The Landmarks Preservation Commission is surveying side-streets along West End Avenue to determine the possible boundaries of a West End Avenue Historic District, according to an article yesterday by Roland Li of the observer.com.
The survey is expected to be completed next year at which time the proposed district will be "calendared," the article said, quoting Elisabeth de Bourbon, spokesperson for the commission, that "signs point in the direction that the commission is serious about this."
A study of the area was commissioned by the West End Preservation Society and prepared by Andrew Dolkart, the well-known architectural historian, and presented to the commission last Spring.
There are already two historic districts on West End Avenue, one between 87th and 94th Streets and the other between 74th and 78th Streets. They are among seven historic districts on the Upper West Side.
The West End Preservation Society, of which Richard D. Emery is president, was formed in June 2007 when brownstone buildings at 508, 510, 732 and 734 West End Avenue, all owned by Sackman Enterprises Inc., of which Alan Sackman is president, were threatened with demolition.
City Council member Gale Brewer asked the landmarks commission in April 2008 to protect the brownstones but the article noted that the landmarks commission "rejected individual landmarking of 732 and 734, and the buildings were destroyed over the summer."
The West End Preservation Society held a community meeting last night on its proposal.
The survey is expected to be completed next year at which time the proposed district will be "calendared," the article said, quoting Elisabeth de Bourbon, spokesperson for the commission, that "signs point in the direction that the commission is serious about this."
A study of the area was commissioned by the West End Preservation Society and prepared by Andrew Dolkart, the well-known architectural historian, and presented to the commission last Spring.
There are already two historic districts on West End Avenue, one between 87th and 94th Streets and the other between 74th and 78th Streets. They are among seven historic districts on the Upper West Side.
The West End Preservation Society, of which Richard D. Emery is president, was formed in June 2007 when brownstone buildings at 508, 510, 732 and 734 West End Avenue, all owned by Sackman Enterprises Inc., of which Alan Sackman is president, were threatened with demolition.
City Council member Gale Brewer asked the landmarks commission in April 2008 to protect the brownstones but the article noted that the landmarks commission "rejected individual landmarking of 732 and 734, and the buildings were destroyed over the summer."
The West End Preservation Society held a community meeting last night on its proposal.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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