NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Rediscover what you love about the City and #NYCLandmarks with our #5borough quiz challenge. Today, we wrap up our weekly challenge with #StatenIsland. How well do you know Staten Island landmarks https://bit.ly/2HjL3st #AllInNYC #LoveNYCLandmarks Let us know how you did. Are you a Staten Island landmarks expert?

#OTD in 1915, about 25,000 supporters of women’s suffrage marched along Fifth Ave, including members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association--once headquartered in the landmarked American Tract Society Building. Learn more about #NYClandmarks related to women’s suffrage here https://bit.ly/2TgDTra Image 1: H. H. Russell, NYPL Digital Collections, 1912-1918, https://on.nypl.org/3ojrlNT

It’s always a grand time to stroll down the Grand Concourselet us be your guide! Our walking tour https://on.nyc.gov/3odfXmO will lead you past the elegant Neo-Classical #Bronx County Courthouse & splendid Art Deco apartment houses like the beloved Fish building. #AllInNYC #LoveNYCLandmarks

Rediscover what you love about the City and #NYCLandmarks this week with our #5borough quiz challenge. Today, we’re doing #Queens. How well do you know Queens landmarks https://bit.ly/37uRl2S #AllInNYC #LoveNYCLandmarks Let us know how you did. Are you a Queens landmarks expert?

#OTD in 1997, we designated the 1953-54 (Former) Manufacturers Trust Company Building. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it was one of the first buildings in the United States to introduce International Style modernism to bank design. #LoveNYCLandmarks

The afternoon portion of our public hearing/meeting is being live streamed here https://youtu.be/OwHUI8i0DNQ For more info on how to participate, see our hearings page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

We are currently live streaming our public hearing/meeting on our YouTube channel here https://youtu.be/9gPd3eERtjE See our hearings page for more info on how to participate https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

#OTD in 2009, we designated the c. 1857 Herman A. and Malvina Schleicher House. Located on an unusual circular site in #Queens, it is one of #NYC’s earliest surviving structures with architectural features inspired by the Second Empire Style including a mansard roof. #LoveNYCLandmarks

#OTD in 1993, we designated the #JacksonHeights Historic District. Started by the Queensboro Corporation in 1911, it contains numerous picturesque single-family houses and apartment complexes, many with substantial landscaped gardens. #LoveNYCLandmarks

#OTD in 1888, American playwright Eugene O'Neill was born in #NYC. The Forrest Theater was renamed in his honor in 1953. The interior of the Eugene O’Neill Theater was executed in Adamesque-style by architect Herbert Krapp & was designated a #NYClandmark in 1987. #LoveNYCLandmarks