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Landmarks approves rooftop bulkhead and railings for Upper East Side row house
Summary
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on May 13 approved a visible rooftop stair bulkhead, guardrail and a small HVAC unit for an altered Italianate row house in the Upper East Side Historic District, finding the work modest and subordinate in the surrounding roofscape.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approved May 13 an application (LPC 25‑09579) to construct a rooftop stair bulkhead, install guardrails and add a small HVAC condenser on a four‑story Italianate row house in the Upper East Side Historic District.
The commission found the proposed stucco‑clad bulkhead and 42‑inch guardrail would be “modest” and would be seen as one of many rooftop accretions against taller bulkheads behind the subject building, a point emphasized by the project team. Susanna Chan of O'Neil Langan Architects described the proposal as a minimal enlargement of an…
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