Landmarks Applications

Certificate of Appropriateness

Landmarks Applications: Certificate of Appropriateness

appropriate [uh-proh-pree-it] suitable or fitting for a particular purpose …but I thought that was a landmark?!? Have you ever wondered how neighbors in landmark buildings can add rooftop additions?  Rear yard extensions?  Alter stoops?  Even the staunchest of preservationists knows that in vibrant communities, changes in the built environment are inevitable. Although landmarks are protected, they are not frozen in time. They depend on our constant stewardship for appropriate maintenance and change. When owners of landmark buildings wish to make changes, they need to apply to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission for what’s called a Certificate of Appropriateness (C of A). LW’s C of A Committee works with building owners and their architects to advise on design and protect the integrity of our constantly evolving neighborhood.

A public hearing on the revised rules amendments proposed by the LPC was held in October, 2018. The revised rules can be read here.  In 2019, the LPC issued the LPC PERMIT GUIDEBOOK: How to Get Staff Level Approvals.

COVID-19 Response

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has resumed hearings at its office at 1 Centre Street, but continues to provide livestreams on their YouTube channel. The public can watch a hearing on the LPC’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/nyclpc .

FIND CURRENT LPC HEARING CALENDARS HERE.

Past C of A Items ~ 2021

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Laid Over or No Action 2021 (Click to 2022)

 

393 West End Avenue


Building address and name:
393 West End Avenue

Building’s Historic District:

West End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Goldner & Goldner

Original Date of Construction: 1927

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021, LAID OVER; Tuesday, January 4, 2021 via YouTube

LPC Application: Application is to install a marquee, modify masonry openings and install windows, and modify a rooftop addition.

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Learn more about 393 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

6-16 West 77th Street

Building address and name: 6-16 West 77th Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Nathan Korn

Original Date of Construction: 1927-28

LPC hearing date: November 16th, 2021, via YouTube, NO ACTION

LPC Application: Application is replace and enlarge an existing rooftop penthouse.

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Read LW! CB7 Testimony

Read LW! LPC Testimony 

Learn more about 6-16 West 77th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read more about this proposal from: ILoveTheUpperWestSide, Business Insider, CRAINS, The New York Times, The Guardian a second article in The Guardian, and CURBED

173-175 Riverside Drive

​Building address and name: 173-175 Riverside

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusRiverside – West End Historic District

Original Architect: J.E.R. Carpenter

Original Date of Construction: 1925-26

LPC Application: Application is reconstruct and modify the rooftop parapet and balustrade.

LPC hearing date: December 14, 2021, LAID OVER, via You Tube

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Read LW! Testimony (will be posted once written)

Learn more about 173-175 Riverside Drive from our Building Database!

 

143 West 72nd Street

Building address and name: 143 West 72nd Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Boak & Paris

Original Date of Construction: 1935

LPC hearing date: November 9, 2021, via YouTube, NO ACTION

LPC Application: Application is for a full-width rear yard addition on the third and fourth floors with the addition of a Juliette balcony on the new proposed rear facade, new fenestration, and the removal of common brick and recladding the rear facade in stucco; and the addition of a fifth floor with rooftop stair and elevator bulkheads.

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Read LW! Testimony

Learn more about 143 West 72nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

500 West End Avenue

Building address and name: 500 West End Avenue

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusWest End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Schwartz & Gross

Original Date of Construction: 1914-1915

LPC Application: Application is to establish a windows masterplan.

LPC hearing date: November 9th, 2021, via YouTube, NO ACTION

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Read LW! Testimony 

Learn more about 500 West End Avenue from our building database.

114 West 86th Street

Building address and name: 114 West 86th Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: J. M. Felson

Original Date of Construction: 1927-1928

LPC hearing date: October 26, 2021 LAID OVER via Zoom

LPC Application: Application is to legalize the replacement of windows replacedwithout LPC permits.

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Learn more about 114 West 86th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

61 West 86th Street

Building address and name: 61 West 86th Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: John G. Prague

Original Date of Construction: 1888-1889

LPC hearing date: Not Yet Scheduled

LPC Application: Application is to replace a storefront.

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Read LW! Testimony (will be posted once written)

Learn more about 61 West 86th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

360 West End Avenue


Building address and name:
360 West End Avenue

Building’s Historic District:

Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Original Architect: Gaetan Ajello

Original Date of Construction: 1915

LPC hearing date: Not Yet Scheduled, via Zoom

LPC Application: Application is to replace ornamental terra cotta with GFRC

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Learn more about 360 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

327 West 76th Street

Building address and name: 327 West 76th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusWest End – Collegiate Historic District

Original Architect: Charles T. Mott

Original Date of Construction: 1891-1892

LPC hearing date: April 6, 2021,LAID OVER; April 20, 2021, LAID OVER; via YouTube

LPC Application: Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions.

