LPC's Margaret Herman introduces three landmark designations

Good morning, Chair Marte and subcommittee members.

My name is Margaret Herman, Director of Research at the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Thank you for the opportunity to present our three recent individual landmark designations, the Church of St.

Mary, the Lithuanian Alliance Building, and Public School 15 Annex.

All three of these designations are architecturally significant,

Thank you.

And culturally significant, relating to the immigration history of New York City.

The designations fulfill LPC's goals of equity by helping to tell the story of all New Yorkers.

We were delighted to receive so much support for all three of these designations at the public hearings in March.

For St.

Mary's in particular, we were especially pleased about Chair Marte's testimony in support of the designation.

We received testimony with strong support from the owners of the Lithuanian Alliance and PS15 Annex, as well as a variety of preservation advocacy groups, including the Landmarks Conservancy, Historic Districts Council, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, the Borum Hill Association,

and others, and many members of the public.

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