Happy holidays and warmest wishes for a joyous New Year from LPC! As we close out 2025, we’re pleased to offer a look at the Commission’s wide array of work and achievements over the past year.

LPC in 2025

• More than 10,000 permits approved
• 436 buildings and sites designated, including two historic districts, six individual landmarks, and two interior landmarks
• Up to 33% reduction in the average amount of time in which LPC issued the most common type of permits since the launch of our new permit application portal, Portico
• Approved the first landmark buildings transfer of development rights applications, made possible by City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
• Awarded new Historic Preservation Grants to low-to-medium income landmark building owners
• Launched enhanced mapping tools
• Updated interactive story map, "Sixty Years of LPC"

In 2025, LPC continued to advance its efforts to increase the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of the agency's processes while continuing to protect the city's historic resources through exciting new designations. The year also brought a range of new regulatory initiatives and Commission approvals that will help to support the creation of new housing in the years ahead, support New York City's iconic cultural institutions, and help drive economic growth across all five boroughs.

Commission Approvals

In 2025, LPC approved more than 10,000 permits, including work at notable landmark sites like:

• Kingsbridge Armory: LPC approved work that will support the historic site's adaptive reuse as a state-of-the-art venue for entertainment, recreational space, cultural and commercial space, and will create new affordable housing in a later phase. Backed by $216 million in city, state, and federal investment, and led by the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the redevelopment is expected to add $2.9 billion to the City's economy and create nearly 3,600 jobs.
• The Met's new Tang Wing: Commissioners approved architect Frida Escobedo's design for the new wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (an individual landmark) that will expand gallery space and increase accessibility, all within the footprint of the existing wing.
• LPC approved several adaptive reuse projects in the Governors Island Historic District as part of the city's innovative plan to develop vacant sites into a hub for urban climate solutions, including Buttermilk Labs and the Climate Exchange.

New Designations

Over the past year, LPC designated an array of new landmarks, including:

• Five buildings in Midtown South Manhattan related to the garment industry: Barbey Building, Fashion Tower, Furcraft Building, 29th Street Towers, and Lefcourt Clothing Center, all designated as individual landmarks in August.
• The (Former) Whitney Museum of American Art, designated architect Marcel Breuer's Brutalist-style building in May as both an individual and interior landmark, and approved sensitive renovations that allowed for its conversion as the new global headquarters of Sotheby's.
• Manhattan's Modulightor Building Apartment Duplex, an important late work by architect Paul Rudolph, designated in May as an interior landmark.

2026 continues to hold the exciting promise of work ahead, including three new sites calendared for consideration as individual landmarks:

• Public School 15 Annex, Brooklyn
• Lithuanian Alliance Building, Manhattan
• Church of Saint Mary, Manhattan

LPC Initiatives

In 2025, LPC launched several new initiatives designed to increase agency efficiency, transparency, and accessibility, and continued to support landmark building owners looking to make updates to their designated buildings.

• LPC celebrated the first year of operation for Portico, the agency's web-based permit application portal with the release of new analysis showing that Portico has driven a dramatic increase in the efficiency of the agency's permitting process – making it both faster and easier for property and small business owners in landmark buildings to get the permits they need.
• LPC also launched several new and updated resources designed to make it faster and easier for users to access key agency information, including an updated Permit Guidebook, which helps applicants file applications that include the correct materials so that the agency can more quickly issue permits, plus two enhanced online mapping tools – the Discover NYC Landmarks Map and the Archaeology Report Finder – that make it even easier for users looking for information on a given landmark site.
• LPC awarded three new grants to low-to-moderate-income homeowners and non-profits citywide through its Historic Preservation Grant Program (HPGP), and announced the completion of restoration projects for three properties in the Alice and Agate Courts Historic District.

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