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Read LW! Testimony (will be posted once written)

Learn more about 327 West 76th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE, and from Tom Miller’s DAYTONIAN IN MANHATTAN post of April 10, 2012 and Christopher Gray’s STREETSCAPES Column of April 12, 2012

Past C of A Items ~ 2021

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Chess & Checkers House

Building address and name:  Chess & Checkers House

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status:  Central Park Scenic Landmark

Original Date of Construction:  1952

LPC Application: Application is in two parts:

LPC BINDING REPORT: Application is to modify infill and install partitions.  POSITIVE REPORT

LPC ADVISORY REPORT: Application is to replace a pergoal and paving, install railings and construct a barrier-free-access ramp.  POSITIVE REPORT

LPC hearing date: December 7, 2021, via YouTube

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311 West 102nd Street


Building address and name:
311 West 102nd Street

Building’s Historic District:

Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Original Architect: Clarence True

Original Date of Construction: 1891-1892

LPC hearing date: November 16th, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to enlarge a rear yard addition

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Read LW! Testimony 

Learn more about 311 West 102nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

1 West 88th Street

Building address and name: 1 West 88th Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Edgar Tafel

Original Date of Construction: 1974

LPC hearing date: November 9th, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to replace a storefront.

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33 West 89th Street

Building address and name: 33 West 89th Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Gilbert A. Schellenger

Original Date of Construction: 1894-1895

LPC hearing date: November 9th, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

LPC Application: Application is to restore the facade, reconstruct the front stoop, construct a full-width, full-height rear yard extension, and add rooftop additions for expanded elevator and stair bulkheads, shade structure and mechanical enclosures.

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Learn more about 33 West 89th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

300 West End Avenue

Building address and name: 300 West End Avenue aka Hotel Willard

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusWest End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Schwartz & Gross

Original Date of Construction: 1916-1917

LPC Application: Application is to increase the height of an exterior elevator bulkhead.

LPC hearing date: September 28, 2021, via Zoom, APPROVED

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Read LW! Testimony 

Learn more about 300 West End Avenue from our building database.

330 West End Avenue

Building address and name: 330 West End Avenue aka Hotel Willard

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusWest End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Robert M. Farrington

Original Date of Construction: 1915-1916

LPC Application: Application is to replace glass enclosed greenhouse balconies.

LPC hearing date: September 28, 2021, via Zoom, APPROVED

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Learn more about 330 West End Avenue from our building database.

780 West End Avenue


Building address and name:
780 West End Avenue

Building’s Historic District:

Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Original Architect: George & Edward Blum

Original Date of Construction: 1912-1914

LPC hearing date: September 28, 2021, via Zoom, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

LPC Application: Application is to replace windows.

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Read LW! Testimony

Learn more about 780 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

103 West 72nd Street

Building address and name: 103 West 72nd Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Fellheimer & Wagner

Original Date of Construction: 1931-1933

LPC hearing date: September 14, 2021 in Person; APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

LPC Application: Application is to replace storefront infill and construct a rear yard addition.

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Read LW! Testimony

Learn more about 103 West 72nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

305 West End Avenue

Building address and name: 305 West End Avenue

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusWest End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Schwartz & Gross

Original Date of Construction: 1919-1920

LPC Application: Application is to alter an existing sidewalk canopy.

LPC hearing date: October 20, 2020, via YouTube, NO ACTION 

LPC public meeting date: August 10, 2021, in Person, Approved with Modifications

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Learn more about 305 West End Avenue from our building database.

333 Central Park West


Building address and name:
333 Central Park West, The Turin

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Albert Joseph Bodker

Original Date of Construction: 1909-1910

LPC hearing dateJune 15, 2021, LAID OVER; July 13, 2021 via YouTube RESCHEDULED; July 27, 2021 in Person, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

LPC Application: Application is to install a rooftop pergola

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Learn more about 333 Central Park West from our BUILDING DATABASE.

260 West End Avenue

Building address and name: 260 West End Avenue

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusWest End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Schwartz & Gross

Original Date of Construction: 1924-1925

LPC Application: Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows.

LPC hearing date: July 20, 2021, in Person, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

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Read LW! Testimony

Learn more about 260 West End Avenue from our building database.

43 West 74th Street


Building address and name:
43 West 74th Street

Building’s Historic District:

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Max Hansel

Original Date of Construction: 1889-1890

LPC hearing dateJuly 20, 2021, in Person, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to demolish a rear extension and reconstruct the rear extension facade

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Learn more about 43 West 74th from our BUILDING DATABASE.

170 Central Park West


Building address and name:
170 Central Park West

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusIndividual Landmark

Original Architect: York and Sawyer

Original Date of Construction: 1903-1908, with wings added in 1937-1938 by Walker and Gillette

LPC hearing dateJune 15, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to demolish a free-standing wall, construct an addition, reconstruct and alter the library stack tower, and alter the south façade.

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Read more about this project in DEZEEN

Learn more about 170 Central Park West from our ADVOCACY ARCHIVE.

200 Central Park West

Building address and name: 200 Central Park West – American Museum of Natural History

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusIndividual Landmark

Original Architect: Vaux and Mould; Cady, Berg and See; Trowbridge and Livingston; John Russell Pope; Charles Vols; and others, located within a park.

