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/nyclpc/videos
FIND CURRENT LPC HEARING CALENDARS HERE.
Past C of A Items ~ 2024
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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, APPROVED.
Read 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, APPROVED
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 322 West 72nd Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark!
79th Street Boat Basin and Boathouse
Building address and name: 79th Street Boat Basin and Boathouse, Riverside Park and the Hudson River between 73rd and 80th Streets.
Building’s Historic District: Scenic Landmark
PDC hearing date: Monday, December 17th, 2024, via in-Person at the PDC hearing room, City Hall, Third Floor, Manhattan, & virtually via Youtube and Zoom.
PDC Application: Application is to reconstruct the 79th Street Boat Basin, including the construction of a boathouse, PASSED PRELIMINARY REVIEW.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 17-19 West 88th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY for this landmark!
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.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read LW! Testimony.
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.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read LW! Testimony.
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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 256 West 75th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark!
Bus Shelters - LPC Citywide Rule
Building 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.
View Presentation Materials.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read LW! Testimony
1 West 67th Street
Building 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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 1 West 67th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
327 West 76th Street
Building 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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 327 West 76th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark!
202 Riverside Drive
Building address and name: 202 Riverside Drive
Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside – 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.
Read LW! LPC Testimony
Learn more about 202 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the SOCIAL HISTORY of this landmark.
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
Building 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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 262 Central Park West from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
166 West 72nd Street
Building 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.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
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.
Read LW! Testimony
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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 340 West 85th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
173 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 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
ReadLW! LPC Testimony
Learn more about 173-175 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE.
Read the Social History of 173-175 Riverside Drive.
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.
Read the Social History for this landmark!
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 Status: West 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.
Read LW! Testimony
Learn more about 500 West End Avenue from our BUILDING DATABASE.
C of A Archive:
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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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