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Support the Upper East Side Historic District Expansion

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# 212:

2:39 pm PDT, Jun 11, Andrew Steffan, New York
My wife and I are "naturalized citizens of the Upper East Side of NYC", having moved here to start our respective careers in the early '60's. We have lived in an old tenament building on 2nd Ave, an apartment in a town house on East 89th St., a coop apartment on 82nd St. and coop apartments in two buildings on 72nd St. Our current home will be part of the expanded Historic District, and our tenant/owners are pleased to be included. We are anxious to preserve the architectural quality of our neighborhood; while we recognize that the new apartment buildings on 2nd and 3rd Avenues are important to the vitality of the Upper East Side, they would not fit in the Lexington Ave. corridor.

# 211:

6:03 am PDT, Jun 11, Roberta Pennino, New York

# 210:

1:49 pm PDT, Jun 10, Harold & Claudene Seidel, New York

# 209:

10:11 am PDT, Jun 10, Kathy Jolowicz, New York
After the distruction of Yorkville/Kleindeutschland and the introduction of glass box replacements the once famous historical character of our City is being lost. Those who have helped build our city are now being put out and replaced by new commers who do not care about the heritage or history, and those who built it. The charm of City is being lost every day.

# 207:

7:27 am PDT, Jun 10, Ruth Hirsch, New York

# 208:

7:23 am PDT, Jun 10, Jan Brumm, New York

# 206:

6:29 am PDT, Jun 10, Name not displayed, New York

# 205:

5:25 am PDT, Jun 10, Anne Mann, New York
The UES neighborhood is what NYC is all about. We are a pedestrian environment. We shop in small local shops. We know our neighbors. We love our buildings from many generations before us. We want to preserve this special quality both for ourselves and for the generations that will follow us. We don't want this special quality to be taken away.

# 204:

5:52 pm PDT, Jun 9, Barbara Rauch, New York

# 203:

11:36 am PDT, Jun 9, Name not displayed, New York

# 202:

11:31 am PDT, Jun 9, Janet Ross, New York

# 201:

11:12 am PDT, Jun 9, Angela Plowden-Wardlaw, New York
Lexington Avenue is one of the last human-scale streets in New York City, with many historic, attractive and irreplaceable buildings. It would be a crime to allow the further destruction of one of the city's last brownstone neighborhoods.

# 200:

10:02 am PDT, Jun 9, Nazeli Deblasio, New York

# 199:

2:16 pm PDT, Jun 8, Ivana Edwards, New York
Our historic buildings are what set New York apart from other cities because they tell the unique story of its life and times.

# 198:

1:59 pm PDT, Jun 3, Michael Hirsch, New York
It is important to preserve the history of the Upper East Side and the buildings tell the story.

# 197:

9:57 am PDT, Jun 3, Lauren Maher, New York

# 196:

7:09 am PDT, Jun 3, Name not displayed, Maryland
The endangered and significant architecture of the upper east side must be preserved in order to maintain the unique character of the upper east side.

# 195:

5:31 am PDT, Jun 3, Name not displayed, New York

# 194:

4:36 am PDT, Jun 3, Elise Gold, New York
Preserving the historical buildings in NYC is a value I cherish. Please strongly consider the voices expressed on this petition.

# 193:

1:22 am PDT, Jun 3, Carla Breeze, New York
If the Upper East Side continues to be developed without significant protection of historic properties, the neighborhood will ultimatly become degraded and lose appeal for those who desire a quality environment.

# 192:

9:54 pm PDT, Jun 2, Mary Cannon, New York
The UES's beauty in the 60's and 70's should not change. It is essential from a historical aspect to keep the area the same but for the current friends, workers and families that have made this area their home.

# 191:

6:41 pm PDT, Jun 2, Name not displayed, Maryland

# 190:

5:41 pm PDT, Jun 2, Kevin McEvoy, New York
The recent unfortunate events concerning the Kean House indicate the urgency of the situation on Lexington Avenue.

# 189:

5:21 pm PDT, Jun 2, Priscilla Kauff, New York

# 188:

4:10 pm PDT, Jun 2, Katherine Post, New York
These old buildings should be protected to save the history of New York City. We are a fairly new country and to tear down it's history is a tragedy. Let people know what it looked like when these buildings were built. Nothing is worse than only having modern contemporary buildings!They also hide the sun!

# 187:

1:54 pm PDT, Jun 2, Olivia Mitchell, New York
Please don't let the modern high rise buildings of 2nd and 3rd Avenue encroach upon the quaint nature of Lexington!

# 186:

5:34 pm PDT, May 29, Bill Goodhart, New York

# 185:

11:15 am PDT, Apr 13, Lindsay Garcia, Maine

# 184:

8:33 am PDT, Apr 9, Elizabeth Free, New York

# 183:

6:54 am PDT, Apr 9, Katie Totman, New York
New York City's history needs to be preserved. As one of the oldest and most influential city's in the country it should be treated as such, and not simply taken for granted and destroyed so cheap, new high rises can be built. If these buildings are destroyed, they are gone forever along with their rich history. Please protect them so we as a society can further appreciate our history and continue to learn from the past.

# 182:

7:37 pm PST, Feb 6, Arthur De Pasquale, New York

# 181:

7:28 pm PST, Feb 6, Francine Gray, New York
It is vitally important to preserve this entire designated historic area and to include Lexington Avenue. So much of our City's significant architecture runs along Lexington, and it reaches into personally important neighborhood histories of so many early families. As high rises replace the original addresses of families who built New York, their history and New York's character go with it.

