Legalization
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 23, 2013
Item 12 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 132604- Block 586, lot 7- 74 Wooster Street – SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District A factory designed by Charles Mattam and built in 1869. Application is to install new storefront infill, remove shutters, enlarge a light well and construct a rooftop addition. While HDC finds the storefront infill [...]
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 March 5, 2013
Item 3 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 132190- Block 249, lot 34- 146 Montague Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A 19th century rowhouse. Later altered with Gothic style elements and to include a store and office. Application is to legalize a display box installed without a LPC permit. Rather than just focus on [...]
HDC@LPC – February 26, 2013
Item 14 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 136229- Block 230, lot 5- 321 Canal Street – SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District A Federal style rowhouse built in 1821, altered in the mid-19th century to accommodate a commercial ground floor. Application is to alter the façade and install new storefront infill, replace windows and alter the [...]
HDC@LPC February 5, 2013
Item 6 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 126510- Block 2090, lot 16- 239 Carlton Avenue – Fort Greene Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built c. 1845. Application is to construct a rear yard addition and excavate a portion of the rear yard. While there are some intrusions in this garden as displayed [...]
HDC@LPC – January 22, 2013
Item 17 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 138879- Block 1257, lot 1- 476 Fifth Avenue – The New York Public Library, Individual Landmark A Beaux-Arts style library building designed by Carrere & Hastings and built in a 1898-1911. Application is to install rooftop mechanical equipment, replace windows, modify a window opening and modify the [...]
HDC@LPC January 8, 2013
Item 8 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 121487- Block 270, lot 45- 38 Schermerhorn Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A house built in 1852 and altered c. 1940. Application is to replace windows. While the proposed wood one-over-one windows would match the sister building, HDC feels a better design could be found fitting [...]
HDC@LPC October 2, 2012
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 117051- Block 10313, lot 32- 115-16 179th Street – Addisleigh Park Historic District A Tudor Revival style free-standing house built prior to 1926. Application is to replace aluminum siding. In cases where the tax photo and other documentation are unclear and the existing material is obviously not [...]
HDC@LPC Testimony – August 7, 2012
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 129685- Block 149, lot 150- 39-38 47th Street – Sunnyside Gardens Historic District A brick rowhouse with Colonial Revival style details designed by Clarence Stein, Henry Wright and Frederick Ackerman and built in 1925. Application is to legalize the installation of a retaining wall at the front [...]
