NYC Historic Preservation
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An observation deck is coming to the Chrysler Building
The planned viewing platform takes design inspiration from the icon’s former Jazz Age speakeasy.
NYC’s biggest preservation battles of 2019
From the Strand to the former Four Seasons.
Tin Pan Alley buildings are now NYC landmarks
The five buildings, located on West 28th Street, are known for their connection to the birth of American popular music.
Long Island City’s clocktower building gears up for a facelift
The nearly century old clock-faces will receive a sorely needed restoration.
Preservationists blast revamp of Chelsea’s Terminal Warehouse
Plans to renovate the historic structure include adding office spaces and an interior open-air courtyard.
These 5 Gowanus buildings are officially city landmarks
Preservationists have pushed to protect the sites for years
Harlem fire watchtower revived after $7.9M restoration
The restoration ensures that the city’s last remaining fire watchtower will stand for years to come.
Waverly Place’s famed pink house to get Novogratz-helmed overhaul
The celebrity couple will move to the house with their seven children once the renovation is done.
Preservationists once again pitch historic district near Union Square
As construction begins for a 21-story tech hub, preservationists resurface calls for the city to protect several historic buildings in the area.
James Baldwin’s Upper West Side home is a national landmark
The author and civil rights activist’s home has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
A relic of the 1964 World’s Fair will finally get restored in Queens
The project to restore the New York State Pavilion’s observation towers will begin construction this month
Brooklyn pol wants to make it harder for would-be landmarks to be demolished
A Red Hook warehouse was razed this week following a suspicious fire last year
Gowanus’s landmarked Coignet Building lists for $6.5M
One of the Brooklyn neighborhood’s most famous landmarks is up for grabs
Downtown Brooklyn building with abolitionist movement ties may become 13-story tower
The owner of 227 Duffield Street filed plans to replace the 19th-century building with a new tower
NYPL’s beloved lions will roar to life with $250K restoration
The 108-year-old lions are getting a much-needed makeover
LPC approves contested changes to the former Four Seasons restaurant
The modifications to the iconic modernist space were initially made without Landmarks approval
Downtown Brooklyn house with abolitionist movement ties faces demolition
It isn’t the first time the historically significant house has been eyed for demolition.
Langston Hughes’s Harlem home receives major preservation grant
The poet’s house is among 22 national sites that received the award
As Red Hook’s industrial history is demolished, what comes next for the neighborhood?
The remaining vestiges of Red Hook’s industrial past are slowly being lost to development
Bay Ridge’s ‘Doctors’ Row’ becomes neighborhood’s first historic district
The designation comes after years of community advocacy
Gowanus buildings mulled for landmark status as rezoning looms
City officials will review five historic Gowanus sites for landmark status
In Downtown Brooklyn, Flemish Revival building may be replaced by a 23-story tower
A developer submitted an application to demolish the early 20th century building that boasts terra cotta details
Sunset Park has four new historic districts
Several late 19th and early 20th century houses were designated city landmarks
Central Park’s Belvedere Castle will reopen June 28
The castle is fresh off a 15-month, $12 million restoration.
James Baldwin’s home one of four NYC sites up for national landmarking
Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated 18 sites across New York state for historic designation
Checking in on Times Square Theater’s revival project
The long-vacant theater will be converted into a 52,000-square-foot retail space
The TWA Hotel, a spectacular midcentury time capsule, finally opens
Eero Saarinen’s iconic Jet Age terminal at JFK Airport has been transformed into a truly cool hotel
Brooklyn’s historic Gage & Tollner restaurant to get ‘magical’ restoration, owners say
The Gilded Age dining hall is expected to re-open this fall
Stately Clinton Hill landmark transforms into a shared co-living space
Common, a co-living startup, remade a historic townhouse into one of its shared homes
Time’s up for Tribeca’s landmarked clock tower, court rules
The ruling paves the way for the clock tower to be converted into a private penthouse
Bay Ridge’s ‘Doctors’ Row’ could be neighborhood’s first historic district
"It’s been a long journey," said the neighborhood’s district manager
‘We will not go gentle into that good night’: Pols push to landmark White Horse Tavern interiors
Notorious landlord Steve Croman is the building’s new owner
Tin Pan Alley, popular music’s birthplace, could become NYC landmark
The buildings are considered the birthplace of American popular music.
Coney Island’s Shore Theater will go hotel with LPC approval
The circa-1925 theater building will soon be home to a hotel
White Horse Tavern’s historic interior should be landmarked, preservationists say
The circa-1880 watering hole is about to be under new ownership
Gowanus Station building’s facade will be saved in new Superfund facility
The EPA brokered an agreement mandating the city preserve historic elements of the Butler Street building
The Strand’s owner pleads with LPC to keep ‘red tape’ away from building
Nancy Bass Wyden, the owner of the famed bookstore, wants to keep her building from being landmarked
Demolition permits filed for modernist Union Carbide Building
It will become the tallest voluntarily demolished building in the city’s history