Cover Photograph: 330 to 346 West 84th Street (Joseph H. Taft, 1888-89) Christopher D. Brazee, 2012 RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION I Designation Report Essay researched and written by Marianne S. Percival Building Profiles and Architects’ Appendix by Theresa C. Noonan and Marianne S. Percival Additional Research Jay Shockley 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 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 RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION I MAP ................. facing page 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING .................................................................................1 RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION I BOUNDARY .......................1 SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................3 HISTORIC AND DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION I .................................................................................................................................4 Early History of the Upper West Side .................................................................................4 Late 19th Century Development in the Historic District Extension .....................................7 Row Houses .........................................................................................................................9 Flats ....................................................................................................................................10 Religious and Institutional Buildings .................................................................................12 Early 20th Century Development in the Historic District Extension .................................12 Apartment Houses and Apartment Hotels .........................................................................13 Riverside West End Historic District Extension I in the Inter-War Period .......................15 Post-War Era and 21st Century ..........................................................................................16 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION ...............................................................................................18 BUILDING PROFILES .................................................................................................................21 Broadway (Odd Numbers) .................................................................................................21 Riverside Drive .................................................................................................................24 West 79th Street (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................36 West 80th Street (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................41 West 80th Street (Even Numbers) ......................................................................................42 West 81st Street (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................42 West 81st Street (Even Numbers) .......................................................................................45 West 82nd Street (Odd Numbers) .......................................................................................45 West 82nd Street (Even Numbers) ......................................................................................55 West 83rd Street (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................62 West 83rd Street (Even Numbers) ......................................................................................67 West 84th Street (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................75 West 84th Street (Even Numbers) ......................................................................................96 West 85th Street (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................................108 West 85th Street (Even Numbers) ....................................................................................123 West 86th Street (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................................135 West 86th Street (Even Numbers) ....................................................................................143 West 87th Street (Even Numbers) ....................................................................................153 West End Avenue (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................................154 West End Avenue (Even Numbers) .................................................................................173 ARCHITECTS’ APPENDIX .......................................................................................................195 ILLUSTRATIONS ......................................................................................................................249 Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I Landmarks Preservation Commission Riverside-West End 300 5 264 W 87 St 5 9 2 5 Riverside-West End Historic District 5 Historic District Extension I Borough of Manhattan, NY [LP-2463] Calendared: November 16, 2010 349 255 W 86 St Public Hearing: March 22, 2011 346 250 7 Designated: June 26, 2012 5 3 2 Boundary of District Extension Boundaries of Existing Districts Tax Map Lots in District Extension 355 W 85 St 251 1 354 250 Other Proposed District Extensions 2 7 Existing Historic Districts Bronx Historic District Extension Riverside-West 359 253 End Historic 348 W 84 St 250 District Extension I 1 Queens 0 3 Manhattan 2 337 W 83 St 233 334 262 H e A Brooklyn n m W B r y R s r e o t i s H v e a t e r u 333 d 253 d r E d w s 326 W 82 St a s i n 250 m d a o d 3 e y 7 n A A 2 D 2 P v r v k w y 1 9 6 0 Riverside Drive- 2 2 West 80th-81st Street 319 W 81 St 251 Historic District 302 278 Upper West Side/ Central Park West Historic District 301 251 304 252 W 80 St 9 2 2 2 313 265 W 79 St 250 ¯ Feet Graphic Source: MapPLUTO, Edition 09v1, 2009. Author: Landmarks Preservation Commission, JM. Date: June 26, 2012. 1 9 3 339 317 257 251 340 324 262 250 W 78 St West End-Collegiate Historic District 3 1 5 6 8 0 0 1 2 343 323 273 233 W 77 St y H r e l l i M Landmarks Preservation Commission June 26, 2012, Designation List 457 LP-2463 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On March 22, 2011, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I (Item No. 7). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provision of law. Thirty-two witnesses spoke in favor of the designation as proposed, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Councilmember Gail Brewer, and representatives of Congressman Jerrold Nadler, State Senators Thomas Duane, Adriano Espaillat, and Bill Perkins, State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, the West End Preservation Society, the Historic Districts Council, Landmarks West, Manhattan Community Board 7, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the West 80s Neighborhood Association, the West Side Federation of Neighborhood and Block Associations, as well as residents and neighbors. An additional three people testified in favor of the district but asked that it include additional buildings. One person testified in favor of including a building in the district without otherwise stating support for designation. Nine witnesses spoke in opposition to the designation including the Real Estate Board of New York and five owners and/or their representatives who were opposed to including their specific properties (251 and 265 West 81st Street, 508 and 510 West End Avenue, St. Agnes Boys High School, First Baptist Church in the City of New York, 272 to 276 West 86th Street) in the proposed extension. The Commission received several letters in support of the proposed designation including one from the Calhoun School, and one letter in opposition to the designation from the owners of 324 West 83rd Street. RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION I BOUNDARY The Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the northwest corner of Broadway and West 79th Street, extending westerly along the northern curbline of West 79th Street to a point on a line extending southerly from the western property line of 307 West 79th Street (aka 307-313 West 79th Street), northerly along said line and the western property line of 307 West 79th Street (aka 307-313 West 79th Street), easterly along the northern property line of 307 West 79th Street (aka 307-313 West 79th Street), northerly along the western property line of 411 West End Avenue (aka 409-411 West End Avenue; 302-304 West 80th Street) to the northern curbline of West 80th Street, easterly along the northern curbline of West 80th Street to a point on a line extending southerly from the western property line of 425 West End Avenue (aka 301 West 80th Street), northerly along said line and the western property line of 425 West End Avenue (aka 301 West 80th Street),