NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

08/14/2026

This summer, LPC welcomed a talented group of summer interns and our 2026 Placzek Fellow, who’ve spent the past few weeks getting hands-on experience learning about the agency’s work through special projects across multiple LPC departments.

Thank you to NYC Department of Youth and Community Development's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), the Design Trust for Public Space, Macaulay Honors College The City University of New York and the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation (NYLPF) for helping make these opportunities possible.

08/11/2026

Recent zoning changes have expanded opportunities for landmark property owners to transfer unused development rights.
LPC's new fact sheet explains how these changes make it easier for eligible landmark properties to sell unused development rights, including:

• An expanded transfer radius for receiving sites
• A streamlined approval process
• Eligibility for individual landmarks located within historic districts

Check out the fact sheet:https://www.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/pubs/LPC-TDR-Fact-Sheet.pdf

08/06/2026

Congrats to the residents of Lincoln Place between New York Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, located in the Crown Heights North II Historic District, on being crowned 2026 Greenest Block!

08/04/2026

We are currently livestreaming the afternoon portion of our public hearing on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EmgR8QRvZw

For more info on how to participate, see our hearings page: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

All LPC Public Hearings/Meetings are held in the agency's hearing room at 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor (between Warren Street and Murray Street), Borough of Manhattan.

08/04/2026

We are currently livestreaming our public hearing on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwsFNoRIZw

Today’s Public Hearing agenda includes:
- 318 Murray Avenue - Fort Totten Historic District: a Neo-Georgian style athletic facility designed by the Office of the Quartermaster General and built in 1926-27. Application for a Binding Report to replace roofing, windows and doors, and construct a barrier-free access ramp.
- 257 Canal Street - SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District Extension: An altered commercial building designed by Edward E. Bloodgood and built in 1925. Application is to demolish the building and construct a new building.

For more info on how to participate, see our hearings page: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

07/28/2026

LPC today approved an addition to 277 Canal Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District Extension as part of an adaptive reuse project that will convert the 1920s-era Renaissance Revival-style theater, store, and loft building to residential use, including affordable housing.

The project will also bring accessibility upgrades to the nearby Canal Street subway station – helping create more housing while improving access to transit.

View the hearing presentation: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20260728/277-Canal-Street.pdf

📷: Morris Adjmi Architects / Bloomimages

07/28/2026

We are currently livestreaming the afternoon portion of our public hearing on our YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgE7s6Lh0Os

For more info on how to participate, see our hearings page: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

All LPC Public Hearings/Meetings are held in the agency's hearing room at 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor (between Warren Street and Murray Street), Borough of Manhattan.

07/28/2026

We are currently livestreaming our public hearing on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBG5kOZc24

Today’s agenda includes:

– 144 Spring Street - SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Application is to construct a new building on a vacant lot.
– 277 Canal Street, Broadway - SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District Extension. A Renaissance Revival style theater, store, and loft building; application is to construct a vertical enlargement and establish a master plan governing the installation of storefront infill and signage
– 250 2nd Avenue - Stuyvesant Square Park - Stuyvesant Square Historic District. Application is to replace and modify planting areas, fencing, pathways and paving, replace windows and install security grates, and regrade a section of the park.

For more info on how to participate, see our hearings page: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

07/25/2026

in 2006, LPC designated the American Telephone & Telegraph Company Building at 195 Broadway as both an individual and interior landmark. Commissioned by AT&T and designed by architect William Welles Bosworth, the building is considered one of NYC's most stunning examples of Greek-inspired neo-Classical architecture.

The facade of the 27-story office tower is defined by Ionic colonnades and Doric columns, and includes details like wreaths and lion heads. Inside, the interior landmark lobby features bronze and alabaster chandeliers, 40 massive columns modeled on the Doric order of the Parthenon in Athens, marble friezes by renowned sculptors Paul Manship and Gaston Lachaise, and a bronze and marble sculpture by Chester Beach entitled “Service to the Nation.”

In 2007, LPC approved an adaptive reuse project to install glass partitions in the lobby, barrier-free lifts, elevators, escalators, and other alterations to support new retail storefronts at the landmark site.

📸 1: Epicgenius via Wikicommons
📸 2-4: Landmarks Preservation Commission
📸 5: Epicgenius via Wikicommons

07/23/2026

This weekend marks the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the groundbreaking civil rights law that protects the rights of people with disabilities.

LPC believes our historic buildings can and should be made accessible to all, and regularly approves accessibility updates at landmark buildings, including ramps, lifts, and associated fixtures like push plates and signage.

Learn more about the accessibility work we approve:

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/LPCPermitGuidebook_Chapter9_BarrierFree.pdf