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/videos

FIND CURRENT LPC HEARING CALENDARS HERE.

Recent UWS Hearings and LW Testimony

322 West 72nd Street

Building address and name: 322 West 72nd Street

Building’s Historic District: West End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: George & Edward Blum

Original Date of Construction: 1924-25

LPC Docket No: LPC-25-00158

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, December 17th, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to replace windows.

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Learn more about 256 West 75th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark!

1000 Fifth Avenue - The MET

Building address and name: 1000 Fifth Avenue

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

Original Architect: Vaux and Mould, Richard Morris Hunt, and McKim Mead and White

Original Date of Construction: 1864-65, (additions 1975-1990)

LPC Docket No: LPC-25-05196

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, December 17th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to install entrance infill and signage at the 83rd Street entrance and install rooftop HVAC equipment and screening.

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167 West 72nd Street

Building address and name: 167 West 72nd Street

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

Original Architect: Jardine, D. and J.

Original Date of Construction: 1883-84, modified in 1909.

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-08751

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, July 16th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom. LAID OVER. 

LPC Application: Application is to modify windows installed without LPC permit (s).

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Learn more about 167 West 72nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!

 

On Hold, Recently Covered at Staff Level or Withdrawn

 

230 Central Park West

color photos of 230 Central Park West Building address and name: 230 Central Park West

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

Original Architect: Nathan Korn

Original Date of Construction: 1927

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-06259

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to replace windows, NO ACTION.

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Learn more about 230 Central Park West from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!

 

Past C of A Items ~ 2024

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17-19 West 88th Street

Building address and name: 17-19 West 88th Street

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

Original Architect: Wechsler & Schmenti

Original Date of Construction: 1968-70

LPC Docket No: LPC-25-01525

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom. 

LPC Application: Application is to legalize painting the facade and the installtion of banner poles without LPC permit (s), APPROVED w/ modifications. 

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Learn more about 17-19 West 88th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!

 

144 West 82nd Street

color photo of 144 West 82nd Street

Building address and name: 144 West 82nd Street

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

Original Architect: Townsend, Ralph S.

Original Date of Construction: 1885

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-11269

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, November 19. 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to construct a rear yard addition, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 144 West 82nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!

 

Swedish Cottage - Central Park

Building address and name: Swedish Cottage – Central Park

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

Original Architect: The building was originally constructed in Sweden for the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition in Fairmont Park, and moved to Central Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux

Original Date of Construction: 1857-58

LPC Docket No: LPC-25-01251

LPC hearing date: October 8, 2024, via HYBRID at 1 Centre Street, Manhattan or on Zoom.

LPC Application: ADVISORY REPORT: Application is install two flagpoles on the site, FAVORABLE REPORT.

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8 West 86th Street

Building address and name: 8 West 86th Street

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

Original Architect: Taylor & Levi

Original Date of Construction: 1908

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-09829

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom. LAID OVER. New Date: September 17, 2024.

LPC Application: Application is to construct rear yard and rooftop additions, and alter the main entrance and areaway, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 8 West 86th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!

 

Central Park - Harlem Meer

Building address and name: Central Park – Harlem Meer

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

Original Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux

Original Date of Construction: 1857-58

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-11791

LPC hearing date: July 24, 2024, via HYBRID at 1 Centre Street, Manhattan or on Zoom.

LPC Application: Advisory Report: Application is to establish a master plan governing future modifications to the shoreline and pathways, and the installation of a ramp and a boardwalk, FAVORABLE REPORT.

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256 West 75th Street

Building address and name: 256 West 75th Street

Building’s Historic District: West End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: William J. Merritt

Original Date of Construction: 1885-86

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-08232

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, June 4th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom, LAID OVER. NEW DATE: June 25th, 2024

LPC Application: Application is to legalize the installation of doors and cladding of the stoop without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s), and installation of windows and modification to the rear façade in non-compliance with Certificate of Appropriateness 20-06470, APPROVED, w/ modifications.

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Learn more about 256 West 75th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark!

Bus Shelters - LPC Citywide Rule

Color Picture of Bus Shelter at 69th Street and Columbus AvenueBuilding address and name: Citywide

LPC hearing date: Tuesday May 14th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to amend the city’s rules to include regulations on the installtion of bus shelters, APPROVED.

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Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Monument

Building address and name: Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Monument, Riverside Park

Building’s Historic District: Scenic Landmark

Original Architect: Charles W. and Arthur A. Stoughton and Paul E. M Duboy

Original Date of Construction: 1900-02

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-10137

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to modify balustrades; install pathways, stairs and railings; remove curbing; relocate cannon balls; and regrade the site, POSITIVE REPORT.

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Learn more about 327 West 76th Street from our Public Art Survey!

1000 Fifth Avenue - The MET

Building address and name: 1000 Fifth Avenue

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

Original Architect: Vaux and Mould, Richard Morris Hunt, and McKim Mead and White

Original Date of Construction: 1864-65, (additions 1975-1990)

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-07541

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to replace skylights with metal roofing, APRROVED.

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1 West 67th Street

color photo of 1 West 67th StreetBuilding address and name: 1 West 67th Street

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

Original Architect: George M. Pollard

Original Date of Construction: 1915-18

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-04741

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to modify a window opening and replace windows, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 1 West 67th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the Social History for this landmark!

 

327 West 76th Street

color photo of 327 West 76th StreetBuilding address and name: 327 West 76th Street

Building’s Historic District: West End – Collegiate Historic District Extension

Original Architect: Charles T. Mott

Original Date of Construction: 1891-92

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-07475

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to enlarge an existing rooftop addition, APPROVED w/ modifications.

