The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated two individual landmarks yesterday and created a historic district comprised of 40 buildings on Manhattan Avenue between 104th and 106th streets. The Manhattan Avenue Historic District is made up of houses that were built, for the most part, between 1886 and 1889. The commission also approved landmark status for the Financial District’s 63 Nassau Street. The building’s cast-iron façde is believed to be the work of 19th century inventor James Bogardus, who pioneered the use of cast iron on façdes. The building is one of only five in the United States attributed to Bogardus. The LPC also designated Staten Island’s Wyeth House, a mid-19th century mansion, a landmark. TRD
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