A Preservationist's List of 35 Modern Landmarks-in-Waiting

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Following is the complete list of candidates for landmark status and their architects suggested by Robert A. M. Stern, discussed in the Postings column on page 1 today:

Knickerbocker Laundry, 43-23 37th Avenue, Queens (Irving M. Fenichel, 1932).

240 Central Park South apartments, Manhattan (Mayer & Whittlesey, 1941).

Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza (Githens & Keally, 1941).

Stuyvesant Town, East 14th to 20th Streets, Manhattan (Irwin Clavan and Gilmore D. Clarke, 1947).

Fresh Meadows Housing Development, 186th to 197th Streets, Queens (Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith, 1947).

488 Madison Avenue at 51st Street, former Look Building, Manhattan (Emery Roth & Sons, 1950).

Manhattan House apartments, 200 East 66th Street (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950).

40 Park Avenue, office building at East 36th Street (Emery Roth & Sons, 1950).

Originally Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3d guest house, 242 East 52d Street, Manhattan (Philip Johnson, 1950).

Transit Authority Headquarters, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, originally Board of Transportation Building (William E. Haugaard & Andrew J. Thomas, 1951).

United Nations Headquarters, Manhattan (International Committee of Architects, headed by Wallace K. Harrison, 1947-52).

510 Fifth Avenue at 43d Street, originally Manufacturers Trust Company branch, Manhattan (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1954).

Hahn Kook Center, 460 Park Avenue at 57th Street, Manhattan (Emery Roth & Sons, 1953).

Donnell Library Center, West 53d Street, Manhattan (Edgar I. Williams, 1955).

150 East 42d Street, originally Socony-Mobil Oil Building, Manhattan (Harrison & Abramovitz, 1956).

Caspary Hall, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue at East 66th Street, Manhattan (Harrison & Abramovitz, 1958).

717 Fifth Avenue at East 56th Street, originally Corning Glass Building, Manhattan (Harrison, Abramovitz & Abbe, 1956-59).

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, Pine and Liberty Streets, Manhattan (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1960).

George Washington Bridge Bus Station (Port of New York Authority and Pier Luigi Nervi, 1963).

East Wing Addition and Sculpture Garden, Museum of Modern Art (Philip Johnson, 1964).

Begrisch Lecture Hall, Bronx Community College; originally University Heights campus of New York University (Marcel Breuer & Associates, 1964).

New York State Pavilion, 1964-65 World's Fair, Queens (Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, 1964).

CBS Building, 51 West 52d Street, Manhattan (Eero Saarinen & Associates, 1965).

Chatham Towers apartments, 170 Park Row, Manhattan (Kelly & Gruzen, 1965).

Church of the Resurrection, 325 East 101st Street, Manhattan (Victor Lundy, 1965).

2 Columbus Circle, formerly Gallery of Modern Art, Manhattan (Edward Durell Stone, 1965).

Henry L. Moses Research Institute, Montefiore Hospital, East Gun Hill Road, Bronx (Philip Johnson, 1965).

Paley Park, 3 East 53d Street, Manhattan (Zion & Breen, 1966).

University Village apartments, Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place, Manhattan (I. M. Pei & Partners, 1966).

Riverbend Houses, East 135th to 139th Streets, Fifth Avenue to Harlem River Drive, Manhattan (Davis, Brody & Associates, 1967).

860 and 870 United Nations Plaza apartments, East 48th to 49th Streets, Manhattan (Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris, 1966).

Kips Bay Plaza apartments, East 30th to 33d Streets, Manhattan (I. M. Pei Partners and S. J. Kessler, 1965).

Ford Foundation Building and interior garden, East 42d Street, Manhattan (Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, 1967).

140 Broadway, Cedar to Liberty Streets, Manhattan (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1967).

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (buildings by Wallace K. Harrison; Philip Johnson; Eggers & Higgins; Eero Saarinen; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Max Abramovitz; Pietro Belluschi, 1962-68).