Landmarks Committee

Landmarks Committee
PUBLIC HEARING
Monday, October 20, 2025 - 6:30 PM
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AGENDA:

1. 109 East 73rd Street and 111-113 East 73rd Street: The Buckley School (Upper East Side Historic District) (Between Park and Lexington Avenues) – A neo-Italian Renaissance building designed by George B. Post & Sons in 1906-09 and constructed 1911-12 with significant alterations by Brown, Lawford & Forbes, Modern in 1962. Application is for 109 East 73rd is being combined with the existing school building at 111-113 East 73rd Street. The scope of work at No. 109 includes new entry infill, a rear yard extension, increasing the roof level at the rear of the building, constructing a new stair bulkhead and mechanical equipment at the roof, creating interior connections to No. 111 and relocating interior floor levels to align with the existing building. The existing elevator at No. 113 will be extended to provide accessible service to the roof level and rooftop fence will be replaced.
   1. 109 East 73rd Street and 111-113 East 73rd Street: The Buckley School Presentation
2. 1000 Fifth Avenue: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Individual Landmark) (Between East 80th and 84th Streets) – Beyer, Blinder, Belle – A Beaux-Arts style building designed by numerous architects, chiefly, Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould who designed the initial Ruskinian Gothic structure of the MET, and constructed in the 1880s, with additions throughout the 2000s. Application is to replace public arrival wayfinding signage in the Fifth Avenue Plaza and the Great Hall.
   1. 1000 Fifth Avenue (The MET) Presentation
3. 710- 712 Madison Avenue (Upper East Side Historic District) (Between East 63rd and 64th Streets)  – Michel Franck, Spacesmith – An Italianate/Neo-Grec style building designed by Gage Inslee and constructed in 1871. Application is for storefront replacement and infill of non-historic window openings.
   1. 710-712 Madison Avenue Presubmission Materials
   2. 710-712 Madison Avenue Presentation
4. 985 Fifth Avenue (Metropolitan Museum Historic District) (Between East 79th and 80th Streets) – SLCE (Studio Sofield) – A No-Style building designed by Wechsler & Schimenti and constructed in 1970. Application is for a demolition of existing building and construction of a new building.
   1. 985 Fifth Avenue Presubmission Materials
   2. 985 Fifth Avenue Presentation
5. 75 East 77th Street (Upper East Side Historic District) (Between Madison and Park Avenues) – A.O.R. HS2 Architecture – A Renaissance revival/Neo-Renaissance style building designed by Alexander M. Welch and constructed in 1898. Application is for enlarging exiting windows in non-historic third floor front facade on 77th Street.
   1. 75 East 77th Street Presentation
6. Old Business
7. New Business

Anthony Cohn, David Helpern, and Jane Parshall, Co-Chairs