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Landmarks Commission designates Paul Rudolph duplex at 246 East 50th as New York City interior landmark

5495260 · May 7, 2025
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The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on May 6 voted 7–0 to designate the Modulator Building apartment duplex at 246 East 50th Street in Manhattan as an interior landmark, citing the space’s distinctive late-20th-century design by Paul Rudolph.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on May 6 voted 7–0 to designate the Modulator Building apartment duplex at 246 East 50th Street in Manhattan as a New York City interior landmark, accepting the Research Department’s designation report LP-2684.

The designation covers the duplex occupying the entire Third and Fourth Floors, including the entrance hall, north and south living rooms, kitchen, balconies, bedrooms and associated fixtures and interior components. The Research Department presented the proposal as a late-twentieth-century interior by architect Paul Rudolph, built in the late 1980s and early 1990s and notable for interlocking double-height spaces, cantilevered balconies, floating stairs and original fixtures…

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