THE NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1 CENTRE STREET 9TH FLOOR NORTH NEW YORK NY 10007 TEL: 212 669-7700 FAX: 212 669-7780 SHERIDA E. PAULSEN Chair December 17, 2002 ISSUED TO: Michael Duryea Brown Harris Stevens 770 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10021 Re: PERMIT DENIAL LPC - 03-2863 CD 03-3829 730 PARK AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT UPPER EAST SIDE Borough of Manhattan Block/Lot: 1385/37 Pursuant to Section 25-307 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, at the Public Meeting of December 17, 2002, following the Public Hearing of the same date, voted not to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness for the replacement of windows at the subject premises as put forward in your application completed on November 21, 2002. The proposal consists of replacing three one-over-one, double-hung windows at the 18th floor of the visible secondary west elevation with three single-pane, tilt-and-turn metal windows; and removing two multi-pane, double-hung windows at the 18th floor of the visible rear elevation(south), and enlarging the masonry openings to accommodate two single-pane, tilt-and-turn metal windows, as shown in drawings LPC-0, LPC-1, LPC-2, LPC-3, and photo-board 1, dated September 31, 2002, prepared by George Sweeney Architects, and presented at the Public Hearing and Public Meeting. In reviewing this proposal, the Commission noted that the Upper East Side Historic District Designation Report describes 730 Park Avenue as an apartment building designed by Lafayette A. Goldstone in 1928-1929 in the neo-Renaissance/neo-Jacobean style; and that the building's style, scale, and materials contribute to the special architectural and historic character of the Upper East Side Historic District. The Commission further noted that the original windows on the secondary facades of the building are multi-pane, double-hung metal windows of various sizes. With regard to this proposal, the Commission found that the size of the proposed enlarged window opening, visible from the surrounding public thoroughfares, will not match the historic openings on the floor below, nor match the other altered openings found elsewhere on these facades, and therefore, will further complicate the fenestration pattern on the facades; that the proposed configuration for the new windows on the west and south elevation, visible from the surrounding public thoroughfares, will not replicate the configuration of the historic sash, and will not relate to the rest of the windows on these elevations; that the proposed single-pane windows will not provide the same level of articulation found in the historic existing multi-pane windows on the visible portions of these facades; and that the cumulative effect of the proposed work will be to diminish the special architectural and historic character of the building and the Upper East Side Historic District. Based on these findings, the Commission determined that the work is inappropriate to the building and to the historic district, and voted not to approve it. The staff of the Commission is available to assist you in the resolution of these matters. Please direct inquires to Hansel Hernandez Navarro. Sherida E. Paulsen Chair cc: Sarah Carroll, Deputy Director of Preservation PAGE 2 Issued: 12/17/02 DOCKET: 03-2863.