Council Member Charles Barron lead the City Council’s rejection of 22 Reade Street sale in support of the site being used for a pending federally-funded African Burial Ground Museum. On November 13, 2012, the City Council unanimously rejected the disposition of city-owned property at 22 Reade Street and approved of the disposition of City-owned property at 49-51 Chambers Street. The City’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) proposed the sale of the properties in … <Read More>
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Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Queens Landmarked Despite Owner’s Objections
Despite the lack of visible grave markers, Queens cemetery found to contain sufficient historical and archaeological significance to merit designation. On August 14, 2012, Landmarks designated the Brinckerhoff Cemetery at 69-65 182nd Street in the Fresh Meadows section of Queens as an individual City landmark. From 1730 to 1872, the site served as a cemetery for the then-rural community, including the prominent Dutch families who settled the area. A 1919 survey identified 77 gravestones … <Read More>
Riverside Drive-West End Historic District Extension I Designated
Approximately 194 properties added to existing 264-building historic district in the Upper West Side. On June 26, 2012, Landmarks voted unanimously to create the Riverside Drive-West End Historic District Extension I in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The district extension comprises approximately 194 buildings between West 87th Street, West 79th Street, Broadway, and Riverside Drive. The area’s first wave of development started in the late 1880s and primarily consisted of three- and four-story rowhouses. The … <Read More>
New Facade and Addition Approved for “Accidental Landmark” Adjacent to Plaza Hotel
Eight-story building sharing same tax lot as Plaza Hotel was included in 1969 designation. On June 19, 2012, Landmarks approved a plan to rebuild the facade of, and build a rooftop addition to, an eight-story building at 22 Central Park South. The building was constructed in 1897, and was substantially modified and enlarged in 1909. It abuts the western wall of the individually landmarked Plaza Hotel, and was included in the 1969 landmarking … <Read More>
[Update] Former Home of the American Stock Exchange Considered for Landmarking
The 1929 building, with a 1931 addition, has been vacant since the AMEX closed in 2009. On June 12, 2012, Landmarks held a public hearing on the potential designation of the New York Curb Exchange Building at 78 Trinity Place in Lower Manhattan as an individual City landmark. The origin of the building’s name, which was once known as the New York Curb Market, dates to the mid-1800s when stocks and securities were traded … <Read More>
Three Federal rowhouses on Dominick Street designated
Landmarks declined to designate a fourth rowhouse at 38 Dominick Street after the owner argued that building had lost its historic fabric. On March 27, 2012, Landmarks designated three adjacent Federal-era houses at 32, 34, and 36 Dominick Street near the Holland Tunnel in SoHo as individual City landmarks. Landmarks had originally calendared the three buildings along with a fourth Federal rowhouse at 38 Dominick Street, but the agency ultimately declined to … <Read More>