Original Date of Construction: 1874-1935

LPC hearing dateJune 15, 2021, via YouTube, ADVISORY REPORT

LPC Application: Application is to remove a statue, modify stairs and paving, and install markers.

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Learn more about 200 Central Park West from our BUILDING DATABASE.

120 West 74th Street

​Building address and name: 120 West 74th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Thom & Wilson

Original Date of Construction: 1886-87

LPC Application: Application is to amend Certificate of Appropriateness 19-8641 to modify the proposed rear yard addition.

LPC hearing date: June 8, 2021, via You Tube; NO ACTION

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Learn more about 120 West 74th Street from our Building Database!

 

263 West 93rd Street

​Building address and name: 263 West 93rd Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusRiverside – West End Historic District

Original Architect: Alexander M. Welch

Original Date of Construction: 1897

LPC Application: Application is to replace windows.

LPC hearing date: June 8, 2021, via You Tube; APPROVED

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Learn more about 263 West 93rd Street from our Building Database!

 

1000 Fifth Avenue

Building address and name: 1000 Fifth Avenue – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Individual and Interior Landmark

Original Architect: Kevin Roche/John Dinkeloo and Associates

LPC hearing date: February 9, 2021 via YouTube, NO ACTION; June 1, 2021 via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to replace a curtain wall façade.

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131 West 69th Street

Building address and name: 131 West 69th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusUpper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Thom & Wilson

LPC hearing date: April 20, 2021, May 11, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, and modify openings at the rear façade.

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33 West 74th Street

Building address and name: 33 West 74th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusUpper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Thom & Wilson

LPC hearing date: April 20, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED with Modifications in Part/DENIED in part

LPC Application: Application is to replace windows and modify window openings

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Learn more about 33 West 74th Street from our Building Database!

2101 Broadway - The Ansonia Hotel

Building address and name: 2101 Broadway – The Ansonia Hotel

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusIndividual Landmark

Original Architect: Paul E. M. DuBoy

Original Date of Construction: 1899-1904

LPC hearing dateMarch 23, 2021, via YouTube

LPC Application: Application is to replace doors, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

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Learn more about 2101 Broadway from our Building Database.

45 West 85th Street

Building address and name: 45 West 85th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusUpper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Lafayette A. Goldstone

LPC hearing date: March 9, 2021, via YouTube, LAID OVER; March 16, 2021

LPC Application: Application is to replace a stained glass window, APPROVED

View Presentation Materials 45_W85_Testimony

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Learn more about 45 West 85th Street from our Building Database

110 West 88th Street

Building address and name: 110 West 88th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusUpper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: VACANT LOT

LPC hearing date: January 19, 2021, via YouTube, NO ACTION

LPC meeting date: February 9, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to construct a new building.

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76-80 West 82nd Street

Building address and name: 76-80 West 82nd Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusUpper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 2

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. 3

Original Architect: Thom & Wilson

Original Date of Construction: 1890-91

LPC hearing date: January 12, 2021, (LAID OVER); February 2, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

LPC Application: Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the replacement of storefront infill, signage, and the installation of barrier-free access ramps.

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Learn more about 76- 78- and 80 West 82nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

375 Riverside Drive

Building address and name: 375 Riverside Drive

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusMorningside Heights Historic District

Original Architect: Gaetan Ajello

Original Date of Construction: 1921-1922

LPC hearing date: January 12, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS

LPC Application: Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows.

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Learn more about 375 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.

140 Riverside Drive (Normandy Apartments)

Building address and name: 140 Riverside Drive

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusIndividual Landmark

Original Architect: Emery Roth & Sons

Original Date of Construction: 1938-1939

LPC hearing dateJanuary 12, 2021, via YouTube, APPROVED

LPC Application: Application is to modify a masonry opening and install a window.

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Learn more about 140 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.

On Hold, Recently Covered at Staff Level or Withdrawn

 

328 West 108th Street

Building address and name: 328 West 108th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusRiverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Original Architect: Thom & Wilson

Original Date of Construction: 1898-1900

LPC hearing date: December 8, 2020, via YouTube, NO ACTION

LPC Application: Application is to legalize the application of elastometric coating to the façade in non-compliance with Certificate of No Effect 19-37925.

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Learn more about 328 West 108th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

170 Central Park West

Building address and name: 170 Central Park West

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark StatusIndividual Landmark

Original Architect: York and Sawyer

Original Date of Construction: 1903-1908, with wings added in 1937-1938 by Walker and Gillette

LPC hearing dateJuly 14, 2020, via YouTube, NO ACTION

LPC Application: Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows.

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Learn more about 170 Central Park West from our ADVOCACY ARCHIVE.

Belvedere Castle Paths

Building address and name:  Belvedere Castle Paths
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status:  Central Park Scenic Landmark
Original Architect:  Jacob Wrey Mould & Julian Munchkwitz
Original Date of Construction:  1867
LPC Application: Application is to construct a pathway and walls for barrier-free access.
LPC hearing date: May 2, 2017

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