Cover Photographs: 856 to 866 Lexington Avenue; 993-99 Lexington Avenue, 158-162 to 164-172 East 72nd Street Christopher D. Brazee, 2009-10 UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION Designation Report Prepared by Christopher D. Brazee and Jennifer L. Most Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Jennifer L. Most Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo E. Vengoechea, Vice-Chair Frederick Bland Christopher Moore Stephen F. Byrns Margery Perlmutter Diana Chapin Elizabeth Ryan Joan Gerner Roberta Washington Roberta Brandes Gratz Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION MAP .................... BEFORE PAGE 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1 UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION BOUNDARIES............................... 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 4 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION .................................................................................. 5 Early History and Development of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension .............. 5 The Post Civil War Real Estate Boom and the Residential Development of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension ........................................................................................ 8 Early 20th Century Development of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension ........... 11 Architecture of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension in the 19th Century ............ 15 Architecture of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension in the 20th Century ............ 17 Subsequent History of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension ................................ 20 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 22 BUILDING PROFILES ................................................................................................................ 25 East 63rd Street, Nos. 125-137 (North Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ................ 25 East 64th Street, No. 136 (South Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ......................... 27 East 64th Street, Nos. 133-135 (North Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenue) ................. 27 East 64th Street, Nos. 155-157 (North Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 27 East 65th Street, No. 130½ (South Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ...................... 27 East 65th Street, Nos. 132-146 (South Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 28 East 72nd Street, Nos. 150-172 (South Side, between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 39 East 72nd Street, Nos. 113-139 (North Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ............... 45 East 72nd Street, Nos. 141-157 (North Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 48 East 73rd Street, Nos. 138-140 (South Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ................ 57 East 73rd Street, No. 150 (South Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) ....................... 57 East 73rd Street, Nos. 145-157 (North Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 57 East 74th Street, No. 142 (South Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ......................... 59 East 74th Street, No. 144 (South Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) ....................... 60 East 74th Street, Nos. 135-143 (North Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ................ 62 East 74th Street, Nos. 145-151 (North Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 62 East 75th Street, Nos. 126-130 (South Side, Between Park and Lexington Avenues) ................ 64 East 75th Street, Nos. 164-176 (South Side, Between Lexington and THIRD Avenues) ........... 64 East 75th Street, Nos. 155-173 (North Side, Between Lexington and Third Avenues) .............. 68 Lexington Avenue, No. 824-842 (West Side, Between East 63rd and East 64th Street) ............. 74 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 844-866 (West Side, Between East 64th and East 65th Streets) .......... 79 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 841-863 (East Side, Between East 64th and East 65th Streets) ............ 88 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 993-999 (East Side, Between East 71st and East 72nd Streets) ........... 93 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1004-1022 (West Side, Between East 72nd and East 73rd Streets) ..... 96 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1003-1017 (East Side, Between East 72nd and East 73rd Streets) ..... 102 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1032-1034A (West Side, Between East 73rd and East 74th Streets) . 106 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1019-1031 (East Side, Between East 73rd and East 74th Streets) ..... 108 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1036-1054 (West Side, Between East 74th and East 75th Street) ...... 111 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1033-1055 (East Side, Between East 74th and East 75th Streets) ..... 116 Lexington Avenue, Nos. 1057-1065 (East Side, Between East 75th and East 76th Streets) ..... 127 ARCHITECTS APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... 132 ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS............................................................................................ 157 Upper East Side Historic District Extension 1 0 6 5 Upper East Side 155 173 E 75 St 126 17 Historic District Extension 4 6 5 0 Borough of Manhattan, NY 1 Landmarks Preservation Commission E 74 St 135 151 142 144 Calendared: June 23, 2009 2 3 Public Hearing: October 27, 2009 0 1 Designated: March 23, 2010 145157 E 73 St 13 150 8 2 2 0 Boundary of Existing District 1 4 Boundary of District Extension 0 0 113 1 157 E 72 St Tax Map Lots, District Extension 150 172 9 9 3 Bronx Upper East E 71 St Side Histor v ic v A A v District Extension n n v A v v o o A Central A k t A s r i g 3 2 5 a d n Park i a P x M e L E 70 St Queens Upper East Side Manhattan Historic District E 69 St Brooklyn E 68 St Existing Historic Districts Historic District Extension ¯ E 67 St E 66 St E 65 St 130-1/2 8 6 46 6 1 6 3 8 8 4 1 133 157 E 64 St 136 4 2 5 137 8 500 E 63 St 12 ¯ Feet Graphic Source: MapPLUTO, Edition 06C, 2006. Date: March 23, 2010. Author: JM. Landmarks Preservation Commission March 23, 2010, Designation List 427 LP-2373 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On October 27, 2009, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the designation of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension (Item No. 4). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Twenty-two people spoke in favor of designation including City Councilmember David Garodnick, Community Board 8 District Manager Latha Thompson, Andrew Dolkart (Director of the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University), representatives of State Senator Jonathan Bing, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Councilmember Jessica Lappin, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, the Municipal Arts Society, the Society for the Architecture of the City, the Historic Districts Council, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, and Civitas, as well as three neighborhood residents. One of the speakers spoke in favor of designation as a representative of both the Beaux Arts Alliance and the Church of the Resurrection, and another speaker read two letters in support of designation. A representative of the Real Estate Board of New York was the only speaker in opposition to designation. UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION BOUNDARIES AREA I of the Upper East Side Historic District Extension consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the southern curbline of East 75th Street and the eastern curbline of Lexington Avenue, extending northerly across the roadbed of East 75th Street and along the eastern curbline of Lexington Avenue to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending westerly from the northern property line of 1061-1065 Lexington Avenue, easterly along said property line and the northern property lines of 157 through 163-173 East 75th Street to the eastern property line of 163-173 East 75th Street, southerly along said property line and across the roadbed to the southern curbline of East 75th Street, westerly along said curbline to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 176 East 75th Street, southerly along said property line to the southern property line of 176 East 75th Street, westerly along said property line, the southern property line of 174 East 75th Street, and a portion of the southern property line of 172 East 75th Street to the eastern property line of 151 East 74th Street, southerly along said property line and across the roadbed to the southern curbline of East 74th Street, westerly along said curbline to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the eastern property line of 144 East 74th Street (aka 1031 Lexington Avenue), southerly along said property line to the northern property line of 1019-1029 Lexington Avenue (aka 145-151 East 73rd Street), easterly along a portion of said property line to the eastern property line of 1019-1029 Lexington Avenue (aka 145-151 East 73rd Street), southerly along said property line to the northern