roman Catholic Churches in Harlem Declared New York City Landmarks
January 30, 2007	Commissioners Grant Landmarks Status to the Former Horn & Hardart Automat on Manhattan's Upper West Side
January 30, 2007	Seven of Staten Island's 19th-Century Residences and Commercial Properties Placed on the Path to Landmark Designation
December 12, 2006	150-Year-Old Italianate Villa in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill Is Granted Landmark Status
November 21, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Restores Landmark Status to Two Modern Tenements on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
November 14, 2006	New-York Cab Company Stable on Manhattan's Upper West Side Designated as an Individual New York City Landmark
November 2, 2006	Neighborhood Preservation Center and New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Launch Web Service for City’s Landmarks
October 24, 2006	Landmarks Commission Grants Landmark Status to the George B. and Susan Elkins House in Crown Heights
September 19, 2006	Staten Island Savings Bank Building, an Important Example of 20th Century Neo-Classicism, Is Granted Landmark Status
September 19, 2006	Commissioners Approve Landmark Designation for Morse Building in Lower Manhattan, Once One of the Tallest in NYC
July 25, 2006	AT&T Building and Lobby in Lower Manhattan Designated as New York City Landmarks
June 27, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates an Individual Landmark in Brooklyn
June 20, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Proposes Crown Heights North Historic District in Brooklyn
June 20, 2006	CBJ Snyder Elementary School on Manhattan's Lower East Side Designated as a Landmark
June 20, 2006	Commission Confers Landmark Status on Early 20th-Century Double Firehouse in Queens
June 20, 2006	Commission Landmarks Two WPA-Funded Parks Department Recreational Centers in the Bronx and Queens
June 13, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Staten Island's Mark W. Allen House a Landmark
June 6, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates an Individual Landmark in Harlem
May 16, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Three Individual Landmarks
May 2, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Two Historic Districts in Greenwich Village
March 14, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates an Individual Landmark in Staten Island
January 10, 2006	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Fieldston Historic District in the Bronx
December 13, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Seaman Cottage
September 20, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Two New Landmarks
July 12, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Eight Interior Rooms in the Plaza Hotel
June 28, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Four Individual Landmarks
June 7, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Cast Iron Building in Williamsburg
May 17, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates The Ralph Bunche House In Queens And The Summit Hotel In Manhattan
April 26, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Keuffel & Esser Building in Lower Manhattan
April 12, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates an Individual Landmark on Staten Island
March 29, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates an Individual Landmark in Manhattan
March 15, 2005	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Two Department Stores in Downtown Brooklyn
December 14, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Douglaston Hill Historic District in Queens
October 19, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Two Individual Landmarks
September 21, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates an Individual Landmark in Brooklyn
June 29, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commisssion Designatesa Historic District in Staten Island and Two Individual Landmarks in Brooklyn
June 8, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Five Individual Landmarks
May 18, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the DeKalb Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library as an Individual Landmark
May 11, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Kehila Kadosha Janina Synagogue in Manhattan and the F. J. Berlenbach House in Brooklyn
March 30, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the H. H. Richardson House in Staten Island and extends the Murray Hill Historic District in Manhattan
February 10, 2004	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Thomson Meter Company Building in Brooklyn
September 9, 2003	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Gansevoort Market Historic District
June 24, 2003	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Noho East Historic District and Williamsburg Houses, Erasmus Hall High School and Newton High School Individual Landmarks
June 17, 2003	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the L. P. Hollander Store in Manhattan
March 25, 2003	Mayor Michael Bloomberg Unveils Plaque at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Site
February 25, 2003	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates the Socony-Mobil Building in Manhattan
February 4, 2003	Landmarks Preservation Commission Designates Childs Restaurant in Coney Island

October 27, 2009
Public Meeting /
Public Designation Hearing

November 10, 2009
Public Hearing
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November 6th

November 17, 2009
Public Meeting

November 24, 2009
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November 20th

December 8, 2009
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December 4th

December 15, 2009
Public Hearing / Meeting
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December 11th

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