Extension to 1971 Historic District Enters Designation Process
Designation Calendaring • Harlem, Manhattan
Landmarks vowed to continue engagement with the community and property owners in advance of hearing on extension of the Mount Morris Park Historic District. On April 14, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add the Mount Morris Park Historic District Extension, to its calendar, the first step in the formal designation process. The district lies between 118th and 123rd Streets, bounded by Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard. (read more…)
Tags : Council Member Inez Dickens, Manhattan Community Board 10, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Mount Morris Park Association, Roberta Washington, Sarah Carroll
Addition to Tammany Hall Approved after Reduction in Size
Certificate of Appropriateness • Union Square, Manhattan
A proposed rendering of the renovated Tammany Hall. Image credit: BKSK Architects
Contemporary dome would sit atop restored neo-Georgian building facing Union Square. On March 10, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve the construction of an addition, as well as façade renovations, to the former Tammany Hall building at 44 Union Square East, an individual City landmark. Landmark first considered a proposal for the site in November of 2015. (read more…)
Tags : BKSK Architects, Christopher Moore, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Roberta Washington, Tammany Hall, Union Square Park, Union Square Partnership