Friends of the Upper East Side
Historic Districts

Please see below the Upper East Side items on the LPC Agenda for July 8, 2008. Public hearings are held in the Conference Room at the Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Borough of Manhattan. Any person requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the hearing or attend the meeting should call or write the Landmarks Commission no later than five business days before the hearing or meeting. Hearing time will be at 1:15pm.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS-
133-137 East 73rd Street aka 1024-1030 Lexington Avenue - Upper East Side Historic District
A neo-Georgian style residence designed by William H. Birkmire and construct in 1899 - 1900 and a neo-Italian Renaissance style building designed by Charles Stegmayer and constructed in 1898-1899. Application is to construct a rooftop addition, alter the rear yard facade, alter the stoop, and establish a storefront master plan.

LAID OVER

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
114 East 65th Street - Upper East Side Historic District-
A Beaux-Arts style residence designed by Buchman & Deisler and built in 1899 - 1900. Application is to enclose a rear terrace.

LAID OVER UNTIL SEPTEMBER

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
177 East 71st Street - Upper East Side Historic District
A neo-Federal style residence designed by S. E. Gage and built in 1909-1910. Application is to construct a rooftop addition and a rear yard addition.

Rooftop addition- Approved, Rear Yard Addition- No Action

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
64 East 77th Street - Upper East Side Historic District
A rowhouse built in 1877, and altered in the neo-Colonial style in 1925 by Treanor & Fatio. Application is to modify a door opening to accomodate a window.

APPROVED

1035 Fifth Avenue - Metropolitan Museum Historic District
A neo-Classical style apartment building designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and built in 1925. Application is to replace windows.

DENIED

FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts has recently learned of the pending demolition of 861-863 Lexington Avenue, also known as the Kean Residence. Located on the southeast corner of East 65^th Street and Lexington Avenue, the Kean Residence anchors a distinctive and architecturally rich corner on the Upper East Side and lies within the proposed expansion of the Upper East Side Historic District.

If the expansion of the Upper East Side Historic District is not designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the architectural character, pedestrian scale and charm of Lexington Avenue will be replaced with large out-of-scale development.

Despite overwhelming support from hundreds of individuals in the neighborhood and throughout New York City, as well as from our elected officials and preservation organizations, the LPC has not yet acted! PLEASE URGE the LPC to take action and designate this endangered neighborhood before it’s too late!

HOW YOU CAN HELP!

• SIGN our ONLINE PETITION
• WRITE a letter of support to LPC Chair Tierney and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Click here for a sample letter.
• SPEAK at the upcoming Community Board 8 Meeting on July 21st, 6:30 p.m. (Hunter College School of Social Work, 129 East 79th Street). The community board will be voting on the proposed expansion. Please attend and show your support!

Read More about the Kean House
This elegant Mediterranean inspired residence, originally painted a salmon pink, has leaded glass windows, handsome rusticated detailing and a remarkable double height space on East 65^th Street. Originally built as two brownstones in 1880, 861-863 Lexington Avenue was transformed in 1922 by Francis L. V. Hoppin for J. Stewart Barney, an architect, artist and society figure.

In June 2003, Christopher Gray wrote about the Kean House in the New York Times Streetscapes column, 65th Street and Lexington Avenue; A City Sonata in 4 Corners of Architectural Music, referring to the intersection as “an urban sonata, one whose distinctive architectural notes rise even above the neighborhood’s dense traffic.”

744-746 Madison Avenue

This application is for a three-story addition above 744-746 Madison Avenue. It is a revision of a previous proposal for a 14-story tower. This is a public meeting item but public testimony will be taken. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Public hearings are held in the Conference Room at the Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Borough of Manhattan.

For questions or concerns regarding this item. Please contact Seri Worden at 212-535-2526 or s.worden@friends-ues.org.

Please see below the Upper East Side items on the LPC Agenda for July 8, 2008. Public hearings are held in the Conference Room at the Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Borough of Manhattan. Any person requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the hearing or attend the meeting should call or write the Landmarks Commission no later than five business days before the hearing or meeting. Hearing times are announced on the LPC website, the Friday prior to a hearing.

214 East 61st Street - Treadwell Farm Historic District
A rowhouse built in 1871-72 and later remodeled. Application is to restore the façade to its original condition.

APPROVED

114 East 65th Street - Upper East Side Historic District
A Beaux-Arts style residence designed by Buchman & Deisler and built in 1899-1900. Application is to enclose a rear terrace.

LAID OVER

18 East 84th Street - Metropolitan Museum Historic District
A neo-Georgian/neo-Federal style rowhouse designed by Clinton and Russell and built in 1899-1900. Application is construct a rear yard addition.

APPROVED

12 East 78th Street - Metropolitan Museum Historic District
A neo-Italian Renaissance style rowhouses built in 1886-87. Application is to construct a rooftop addition and rear facade extension.

LAID OVER