Cobble Hill
HDC@LPC – May 21, 2013
Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 132526- Block 307, lot 2- 277 Clinton Street – Cobble Hill Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built c. 1847. Application is to excavate the cellar. Little information was available at public review regarding foundation depths of neighbors and other details needed when considering the excavation [...]
HDC@LPC April 9, 2013
Item 14 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 138937- Block 527, lot 91- 27 Downing Street – Greenwich Village Extension II Historic District An American Round Arch style stable with apartments designed by Alfred Zucker and built in 1893 with major alterations in 1920, 1924, and 1925. Application is to construct a new rear façade [...]
HDC@LPC October 23, 2012
Item 9 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 133268- Block 1075, lot 5- 274 Garfield Place, aka 175 8th Avenue – Park Slope Historic District A neo-Romanesque Art Deco style school building associated with Temple Beth Elohim, designed by Mortimer Freehof and David Levy, and built in 1928. Application is to install stretch banners. The [...]
HDC@LPC September 11, 2012
Item 1 LP – 2505 BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN THE RAINBOW ROOM, 30 Rockefeller Center The Historic Districts Council is the advocate for New York City’s designated historic districts, landmarks and buildings meriting preservation. The Rainbow Room is already a landmark in the hearts and minds of many throughout the world. Built in the midst of [...]
HDC@LPC September 4, 2012
Item 22 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 115555- Block 744, lot 10- 353 West 20th Street – Chelsea Historic District A Greek Revival/Italianate style rowhouse built in 1852-53. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. While the proposed addition’s depth is modest, HDC objects to this proposal as it would remove too much [...]
HDC@LPC – July 10, 2012
Item 3 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 132618- Block 264, lot 17- 130 Clinton Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A commercial Gothic style office building designed by Mortimer E. Freehof and built in 1925. Application is to replace storefront infill. 130 Clinton Street is a distinctive commercial Gothic style office building, one that [...]
July 12, 2011
Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 120763- Block 2099, lot 6- 65 South Elliott Place – Fort Greene Historic District An altered early Italianate style frame rowhouse built c. 1854. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. While HDC is not opposed [...]
December 7, 2010
LPC Docket Number: 114104 Brooklyn, Block: 310, Lot: 3 439-445 Hicks Street aka 126-140 Baltic Street – Cobble Hill Historic District Model tenement buildings designed by William Field & Son and built in 1876-77. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows. LPC Docket Number: 100174 Brooklyn, Block: 305, Lot: [...]
September 28, 2010
LPC Docket Number: 110521 Brooklyn, Block: 296, Lot: 32 177 Congress Street – Cobble Hill Historic District An Italianate style rowhouse built in the early 1850s and later altered. Application is to legalize and modify door, windows and planter installation at front façade and areaway without LPC permits. HDC Testimony HDC does not approve of [...]
May 18, 2010
LPC Docket Number: 103866 Brooklyn, Block: 301, Lot: 29 274 Clinton Street – Cobble Hill Historic District An Italianate style row house constructed in 1864-67. Application is to construct a rear deck, modify window openings and alter the areaway. HDC Testimony While we approve of alterations to the areaway, HDC finds the proposed deck to [...]
