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 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/
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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.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
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 Status: Riverside – 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.
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 Status: West 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
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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Read LW! Testimony (will be posted once written)
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 Status: West 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
Read LW! Testimony
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
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.
Read LW! Testimony
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 Status: West 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
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 Status: West 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
Read LW! Testimony
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.
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.
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 Status: West 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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View Presentation Materials (for public meeting)
Read LW! Testimony (for public hearing)
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 date: June 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 Status: West 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
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 date: July 20, 2021, in Person, APPROVED
LPC Application: Application is to demolish a rear extension and reconstruct the rear extension facade
Read LW! Testimony
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 Status: Individual Landmark
Original Architect: York and Sawyer
Original Date of Construction: 1903-1908, with wings added in 1937-1938 by Walker and Gillette
LPC hearing date: June 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.
Read LW! Testimony
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 Status: Individual 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 date: June 15, 2021, via YouTube, ADVISORY REPORT
LPC Application: Application is to remove a statue, modify stairs and paving, and install markers.
Read LW! Testimony
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
Read LW! Testimony
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 Status: Riverside – 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 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
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 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
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 Status: Individual Landmark
Original Architect: Paul E. M. DuBoy
Original Date of Construction: 1899-1904
LPC hearing date: March 23, 2021, via YouTube
LPC Application: Application is to replace doors, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS
Read LW! Testimony
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 Status: Upper 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
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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 Status: Upper 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 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: 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 Status: Morningside 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.
Read LW! Testimony
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 Status: Individual Landmark
Original Architect: Emery Roth & Sons
Original Date of Construction: 1938-1939
LPC hearing date: January 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.
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328 West 108th Street
Building address and name: 328 West 108th Street
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside-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 Status: Individual Landmark
Original Architect: York and Sawyer
Original Date of Construction: 1903-1908, with wings added in 1937-1938 by Walker and Gillette
LPC hearing date: July 14, 2020, via YouTube, NO ACTION
LPC Application: Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows.
Read LW! Testimony
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
Read LW! Testimony
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