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4 unusual facts about New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission


Low Memorial Library

Low Library was officially named a New York City landmark in 1967, then a National Historic Landmark twenty years later.

Ogden Codman, Jr.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission later described the facade of number 7 as being "full of gaiety and frivolous vitality" and further, "on approaching the house, Paris and the Champs-Élysées immediately come to mind."

Syrian Jewish communities of the United States

In 2001, the building was declared a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Walter J. Salmon, Sr.

(1871 - December 25, 1953) was a New York City real estate investor and developer who, according to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, was "responsible for rebuilding the north side of West 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the first decades of the 20th century".


Greenwich Village townhouse explosion

After considerable debate by New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission, the home was rebuilt in 1978 in an angular, modernist style by renowned architect Hugh Hardy.

Sohmer Piano Building

The building is located in within the Ladies' Mile Historic District, and, according to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, is "characteristic of the later development phase of the District".


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