[NYguy]

Originally Posted by JSsocal

A note on progress: the ornamentation off of 33 has been stripped, making one believe that there may be an interim phase for these buildings before total demolition.

Hmmm, interesting.

Also there is a petition to landmark 31, with a side note to landmark 29, since it is also owned by the Vornado Real Estate Trust.

http://saverizzoli.org

They always start those things after its too late.

http://www.ibtimes.com/rizzoli-bookstore...ignificance-landmark-protection-says-nyc

Rizzoli Bookstore Demolition: 57th Street Building Lacks Significance
For Landmark Protection, Says NYC Committee


The bookstore’s management had requested that the city evaluate the property to determine if it qualifies for landmark protection. In a letter obtained by International Business Times, Marry Beth Betts, a commission researcher, said a senior staff committee carefully reviewed the building but declined to recommend it for further consideration as an individual New York City Landmark.

The bookstore had apparently argued for landmark status on the grounds that the building, not far from Steinway Hall, was once the location of a piano showroom, and is therefore a historic remnant of the city’s influential piano industry. The commission, however, pointed out that it has already commemorated that industry through the designation of Steinway Hall and its first-floor reception room, among other locations.

“The committee recommends that these sites, in comparison to 31 W. 57th Street, provide a better representation of the piano’s industry’s historic significance to New York City,” Betts wrote.