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| "Stable Row" | |
Dakota Stable Update: While the LPC did schedule a public hearing for the former Dakota Stable on October 17, 2006, it was unfortunately too late. The building's owner had already secured a permit to remove historic features from the facade and wasted little time acting on it while the LPC wrung its hands from the sidelines. The absence of this "stylistic gem" serves as a reminder of how vital it is for the LPC to schedule public hearings in a timely matter. |
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| Former Dakota Stable 348-358 Amsterdam Avenue |
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New York's wealthiest residents often erected private stables for their horses and carriages -- many of those located on the Upper East Side have been designated as landmarks. Middle-class people, however, could not afford their own stables. Instead, they boarded their horses in commercial stables. These are of great historic importance in understanding how people lived in neighborhoods such as the Upper West Side and, as is the case with these two buildings, the commercial stables are often of great architectural distinction. The former New York Cab Company Stable at 318-324 Amsterdam Avenue is a bold Romanesque Revival brick building. The more subtle Dakota Stable is an Italian Romanesque structure designed by Bradford Gilbert, who designed the Tower Building (1888), one of New York's most important early skyscrapers. |
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| Click below for recent press: | |
| The New York Times | |
| Preservation Online | |
| Click below to read letters of support from: |
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| NYC Council Member Gale Brewer | |
| NYS Senator Tom Duane | |
| Manhattan Community Board 7 resolution | |
| Historic Districts Council | |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy | |
| The Municipal Art Society | |
| Andrew S. Dolkart (architectural historian) | |
| Mosette Broderick (architectural historian) | |
| Shannon S. McDonald, AIA | |
| Christopher Gray's 1987 New York Times "Streetscapes" Column | |
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