NoHo Historic District Successfully Extended!

City Council approved the landmark designation of the NoHo Historic District Extension yesterday! Yay! The extension stretches from Lafayette Street to the Bowery, and from East 4th Street to Bond Street, adding 56 new buildings to the district. Some of the newly landmarked buildings date back all the way to 1820, though the majority were built between 1860 and 1900. The great thing about this area is that while it's filled with all different types of buildings with all different sorts of styles, it still feels like it's all apart of one great plan to create an area of Manhattan called NoHo. Maybe that's just me.

I signed a letter to send to City Council so I feel partially (cough fully cough) responsible for this very exciting new designation. Here's a map from the Historic District Council's website of the newly designated area, just in case you'd like to take a stroll around HISTORY (!) this weekend:

The blue area is the newly designated section. Enjoy!

Image from the Landmarks Preservation Commission's website. Check out their press release on designating the extension from back in May.