Landmarks Committee

Landmarks Committee
PUBLIC HEARING
Monday, September 15, 2025 - 6:30 PM
This meeting was conducted via Zoom

MINUTES: September 2025 Landmarks Committee Minutes

A livestream of the meeting can be found here.

AGENDA:

1. 133 East 95th Street (Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District) – Mark Bearak – A Neo-Federal style building designed by Frank Wennemer and constructed in 1889-90. Application is for a horizontal rear addition on each floor, interior wall reconfiguration, upgraded utilities throughout, addition of central AC via VRF system, renovation of rear yard, and direct replacement of front window.
   1. 133 East 95th Street Presentation
2. 831-37 Madison Avenue (Upper East Side Historic District) – David Chipperfield Architects – A no-style rowhouse originally constructed 1885-6 and altered in 1956. 833 -837 Madison Avenue are three altered rowhouses designed by Charles Buek & Co. (833 Madison), William Schickel (835 Madison) and Thom & Wilson (837 Madison), and constructed in 1884-86. Application to demolish the no-style building at 831 Madison Avenue and construct a new residential building; excavate existing cellars and create new subcellar at 831-837 Madison; install new wood windows and storefront infill and combine interior ground and second floor retail spaces at 833-837 Madison; construct rooftop and rear yard additions at 833 Madison and construct a rear yard addition at 835-837 Madison.
   1. 831-37 Madison Avenue Presubmission Materials
   2. 831-37 Madison Avenue Presentation
3. 821 Park Avenue (Upper East Side Historic District) – Kenneth Miraski AIA – A Neo-Renaissance style building designed by Lorenz Weiher and constructed in 1890. Application is for the replacement of the first floor storefront fronting Park Avenue and East 75th Street corner, including new stone bulkhead, a reconfigured storefront design, and new glass transom above the storefront.
   1. 821 Park Avenue Presubmission Materials
   2. 821 Park Avenue Presentation
4. 1143 Park Avenue (Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District) – Michael G. Fahey – A Neo-Grec style building designed by John Sullivan and constructed in 1885, with an updated façade designed by Emery Roth and constructed in 1924. Application is for a one-story vertical extension to the top of existing townhouse, and a horizontal extension at rear façade at third and fourth floors.
   1. 1143 Park Avenue Presubmission Materials
   2. 1143 Park Avenue Presentation
5. 1 East 60th Street (Upper East Side Historic District) – Acheson Doyle Partners Architects, P.C. – A Neo-Italian Renaissance style building designed by Mckin, Mead, and White and constructed in 1892-1894. Application is for a Continued Maintenance Program to facilitate a transfer of development rights from the Metropolitan Club to 655 Madison Avenue.
   1. 1 East 60th Street Presubmission Materials
   2. 1 East 60th Street Presentation
6. Old Business
7. New Business

Anthony Cohn and David Helpern, Co-Chairs