Park Avenue Historic District Designation Report April 29, 2014 Cover Photograph: Park Avenue, east side north of East 87th Street. Christopher D. Brazee, October 2013 Park Avenue Historic District Designation Report Essay prepared by Matthew A. Postal Building Profiles prepared by Christopher D. Brazee, Jennifer L. Most, and Marianne S. Percival Architects’ Appendix prepared by Marianne S. Percival Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Jennifer L. Most Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Frederick Bland Christopher Moore Diana Chapin Margery Perlmutter Michael Devonshire Elizabeth Ryan Joan Gerner Roberta Washington Michael Goldblum Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS PARK AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP ................................................. FACING PAGE 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1 PARK AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ........................................................... 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 4 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT ................................................................................................................... 5 Origins of Park Avenue ............................................................................................................ 5 The Fourth Avenue Improvement ............................................................................................. 6 Late 19th-century Urbanization ................................................................................................. 7 First Stages of Residential Development .................................................................................. 8 Electricity Transforms Park Avenue ......................................................................................... 8 Patterns on Park Avenue ........................................................................................................... 9 Construction Begins ................................................................................................................ 11 The 1920s ................................................................................................................................ 12 Houses of Worship .................................................................................................................. 15 The Park Avenue Malls .......................................................................................................... 16 Post World War II ................................................................................................................... 18 Recent History ........................................................................................................................ 19 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 20 BUILDING PROFILES ................................................................................................................ 24 East 79th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 24 East 80th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 24 East 80th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 24 East 81st Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 24 East 81st Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 25 East 82nd Street (Odd Numbers) ............................................................................................. 25 East 82nd Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................ 25 East 83rd Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 26 East 83rd Street (Even Numbers)............................................................................................. 27 East 84th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 27 East 84th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 28 East 85th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 28 East 85th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 28 East 86th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 30 East 86th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 30 East 87th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 30 East 87th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 30 East 88th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 31 East 88th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 31 East 89th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 31 East 89th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 31 East 90th Street (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 32 East 90th Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 32 East 91st Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 32 Park Avenue (Odd Numbers).................................................................................................. 33 Park Avenue (Even Numbers) ................................................................................................ 76 ARCHITECTS’ APPENDIX ...................................................................................................... 113 E 97 St 1235 100 E 96 St 1221 65 111 50 70 E 95 St 1207 1199 119 70 76 E 94 St 1192 E 93 St Park Avenue Historic District Landmarks Preservation Commission Carnegie Hill Expanded E 92 St Park Avenue Historic District Historic District Carnegie Hill Historic District Borough of Manhattan, NY [LP-2547] Calendared: November 26, 2013 74 1135 100 E 91 St Public Hearing: February 11, 2014 1134 Designated: April 29, 2014 Boundary of Historic District Expanded 67 109 Tax Map Lots in Historic District Carnegie Hill 74 110 E 90 St Historic District Boundaries of Existing Districts Hardenbergh/ Central Rhinelander Tax Map Lots in Existing District Historic District * Note: Map elements may not be to scale. Park 69 105 64 106 E 89 St [Proposed]Existing Park Historic Districts Avenue-Carnegie Hill Bronx ExtensionPark Study Avenue Area Historic District 61 103 64 100 E 88 St 2 Av 2 Queens 71 104 Manhattan 64 107 E 87 St 71 101 74 100 E 86 St 5 Av 5 3 Av 3 Park Av Park 65 109 Central Park Madison Av Madison 66 102 Av Lexington E 85 St 63 101 52 108 E 84 St 63 115 70 110 E 83 St 71 105 72 106 E 82 St Metropolitan 75 107 Museum 58 102 E 81 St Historic District 69 103 70 114 E 80 St 908 901 101 107 E 79 St 200 Upper East Side Historic District E 78 St ¯ Feet Graphic Source: MapPLUTO, Edition 09v1, 2009. Author: Landmarks Preservation Commission, JM. Date: April 29, 2014 1065 126 Landmarks Preservation Commission April 29, 2014, Designation List 472 LP-2547 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On February 11, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Park Avenue Historic District (Item No. 4). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provision of law. Sixty-five people spoke in favor of designation, including representatives of Council member Daniel Garodnick, Council member Ben Kallas, State Senator Liz Kruger and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, as well as the American Institute of Architects, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side, East 83rd-84th Street Block Association, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District, Historic Districts Council, Historic Park Avenue, Manhattan Community Board 8, Manhattan Community Board 11, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Preservation of Historic Park Avenue, Society for the Preservation of the City, and Congregation Da’at Elohim. A representative of the Archdiocese of New York spoke in favor of designation but asked that the district exclude buildings owned by the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Three representatives of the Park Avenue Christian Church spoke in support of designation and asked that the church annex (1010 Park Avenue) be identified as having no architectural style and that the congregation be allowed to develop this property.