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East Village Block & Williamsburg Bank LandmarkedThe Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 to extend landmark protection to 26 buildings on East 10th between A and B and to a Bank of America branch in Williamsburg.  Read moreRead the East 10th Street Historic District designation reportRead the Williamsburg Branch, Public National Brank of New York designation report | |
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 Put Your Project on the FasTrack! Get permits for certain types of work faster by using LPC’s new FasTrack service! LPC has assigned a team of expert preservationists to work exclusively on permits for work ranging from interior alterations to window replacement and HVAC installation on non-visible facades. Through this service, your project will be approved within 10 days if your application includes the required documents and materials and there are no outstanding LPC violations on your building. Read more |
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Amendments and Notices of Compliance Learn how to get an amendment to an LPC permit or a Notice of Compliance indicating a project conforms to an existing LPC permit. Read more |
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LPC Names Five Landmarks in NYC The Commission on December 20, 2011 approved landmark status for a former City Island public school, a Richmond Hill villa, a Midtown hotel, a Tribeca office tower and the former R.H. Macy & Co. annex at 56 West 14th Street. Read moreRead the Public School 102 (later 17) Designation ReportRead the Wolcott Hotel Designation ReportRead the Mutual Reserve Building Designation ReportRead the R.H. Macy & Co. Store, 14th Street Annex Designation ReportRead the Daniel and Abbie B. Eldridge House Designation Report |
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Grand Concourse Gets a Historic District LPC on Oct. 25, 2011 designated a historic district along part of the famed Grand Concourse in the Bronx, and gave landmark status to four other sites, including Westbeth, the sprawling artists’ housing and gallery complex in the Far West Village. Read moreRead the Grand Concourse Historic District designation reportRead the Bell Telephone Laboratories Complex (Westbeth Artists' Housing) designation reportRead the 29 Cottage Place designation reportRead the St. Casimir's RC Church (later Paul Robeson Theatre) designation reportRead the Union League Club designation report |
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Architectural Salvage Sold or Donated Architectural elements left over from LPC’s former salvage program have been sold either at auction or donated to several local organizations. The items include wrought iron fences, grilles, brackets and ornament. Read more about the sale |
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Midtown Tower and Lobby Landmarked The exterior and first-floor lobby of Warren & Wetmore's Madison Belmont Building were given landmark status on Sept. 20. The L-shaped tower was completed in 1925 and originally housed showrooms and offices for silk companies. Read moreRead the Madison Belmont Building designation reportRead the Madison Belmont Building designation report (interior) |
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Skyscraper District Soars in Brooklyn The LPC on Sept. 13, 2011 approved the designation of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District, a cluster of 21 distinctive tall office buildings and skyscrapers in Downtown Brooklyn. Read moreRead the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District Designation Report |
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About Pending Historic Districts The Landmarks Preservation Commission is currently considering proposed historic districts all over the City. Read more |
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LPC Renovates Homeowner Manual The Landmarks Preservation Commission has updated and revised its "Rowhouse Manual," a guide designed to help the owners of rowhouses in New York City's historic districts preserve and maintain their remarkable homes and work successfully with the agency when exterior alterations are needed. Download the Rowhouse Manual |
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Citizens Savings Bank Building Landmarked The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Aug. 9, 2011 named the former Citizens Savings Bank building, now an HSBC branch, a New York City landmark. Read moreRead the Designation Report |
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Wallabout Historic District Approved LPC on July 12, 2011 approved the Wallabout Historic District, part of an early Brooklyn neighborhood that features one of the city’s greatest concentrations of mid-19th century wood houses. Read moreRead the Wallabout Historic District Designation Report |
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Crown Heights North II District Approved The Commission on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 approved the 600-building Crown Heights North II Historic District and three new landmarks in Manhattan: a Midtown townhouse, an eclectic Greenwich Village loft building and a 200-year-old house on the Bowery. Read moreRead the Crown Heights North II Designation ReportRead the 154 West 14th Street Building Designation ReportRead the Hardenbrook Somarindyck House (135 Bowery) Designation ReportRead the Fisk-Harkness House (12 East 53rd Street) Designation Report |
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Dig Up New York City’s Archaeology Online! The Landmarks Preservation Commission and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications have created an easy-to-search, online database of 1,200 reports detailing the archaeology that has been conducted in all five boroughs over the last thirty years. The reports are organized by borough, and can be searched by keyword. Learn more |
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Proposed Fieldston Historic District Master Plan A Master Plan, proposed for the Fieldston Historic District in the Bronx, was the subject of a public hearing on July 7, 2009. The proposed master plan covers various types of work, including additions and outbuildings, windows, heating, venting and air-conditioning, and alterations to landscape improvements. View the Notice of the Proposed Master PlanView the Proposed Fieldston Master PlanRead the Fieldston Historic District Designation Report |
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