landmarks preservation commission

It’s official: The home of the Strand bookstore is now a historical site, and the owners are not happy. The city on Tuesday landmarked...

UPDATE, Feb. 15, 6:57p.m.: The messy makeover of 550 Madison is officially cleaned up and back on track. The Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved...

JP Morgan’s new headquarters, the renovations to 550 Madison and rule changes at the Landmarks Preservation Commission were among the top preservation battles of...

Landmarking is often seen as way of honoring important buildings, and a defense against excessive development. But what if preserving a building comes at...

The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the exterior of 550 Madison Avenue a landmark. “This is the building that established postmodernism as a legitimate architectural...

Fred Bland will take over as the interim chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission until a new chair is appointed. Bland will conduct the...

The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to create a new historic district between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and between...

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has decided not to landmark the Baptist Church of the Redeemer in Flatbush/Ditmas Park, giving the owners a clear...

Meenakshi Srinivasan, the head of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, will resign and transfer to the private sector, City Hall confirmed Thursday. Appointed by Mayor...

Preservationists aren’t happy with a proposed rule change that would allow more applications to go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission without a public hearing....

Hope Street Capital’s prayers have been answered. The company received approval on Tuesday from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to build its 29-story residential project...

The newest landmarks in New York City are a pair of buildings in NoMad located right across the street from each other: the Emmet...

The Archdiocese of New York is moving forward with plans to sell a trove of air rights from St. Patrick’s Cathedral following last year’s...

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved Hidrock Properties’ plans for their Park Slope site next to the closed Pavilion cinema following years of controversy...

Famed poet Walt Whitman may have spent some time in Brooklyn, but the city has ruled it wasn’t enough time to make his house...

It took two tries, but an office building planned for Soho can now move forward with the city’s blessing. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved...

A pair of historic City Island houses are now officially landmarks. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission announced on Tuesday that it had designated the...

Preservationists who oppose the Sony Building’s planned $300 million renovation took a step forward in their bid to have the tower landmarked. The city’s...

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the redevelopment of the Paul Robeson Theatre, a now-closed performance space at a church in Fort Greene. The building...

Landmarks Preservation Commission shot down an effort by elected officials and preservationists to landmark a building in NoMad that Cottonwood Management plans to tear...