Save the Stables! Landmark the Former Dakota Stable and Former NY Cab Company Building

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We, the undersigned, support the preservation of two rare survivors of Stable Row on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing to consider these buildings as official Landmarks:

The former Dakota Stable (348-358 Amsterdam Avenue) on the southwest corner of 77th Street and Amsterdam Avenue Built in 1894 and designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert.

The former NY Cab Company Stable (318 Amsterdam Avenue) on the northwest corner of 75th Street and Amsterdam Avenue Completed in 1889 and designed by C. Abbott French.

For images, please go to http://www.landmarkwest.org/advocacy/stables.html.

These high-rise commercial stables played a crucial role in New Yorks history. New York's wealthiest residents often erected small, private stables for their horses and carriages. Middle-class people, on the other hand, used commercial stables for their livery, much the same way city residents use parking garages today.

We urge the Commission to vote to save these two Romanesque Revival-style structures for future generations. As a pair, they recall a time when the Upper West Side was just starting its transformation from farmland to urban neighborhood. They are anchors of 19th-century beauty that provide visual texture and historical continuity in our community.

228 Signatures

  • Sandra Grieser
  • Charles Wittman
    • Address
    • W 86th St, NY
  • Sarah Sher
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  • Jon R.
  • Ariel Schwartz
  • Nick Ray-Keeffe
  • Bonnie Wolf
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  • Kiera McCourt
  • Hansel Hernandez-Navarro
  • Ashley Norton
  • francoise bollack
    • Comments
    • outstanding design, rare survivor
  • Tom Killian
    • Comments
    • these are valuable buildings
    • Address
    • 300 Central Park West
  • Hunter Armstrong
  • Sarah McGullam
  • Jenny McGullam
  • marcella baum
  • Deborah Sher
  • Roland Betancourt
  • Joel Sher
  • Christopher W. London
  • Elyse Newman
  • M Resnick
  • Dusan Jovanovic
    • Address
    • W 75th St & Amsterdam Ave
  • jeannette rossoff
  • Amy Robbins
    • Address
    • 209 West 86th Street, New York NY 10024
  • Benna Holden
    • Address
    • 201 W. 77th Street
  • Miki Fiegel Picinich
  • Susan Nial
    • Comments
    • My thanks to the Commission for hearing this matter and I hope Landmarking both of these buildings.
  • Mark Neschis
    • Address
    • 201 W. 77th Street
  • Noelle Boddewyn
    • Address
    • New York, NY
  • Manfred Marko
    • Comments
    • Please save these important landmark buildings.
  • Sophia deBoer
    • Address
    • 25 Central Park West, NYC,NY 10023
  • Sophia deBoer
    • Address
    • 25 Central Park West, NYC,NY 10023
  • Madelon Hambro
    • Address
    • 201 W. 77 Street
  • steven m. hankin
    • Comments
    • These buildings represent the essence of the Upper West Side and are only being targeted because they are on the edge of the historic designation area. It is crucial they be saved.
  • Mark Lancaster
  • j. caban
    • Comments
    • Please make these landmarks!
  • Lori Abeles
  • Raymond Hirano
  • Dan Dovdavany
    • Comments
    • Please save these important landmark buildings.
  • Janis Eckhart
  • Jim Pipilas
  • arlene fauser
    • Comments
    • must be saved
  • Robert F Petrie
    • Comments
    • They don't do brickwork like this any more.
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    • WEA
  • Christine Elbert
    • Address
    • 157 W 79th St Apt 12C, New York, NY 10024
  • giovanna di bernardo
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    • Address
    • 105 w 72nd st.
  • William W. Byler
    • Address
    • 105 E. 15th St., Apt. 103, NY NY 10003
  • Lily Wong
  • Nicole DiBiase
  • i l richman
    • Comments
    • The history of the West Side is that of the middle class. It shouldn't be blotted out for luxury residences.