Informational
Committee on Historic Designation
Committee recommendations are not final Commission decisions.
Recorded conditions
Committee asked to tour the interior of the building before making a recommendation to the commission
- Criteria cited
- One of first buildings in United States designed specifically for television broadcastingSite of early years of American BandstandMajor force in development and dispersal of rock and roll musicTelevision's longest running musical variety programModel for television station design published in Architectural Record and TV Stations: A Guide for Architects, Engineers and ManagementAssociated with American Bandstand during early and most influential years 1952-1963Immediate overwhelming and sustained impact on future of rock and roll music and popular culture of baby boom generation