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Is your house landmarked? Hold off before you paint that door or replace the windows! You may need to check with the Landmarks Preservation Commission before making changes to your property. But don’t worry — routine repairs do not need approval, as long as they do not alter the appearance of the building. The Commission…
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, under Commissioner Robert B. Tierney and Mayor Bloomberg, published an in-depth manual to rowhouses. If you own a rowhouse, are dreaming of owning a rowhouse, or are interested in rowhouses, the manual provides a wealth of information. From the introduction: New York City is recognized around the world…
In 2005 the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission published a handy guide to NYC rowhouse styles, including Anglo-Italianate, Beaux-Arts, Federal, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Neo-Grec, Italianate, Queen Anne, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Second Empire. Today, the guide is every bit as relevant as it was in 2005. You can read the complete Rowhouse Style…
The Brownstone Guide, published by the New York Landmarks Conservancy Technical Services Center, is an eight page PDF that is more a consumer’s brownstone maintenance and restoration handbook than a technical manual. Rather than a source of step-by-step instructions for repair materials and techniques, the Guide is designed to help owners of historic properties understand…
