A proposal has been submitted to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for a new five-story residential building at 68 West 119th Street in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Gerald J. Caliendo R.A. P.C. for Shlomi Cohen, the structure will yield eight units and a cellar level. The property is located between Fifth and Lenox Avenues within the Mount Morris Park Historic District.
A proposal has been submitted to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for a new four-story residential building at 163 West 122nd Street in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by KDW Architecture in collaboration with AMPM, the 52-foot-tall structure will incorporate design elements to blend with the style of the surrounding Mount Morris Park Historic District Extension. The vacant site is listed as Lot 5 on Block 1907, which is located between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is reviewing a rebuttal from the West Park Presbyterian Church at 165 West 86th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The filing, submitted by counsel for the West Park Administrative Commission, responds to opposition raised by The Center at West Park and addresses claims concerning financial feasibility, transferable development rights, and the statutory hardship standards under the landmarks law. The Church has a binding contract to sell the landmarked property to Alchemy Properties contingent upon LPC approval of the hardship application. The property is located at the corner of West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Demolition is progressing at 213 East 83rd Street, the site of a seven-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Isaac Stern Architects and developed by AVENU, the 85-foot-tall structure will span 27,000 square feet and yield eight condominium units, each measuring over 1,500 square feet. The project will also include a 30-foot-long rear yard. The 5,000-square foot property is located between Second and Third Avenues.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has announced new historic district markers commemorating the Central Harlem–West 130th–132nd Streets Historic District in Manhattan. LPC Executive Director Lisa Kersavage was joined by State Senator Cordell Cleare, Assemblymember Jordan J.G. Wright, Councilmember Yusef Salaam, Manhattan Community Board 10, the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation (NYLPF), and Save Harlem Now! for the installation ceremony. The district, designated by LPC in 2018, encompasses more than 160 primarily late-19th-century row houses between West 130th and West 132nd Streets from Lenox Avenue to Seventh Avenue.
