Allen’s ethics apparently prevented him from frequently featuring his own work in Pacific Coast Architect. Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, Vol. Box 227 LPC Application: Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows. It was designed with a particular view for club use. Polygonal bay with embedded brick chimney. They depend on our constant stewardship for appropriate maintenance and change. global team in all time zones, of dollars saved by The street façades remain essentially unaltered, with the exception of a number of aluminum window sashes replacing the original wood sashes and the plain door on La Loma Ave., which replaced a glazed door. Allen’s headlines often made clear his preferences. The UWS’s World Series Pitcher. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1992. E. E. Armstrong and B. E. Underwood, sureties. 2, Riverside Drive – West End Historic District Extension I, Riverside Drive- West End Historic District, Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II, Batter Up! “Landmark School” reimagining your assets. LPC Application: Application is to alter a window to create a barrier-free accessible entrance. The designs for the Phi Kappa Psi house were drawn by H. C. Allen, who is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi. LPC Application: Application is to enlarge a rear yard extension. From the published accounts of the Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Association, one can draw the conclusion that both California Beta and California Gamma members tended to be studious high achievers. T. H. Emerson, E. T. Ford, H. M. Love, H. T. Moore, H. M. Leete, S. G. Masters, G. C. Noble, C. S. Davidson, C. A. Gowing, C. H. Wood, H. Hendricks, A. J. Howell, S. J. Smith, C. D. Starr, D. Q. Adams, W. A. Adams, E. Howell, J.C. Picket, P. Jones, C. A. Kenyon and G. C. Beard. LW! The public can watch a hearing on the LPC’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/nyclpc and participate in the hearing by following the instructions: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page. In 1917 he was a member of the State Commission of Immigration & Housing and represented Western governors in discussions with President Woodrow Wilson. Harris Allen’s houses looked as if they had stepped out of Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language, incorporating many of the “patterns” that make a home inviting and livable, such as a sheltering roof, see-through spaces, window niches with benches, arbors, and creative fireplace/window interplays. LPC hearing date:  February 2, 2016, Building address and name:  18 West 75th Street Originally fashioned in the Beaux Arts style, it was later expanded, receiving an Art Deco façade. There is a sizeable parking lot at the north part of the property, and it appears that many people enter and exit via the service door located on that side, since it leads into the kitchen, which also serves as the dining room. Landmark School's Non-Discrimination policy. NOTE: Alterations to this site were heard on 3/3/2020 at which time the LPC took issue with many aspects of the design. by Claudie Benjamin It's autumn and baseball thoughts are turning to playoffs, wild cards and an eventual World Series. LPC Application: Application is to legalize the installation of windows and a door, and painting the facade without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s). The same fate befell the house of Mary McHenry Keith (William Keith’s widow) at 2701 Ridge Road—directly across the street from the Phi Kappa Psi house. The LPC has resumed public hearings/meetings via video conferencing app Zoom, which allows for testimony and full public participation. The Phi Kappa Psi Chapter House is a wood-frame house of two and a half stories, clad in natural brown shingles. The California Gamma chapter of Phi Kappa Psi was founded in Berkeley on 15 April 1899. Original Date of Construction:  1930 Learn more about 60 West 76th Street from our Building Database! The Phi Kappa Psi Berkeley chapter house is the first building known to have been designed by Harris Allen. LPC Application: Application is to install a barrier-free access ramp. Since World War II, institutional expansion and development pressures have been taking their toll on surviving historic structures in this fragile neighborhood. Securing a lot in one of the most desirable locations above the campus, he built them an eight-thousand-dollar house, which he designed entirely by himself, after the style of an old English hunting club, and it is today the most admired and talked about “frat” house in Berkeley. LPC Application: Construct a rooftop addition, replace windows, create and fill in window openings, install a green wall, install a canopy, replace doors and create sidewalk gardens Shingled exterior. The Allen houses featured were designed for “difficult” Marin County locations. Grover Chester Noble (1881–1952), Cal ’02, was responsible for the financial arrangements of the new chapter house and moved in as soon as it opened. Learn more about 128 West 