Landmarks expected to schedule UES historic district expansion

The Landmarks Preservation Commission is on the verge of calendaring an
expansion of the Upper East Side Historic District to include several
blocks Along Lexington Avenue. If the Landmarks Commission approves
the area as a historic district, landlords and developers would have to
go through the commission to renovate or remodel any building in the
district. The current UES historic district extends from 59th to 79th
streets, between Lexington and Fifth avenues. The expansion would
include Lexington Avenue, from 72nd to 75th streets and 63rd to 65th streets.
Many buildings in the area were built during the Reconstruction period after the
Civil War, and during the post-World War I boom.

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