Ride the Storm: Navigating Through Unstable Periods / Katerina Rudko (Belka G...
Macaulay Seminar 4 (use this one)
1. New York City, 1941
Photograph by Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration
2. New York City Landmarks Law 25-307(b)
“. . . the commission shall consider (a) the effect of the
proposed work in creating, changing destroying or affecting
the exterior architectural features of the improvement upon
which such work is to be done and (b) the relationship
between the results of such work and the exterior
architectural features of other, neighboring improvements.”
“In appraising such effects and relationships, the
commission shall consider, in addition to any other pertinent
matters, the factors of aesthetic, historical and architectural
values and significance, architectural style, design,
arrangement, texture, material and color.”
Cunard Building 25 BroadwayBuilt 1917 – 1919Part of Steamship Row in Lower ManhattanDesigned by Benjamin Wistar MorrisNeo-Classical styleSetbacks responding to 1916 Zoning Resolution
Designation was for both interior and exteriorInterior designations can only be for publically accessible spaces