70th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE. Both were initiated into Phi Kappa Psi that year—the last one in which the chapter was located on Bancroft Way. Berkeley campus. When the lots were put on the market in 1889, Thomas Daley, the Scenic Park’s original developer, might have envisioned a park-like setting for Stick-style villas and Queen Anne cottages. by Claudie Benjamin It's autumn and baseball thoughts are turning to playoffs, wild cards and an eventual World Series. The Maybeck houses are directly to the east. LPC hearing date: March 17, 2020, April 21, 2020, via ZOOM, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS, ​Building address and name: 56 West 85th Street, LPC Application: Application is to construct a rear yard addition, LPC hearing date: February 25, 2020, APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS. Learn more about 320 Riverside Drive from our BUILDING DATABASE. Building address and name: West 79th Street Rotunda Complex and Bridge, Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Riverside Park and Riverside Drive Scenic Landmark. Building address and name: 570 Columbus Avenue, LPC hearing date: September 10th, 2019, NO ACTION. Building address and name: 55 West 86th Street. With its grey-green sides and touch of varied colors in roof-shingles it is in sympathetic harmony with the tints of the surrounding shrubs and trees. At the southern end, the roof ridge is oriented east-west; the main mass’s roof ridge is oriented north-south. Some of the windows retain their original multi-pane wood sashes. Learn more about 150 West 79th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE. LPC Application: Application is to remove a knee wall and install a small exterior fence at areaway. LPC hearing date:  December 15th, 2015, Building address and name:   266 West End Avenue Building address and name: 244 Riverside Drive, Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II. Building address and name:  Belvedere Castle PathsBuilding’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status:  Central Park Scenic LandmarkOriginal Architect:  Jacob Wrey Mould & Julian MunchkwitzOriginal Date of Construction:  1867LPC Application: Application is to construct a pathway and walls for barrier-free access.LPC hearing date: May 2, 2017. Learn more about 26 West 95th Street from our Building Database! After retirement, Corner served as official historian at the Rockefeller Institute in New York. LPC hearing date:  November 24th, 2015, Building address and name:   55 Central Park West See additional photographs of the building. LPC Application: Application is to replace windows. LPC hearing date: December 8th, 2015, Building address and name:   320 West 88th Street 2 0 obj During the first half of the 20th century, an elite brotherhood of New York City artists called the “Illustrators of Beauty” dominated the publishing world, becoming the equivalent of modern day r... Next Thursday: Dan Czitrom tells the story of New York’s first major cop scandal and the investigation that showed the public just how rigged the system really was... Dan Czitrom tells the story of New York’s first major cop scandal and the investigation that showed the public just how rigged the system really was. On the interior, these bays create long niches with window seats. Learn more about 53-57 West 70th Street from our BUILDING DATABASE: 53, 55 & 57, Building address and name: 315 Central Park West, Original Date of Construction:  1911-1912, LPC hearing date:  February 5, 2019, NO ACTION; April 9, 2019. Frame up, $1,475; plastered, same; completed, same; thirty-six days after, same: total, $5,900. Alter stoops? Hendry was the author of numerous scientific and popular papers on various agricultural and crop subjects. He never married, living with his older half-sister Louisa Allen Page (1855–1947). Keeler, Charles: The Simple Home. Building address and name: 361 Central Park West, Building’s Historic District and or Individual Landmark Status: Individual Landmark. Building address and name: 241 Central Park West, LPC hearing date: September 10th, 2019, APPROVED. Learn more about 311 West 90th Street from our Building Database! A May 1933 article of Allen’s in California Arts & Architecture carried the byline President State Association of California Architects, N.S. Across the street from the Phi Kappa Psi Chapter House, the historic Newman Hall and College Hall (both on La Loma Ave. between Hearst and Ridge) gave way to the university’s Upper Hearst Parking Structure and a parking lot. Like Percy & Hamilton, Alden & Harlow had their origins in Boston and were influenced by H.H. Building address and name: 141 West 85th Street, LPC hearing date: September 10th, 2019; APPROVED. LPC hearing date:  November 10th, 2015, Building address and name: 313 Columbus Avenue Open the toggles to see the building details. Learn more about 42 West 94th Street from our Building Database! LW’s C of A Committee works with building owners and their architects to advise on design and protect the integrity of our constantly evolving neighborhood.