City Landmarks Fifth Avenue Headquarters Of NAACP And Washington Heights Church
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The city has landmarked an Episcopal church in Washington Heights and the Fifth Avenue building that housed the NAACP’s early national headquarters and several other social justice organizations.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously in favor of the two designations on Tuesday, noting that these two buildings were part of the organization’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
“As part of our equity framework launched earlier this year, we are prioritizing designations like 70 Fifth Avenue and Holyrood Episcopal Church-Iglesia Santa Cruz, to make sure that we are telling the stories of all New Yorkers,” said Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Sarah Carroll in a statement. “70 Fifth Avenue recognizes the important contributions of the NAACP, as well a
Joel Jankowsky retired in 2019 as a partner with Akin Gump, where he was a public-policy specialist in the law firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
The Jankowskys spent a year-and-a-half on their Palm Beach renovation, an award-winning project designed by Palm Beach interior decorator Leta Austin Foster. Others involved included landscape architect Alan Stopek of Efflorescence and architect Kevin Asbacher.
The renovation included remodeling the kitchen and re-purposing the original formal dining room to serve as a family room with a more casual dining area. Those spaces open to a loggia facing the pool and gardens.
Foster worked closely with Carol Jankowsky on the renovation, which was inspired by the work of the late New York City decorator Billy Baldwin. Foster’s design retained the interior’s formality but included furnishings with a more casual and comfortable feeling the style that made Baldwin famous.
The East Hill Historic District could be expanding. Bryan McCracken, the cityâs historic preservation planner, was in front of the Planning Board to propose extending the northwest boundary of the current district.
According to McCracken, the boundary currently doesnât follow an established district or best practices, meaning itâs essentially arbitrary. The Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission decided to look into the wedge of 19 properties left out of the current historic district located on North Aurora Street, East Court Street and Linn Street. The commission did an intensive survey of the buildings that included research into when they were built and by whom.
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