The Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) designated five buildings in the Garment District as individual landmarks on Tuesday.

The designation protects the exterior features and structure for the historic buildings — the Barbey Building, Fashion Tower, Furcraft Building, 29th Street Towers and the Lefcourt Clothing Center — all of which LPC said represent the commercial and cultural history of the Garment District. LPC’s vote came less than one week after a City Council committee advanced a proposal to rezone Midtown South that would allow over 9,500 housing units to be built.

LPC Chair Sarah Carroll said the five buildings capture the Garment District’s history.

“Designed by many of the city’s leading architects of the time, the buildings designated today are some of the Garment Dist

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