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Learn more about 327 West 76th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE

Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark!

202 Riverside Drive

color photo of 202 Riverside DrBuilding address and name: 202 Riverside Drive

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

Original Architect: George F. Pelham

Original Date of Construction: 1905

LPC Docket No: LPC-23-11965

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to install a banner sign and legalize the installation of a plague sign in non-compliance with Certificate of No Effect 99-4143, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 202 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.

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Dining Out - LPC Citywide Rule

Building address and name: Citywide

LPC hearing date: Tuesday 16th April, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to address new and amended governmental codes and criteria for the installation of sidewalk and roadway cafes as required by the rules adopted by the Department of Transportation establishing the new permanent Outdoor Dining program and delegate to the LPC Staff the authority to approve work that has “no effect on significant
exterior architectural features of the buildings and streetscapes of districts regulated by the Commission”, APPROVED.

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262 Central Park West

Color Image of 262 Central Park West from 86th StreetBuilding address and name: 262 Central Park West

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

Original Architect: Sugarman & Berger

Original Date of Construction: 1927-28

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-06882

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to install a louver, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 262 Central Park West from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the Social History for this landmark!

 

166 West 72nd Street

Color Photo of 166 West 72nd Street from northBuilding address and name: 166 West 72nd Street

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

Original Architect: George & Edward Blum

Original Date of Construction: 1911

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-07375

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to legalize a penthouse addition, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 166 West 72nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the Social History for this landmark!

 

420 Amsterdam Avenue

Building address and name: 420 Amsterdam Avenue

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

Original Architect: Gilbert A. Schellenger

Original Date of Construction: 1890-91

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-03142

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, LAID OVER, March 19th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to legalize enclosing the areaway, replacing the fence, and installing a garbage enclosure without LPC permit, APPROVED w/ the caveat that the original fencing must be replicated and returned. 

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Learn more about 420 Amsterdam Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

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335 Columbus Avenue aka 331-339 Columbus Avenue

Building address and name: 335 Columbus Avenue

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

Original Architect: Henry Anderson

Original Date of Construction: 1892-94

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-04307

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to install new storefront signage and windows, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 335 Columbus Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the Social History for this landmark!

 

40 West 106th Street

Building address and name: 40 West 106th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Manhattan Avenue Historic District

Original Architect: C. P. H. Gilbert

Original Date of Construction: 1886-87

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-00943

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to legalize the installation of a rear deck and stair without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s), APPROVED w/modifications.

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Learn more about 40 Manhattan Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the Social History for this landmark!

 

Central Park - Dinosaur Playground

Building address and name: Riverside Park – Dinosaur Playground

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

Original Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted, with modifications and additions built in 1934-37 and designed by Clifton Lloyd and Gilmore Clarke.

Original Date of Construction: 1873-1875; 1934-37

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-05534

LPC hearing date: February 13, 2024, via HYBRID at 1 Centre Street, Manhattan or on Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to amend Commission Advisory Report 24-03689 for sitework at the playground and surrounding
landscape, APPROVED.

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340 West 85th Street aka The Three Arts Club

Building address and name: 340 West 85th Street

Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside – West End Historic District Extension I

Original Architect: George B. de Gersdorff

Original Date of Construction: 1926-27

LPC Docket No: LPC-23-11249

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to install a barrier-free access ramp, APPROVED.

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Learn more about 340 West 85th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

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173 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 Docket No: LPC-24-03568

LPC Application: Application is to establish a master plan governing the replacement of window bulkheads with substitute material, APPROVED.

LPC hearing date:January 23, 2024, via Hybrid

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Learn more about 173-175 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.

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Central Park - West 85th Street Playground

Building address and name: Central Park – West 85th Street Playground

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

Original Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux

Original Date of Construction: 1857-58

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-04565

LPC hearing date: January 9, 2024, via HYBRID at 1 Centre Street, Manhattan or on Zoom.

LPC Application: Advisory Report: Application is to modify the playground footprint and pathways, and replace fencing. POSITIVE REPORT.

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418 Columbus Avenue

Building address and name: 418 Columbus Avenue

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

Original Architect: Henry F. Cook

Original Date of Construction: 1898

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-03928

LPC hearing date: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to replace store infill, replace a window, and install a louver. APPROVED W/ MODIFICATIONS.

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Learn more about 418 Columbus Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

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160 West 74th Street

Building address and name: 160 West 74th Street

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

Original Architect: Lamb & Rich

Original Date of Construction: 1893

LPC Docket No: LPC-24-03885

LPC hearing date:Tuesday, January 9th, 2024, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.

LPC Application: Application is to construct rear yard and rooftop additions and remove a portion of an areaway wall to install a barrier-free access lift. APPROVED.

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Learn more about 160 West 74th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.

Read the Social History for this landmark!

 

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 Docket No.: LPC-22-01875

LPC Application: Application is to establish a windows masterplan.

LPC hearing date: November 9th, 2021, via YouTube, APRROVED.

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Learn more about 500 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.

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Does the thought of shaping changes in our neighborhood interest you?  LW’s C of A Committee members are key players in shaping the Upper West Side’s future.  We welcome architects, designers, historians, attorneys, real estate professionals and anyone interested in volunteering skills and expertise in the pursuit of stewardship of our neighborhood.  The Committee meets to review all applications for changes to landmark sites within Community District 7 scheduled to be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Public Design Commission and other public forums. Email Sean Khorsandi seankhorsandi@landmarkwest.org, or call (212) 496-8110 for further details.

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