# NYC landmark status

> Check NYC landmark and historic-district evidence.

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## Start here

- [Install](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-nyc-landmarks#capability-setup)
- [New to skills?](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/agents)
- [All skills](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities?kind=skills)

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## What it does

Give Norma the NYC property and the period or question to research. Norma looks up LPC designation records, keeps the original record links and dates, and reports the coverage of the search.

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## Install

Connect Arch Studio in Claude or ChatGPT, then return to your conversation and ask Norma for the task. Your assistant uses its available file access and tools to carry out the skill.

- [Add to Claude](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install?host=claude&surface=app&method=mcp)
- [Add to ChatGPT](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install?host=chatgpt&surface=app&method=mcp)
- [Setup guide](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install)

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## Versions and source

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · MCP — Available as MCP workflow instructions in compatible Claude and ChatGPT connections. The assistant performs the work with its own tools and permissions and verifies the actual result before reporting completion.

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · Open source — Included in the public plugin for Claude Code and Codex. In this version: NYC landmark status — Check whether a building is landmarked or lies within a historic district.

- [Hosted release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/hosted-1-5-1-2-0692a162)
- [Read public source](https://github.com/AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects/blob/b85cba155ddbabe8e721fc79044e5a9ef4aa7540/skills/nyc-landmarks/SKILL.md)
- [Public release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/public-1-5-1-2)

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## Usage

Ask Norma in plain language. With Arch Studio connected through MCP, no $ or / command is required. Norma is your assistant working with Arch Studio.

```text
Use Arch Studio to check the landmark and historic-district status of this NYC property. Verify the selected lot against LPC sources and link the relevant designation report. Flag any boundary ambiguity.
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## What it researches

### Designation records

Norma identifies designation names, status and dates in the applicable sources.

### District boundaries

Norma checks the selected property against the designation evidence and flags an ambiguous boundary.

### Original reports

Norma links designation reports and retains any limits when the original cannot be retrieved.

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## Workflow

1. **Locate** — Norma resolves the selected property and requested period.
2. **Research** — Norma retrieves the relevant LPC designation records and reads their current source definitions.
3. **Report** — Norma presents the findings, original links and any unavailable or incomplete sources.

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## Pairs with

Norma can add archival and neighborhood context to the designation research.

- [Site history and context](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-site-history)

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## Related skills

Site history and context — Trace a site’s history and neighborhood context.

NYC property report — Bring NYC property research together in one report.

- [Site history and context](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-site-history)
- [NYC property report](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-nyc-property-report)