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Landmarks Named in Flatbush and East VillageThe Commission on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 voted to landmark the Sears Roebuck & Co. Department Store in Flatbush and the former Van Tassell & Kearney Horse Auction Mart in the East Village and advanced proposals for a new historic district in Bedford Stuyvesant and five individual landmarks in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.  Read moreRead the Sears Roebuck & Co. Department Store Designation ReportRead the Van Tassell & Kearney Horse Auction Mart Designation ReportView the Proposed Bedford Historic District Map | |
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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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Park Slope Historic District Expanded The Commission on April 17, 2012 expanded the Park Slope Historic District by 600 buildings, and landmarked the famed Barbizon Hotel for Women on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the architecturally distinctive former residence of dozens of noteworthy female writers, actors and artists. Read moreRead the Barbizon Hotel for Women Designation ReportRead the Park Slope Extension Designation Report |
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Rule Amendment for Storefronts A public hearing was held Tuesday, March 27, 2012 on a proposal to amend the Commission’s rules to authorize the staff to approve applications for certain types of new storefronts in historic districts. Read the proposal |
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Four Federal-Era Row Houses Landmarked Four row houses that recall the period of NYC’s development after the Revolutionary War were given landmark status on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The Commission also held public hearings on proposals to landmark two buildings in Manhattan and the Sears Roebuck store in Flatbush. Read moreRead the 32 Dominick St. House Designation ReportRead the 34 Dominick St. House Designation ReportRead the 36 Dominick St. House Designation ReportRead the Wood House Designation Report |
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East Village Block & Williamsburg Bank Landmarked The 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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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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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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IBO Study on Historic District Values The New York City Independent Budget Office has published a report that examines values of residential properties in historic districts. Read the IBO study |
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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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