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375 Park Avenue, The Seagram Building, application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the relocation of an alley door on the landmark site and the construction of a screen above this door to shield mechanical equipment
WHEREAS, The building located at 375 Park Avenue between East 52nd and East 53rd Streets, known as the Seagram Building, is a renowned Bauhaus-International style building by the design architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson and the associate architects Kahn & Jacobs constructed in 1958; and
WHEREAS, The Seagram Building is constructed of a bronze and glass tower situated on a granite base and plaza; and
WHEREAS, The building has been designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as an individual landmark, and it has also been designated as a National Historic Landmark; and
WHEREAS, The building’s current owner RFR Realty LLC has applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the relocation of an alley door on the landmark site and for the construction of a screen above this door to shield mechanical equipment; and
WHEREAS, The alley door is located at the far east end of the East 53rd Street side of the building, and the applicant intends to relocate this further away from the sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, Materials to be used for the manufacture of the new door and screen are similar to the existing bronze material, and would be historically important and sympathetic to the original design; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Manhattan Community Board Five recommends approval of the application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the relocation of an alley door on the landmark site and for the construction of a screen above this door to shield mechanical equipment.
The above resolution passed with a vote of 31 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention.