Landmarks Applications
Certificate of AppropriatenessLandmarks 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 (now) at 253 Broadway, 11th Floor, 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
On Hold, Recently Covered at Staff Level or Withdrawn
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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 230 Central Park West from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!
Past C of A Items ~ 2025
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256 West 88th Street
Building address and name: 256 West 88th Street
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside – West End Historic District
Original Architect: Nelson M. Whipple; altered by C. Jackson
Original Date of Construction: 1884, modified in 1911.
LPC Docket No: LPC-25-02041
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 11th 2025 at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to legalize the reconstruction of the top floor of the rear facade, construction of the ear yard addition and alterations to the front facade extension completed in non-compliance with Certificate of No Effect and Certificate of Appropriateness, NO ACTION.
NEW meeting date: Tuesday, July 15th , 2025, APPROVED
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 256 West 88th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!
Damrosch Park
Address and name: Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, West 62nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue
Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Not Landmarked
Original Architect: Eggers & Higgins, Dan Kiley, and Webel and Westermann
Original Date of Construction: 1962-69
PDC hearing date: Monday, June 23rd at the PDC Board Room on the 3rd floor of City Hall. Attendance is hybrid via Zoom or in person.
PDC Application: Application is to reconstruct Damrosch Park (LANDSCAPE AND STREETSCAPE), Approved.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about Damrosch Park on our SAN JUAN HILL and Advocacy pages.
232 West End Avenue
Building address and name: 232 West End Avenue
Building’s Historic District: West End – Collegiate Historic District Extension
Original Architect: Herts & Tallant
Original Date of Construction: 1877, altered in 1903-04
LPC Docket no: LPC-25-02404
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to modify the main entry, construct a rooftop addition, demolish a rear addition, and reconstruct the rear facade, APPROVED.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 232 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
381 West End Avenue
Building address and name: 381 West End Avenue
Building’s Historic District: West End – Collegiate Historic District
Original Architect: Frederick White
Original Date of Construction: 1885-86
LPC Docket no: LPC-25-05641
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to legalize the reconstruction of the secondary west facade without LPC permit (s), APPROVED.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 381 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
Verdi Square
Building address and name: Verdi Square Scenic Landmark
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Scenic Landmark
Original Date of Construction: 1887
LPC Docket No: LPC-25-06032
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 11th May 20th, 2025 at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: ADVISORY REPORT: Application is to modify curbing and construct a path, POSITIVE REPORT.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about Verdi Square from our PUBLIC ART SURVEY.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this scenic landmark!
361 Central Park West
The applicant returns to the LPC for a PUBLIC MEETING (no testimony) on May 13, 2025.
Building address and name: 361 Central Park West
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Individual Landmark
Original Architect: Carrère & Hastings
Original Date of Construction: 1899-1903
LPC Application: Application is to amend Certificate of Appropriateness 25-04870, issued on December 27, 2024, to construct taller railings at the roof terrace, APPROVED.
LPC meeting date: May 13, 2025, via in-person and virtual
View Testimony
Learn more about 361 Central Park West from our Building Database and Social History!
167 West 85th Street
Building address and name: 167 West 85th Street
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District
Original Architect: Prague, John G.
Original Date of Construction: 1889-90
LPC Docket No: LPC-25-01278
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, January 14th, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC public meeting date: Tuesday, May 6th, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to construct a rear yard addition, NO ACTION (as of Jan 14), APPROVED, w/ modifications.
View *NEW* Presentation Materials (May 2025)
Read LW! Testimony
Read LW! *NEW* Testimony (May 2025)
Learn more about 167 West 85th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!
Victory sculpture - Central Park
Building address and name: Victory sculpture – Central Park, E. 103rd Street
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Scenic Landmark
Original Artist: The original statue that was erected on this site was of J. Marion Sims and designed by Ferdinand von Miller II, from within Central Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux.
Original Date of Construction: 1892
LPC Docket No: LPC-25-07995
LPC hearing date: May 6, 2025, via HYBRID at 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan or on Zoom.
LPC Application: ADVISORY REPORT. Application is to remove a masonry plinth in the perimeter wall, install a statue and ironwork, and replace paving. POSITIVE REPORT.
View Presentation Materials.
Read LW! Testimony.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park
Building address and name: 1000 Fifth Avenue – Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Individual, Interior and Scenic Landmark
Original Architect: Vaux and Mould, Richard Morris Hunt, and McKim Mead and White, with later additions by Roche-Dinkeloo
Original Date of Construction: 1864-65, (additions 1975-1990)
LPC Docket no: LPC-25-08909 & LPC-25-08226
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to demolish the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing (Wing T) addition and contruct a new addition. The application also includes modifying paths, relocating a loading access way, and regrading landscaping in Central Park, a scenic landmark, APPROVED.
Read LW! Testimony
400 West End Avenue
Building address and name: 400 West End Avenue
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I
Original Architect: Margon & Holder
Original Date of Construction: 1930-1931
LPC Docket no: LPC-25-07080
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to replace windows, APPROVED.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 400 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
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. New Date: March 11th, 2025. LAID OVER. New Date: March 25th, 2025.
LPC Application: Application is to legalize replacement of windows installed without LPC permit (s), APPROVED.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 167 West 72nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!
222 West 79th Street
Building address and name: 222 West 79th Street
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District
Original Architect: Thom & Wilson
Original Date of Construction: 1894.
LPC Docket No: LPC-24-07356
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 11th, 2025, via in-Person at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to contruct a rooftop addition and install signage, APPROVED w/ modifications.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 222 West 79th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!
120-125 Riverside Drive
Building address and name: 120-125 Riverside Drive
Building’s Historic District and/or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside – West End Historic District Extension I
Original Architect (s): George Keister (120 Riverside Dr.) & Samuel B. Ogden (125 Riverside Dr.)
Original Date of Construction: 1899-1900 & 1904-1907
LPC Docket No: LPC-25-02231 & LPC-24-04259
LPC hearing date: Tuesday, February 11th at the LPC hearing room, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
LPC Application: Application is to alter the parapet and construct a rooftop addition, APPROVED.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 120 & 125 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for 120 & 125 Riverside Drive!
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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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