# 180:

9:49 am PST, Dec 16, Helen Marx, New York

# 179:

11:04 am PDT, Sep 29, Ashley Rosenbluth, New York
The beautiful architecture of Lexington Avenue and adjoining streets on the Upper East Side not only represent an important era in New York City's history, but it creates a unique, warm and cozy neighborhood feeling. That and the "mom and pop" stores (vs mass chain stores) give the area a local charm that helps hold the property values at a higher level. We want to maintain this original look and feel for the future, not evolve into the sameness that is overcoming the rest of America.

# 178:

6:19 am PDT, Sep 29, Alicia Gordon, New York

# 177:

1:19 pm PDT, Sep 28, Chiara Edmands, New York
Please protect New York's History!

# 176:

9:36 am PDT, Sep 22, Raymond Plumey, FAIA, New York
The architectural history of this great city must be protected.

# 175:

10:09 am PDT, Sep 21, Hal Bromm, New York

# 174:

3:03 pm PDT, Sep 19, Judith Steckler, New York
Lexington Avenue is a unique street in New York and for that matter, in the United States. If we allow the destruction of such a historical section of buildings we are destroying our historical heritage. Generations to come should be able to look at these remarkable buildings with their amazing details. The huge, glass, box-like buildings being erected now are sterile, without personality and cut off most of the daylight. Real estate developers should not be allowed to gobble up land for their instant, personal profits.

# 173:

11:26 am PDT, Sep 18, Christopher Gow, New York
Inspiring new architecture of our time is fabulous but let that enhance less beautiful neighbourhoods instead of replacing already great, historic and original architectural buildings that will be lost forever if not preserved. Worse still would be to replace them with a pastiche or "style of" imitation of period architecture.

# 172:

1:44 pm PDT, Sep 11, Rachel Barrack, New York

# 171:

7:18 am PDT, Sep 11, Annie Schlechter, New York

# 170:

7:09 pm PDT, Sep 10, Jane/Jim Griffin, New York
We must stop building any more TALL buildings in the neighborhood!

# 169:

6:20 pm PDT, Sep 10, Richard Hershner, New York
I have lived on and off on the Upper East Side between 75th & 65th Streets since coming here after college almost 30 years ago. The City has become a much more attractive place to live but for all its vibrancy still completes with other great cities on an aesthetic level which win out. We, therefore, need to protect our neighborhoods where civility and beauty exist if we are to strengthen our appeal.

# 168:

5:52 pm PDT, Sep 10, Norton Belknap, New York
In many, many ways, Lexington Avenue between 60th and 75th Street is the lifeline of the community and the great architecture both on and near Lex must be saved to preserve the character of the neighborhood. I strongly support this expansion of the Upper East Side Historic District. Norton Belknap

# 167:

11:00 am PDT, Sep 10, Anne Namm, New York
Please save our neighborhood and keep us from glass towers and metal boxes.

# 166:

9:54 am PDT, Sep 10, Lawrence Wertheimer, New York

# 165:

9:17 am PDT, Sep 10, Name not displayed, Maryland
It is extremely important to preserve this very important historic area and to extend it through all of Lexington Ave between East 60th and 75th Streets all the way to Third Avenue. There are significant architectural buildings on these numbered streets, including landmark townhouses and prewar buildings, that should never be put at risk or ruined by loss of other existing structures. The area is extremely unique and beautiful, very rare.

# 164:

7:58 am PDT, Sep 10, Judith-Ann Corrente, New York

# 163:

7:47 am PDT, Sep 10, Page Ashley, New York
This beautiful neighborhood is one of the gems of the entire city. Please protect Lexington Avenue from the faceless commercialization that has plagued so much of the upper east side.

# 162:

9:38 am PDT, Sep 9, James Sansum, New York
To the members of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission: As a business owner within the proposed expansion area of the Upper East Side Historic District, I strongly urge the LPC to expand the historic district in order to maintain the distinct architectural mood of the neighborhood, which is unique in New York City. Otherwise, the district is prone to continual expansion and inappropriate building that will erase all aspects of the neighborhood's architectural history and in turn its unique social history. Sincerely, James Sansum

# 161:

8:05 am PDT, Sep 7, Jane Tully, New York

# 160:

8:39 am PDT, Sep 6, Lorraine Salome, New York

# 159:

6:16 am PDT, Sep 6, Richard Salome, New York

# 158:

12:12 pm PDT, Sep 5, Susan Burns, Hawaii
Please preserve the unique architectural qualities of this charming neighborhood.

# 157:

10:53 pm PDT, Sep 2, Emanuella Grinberg, New York
As a lifelong resident of the Upper East Side, I think it is important to preserve at least some parts of Lexington Avenue as overdevelopment arises throughout the city to remind us of our past and of the characteristics that make the city unique.

# 156:

12:27 pm PDT, Sep 2, Name not displayed, New York

# 155:

12:25 pm PDT, Aug 31, Bruce Baas, New York

# 154:

7:56 am PDT, Aug 17, Douglas Denoff, New York
The Lexington Ave Historical District should be expanded in protection of the unique charm and character of the area. I'm not against development or growth, but it should be moderated or eventually NYC will turn into Los Angeles....where NO building over 20 years' old is considered important. Even Paris has managed to beautifully integrate new architectural landmarks with the old.

# 153:

3:18 pm PDT, Jul 30, Edwin May, New York

# 152:

10:06 am PDT, Jul 29, John Walter Wright, New York

# 151:

11:51 am PDT, Jul 28, Heather Eckert, New Jersey

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