January 18, 2011

LPC Docket Number: 114239 Brooklyn, Block: 1165, Lot: 17 268 Park Place – Prospect Heights Historic District A Renaissance Revival style rowhouse with Romanesque Revival style elements designed by William H. Reynolds and built c. 1897. Application is to install rooftop skylights and solar panels, alter the areaway and modify rear façade. HDC Testimony HDC […]

January 18, 2011

LPC Docket Number: 114239 Brooklyn, Block: 1165, Lot: 17 268 Park Place – Prospect Heights Historic District A Renaissance Revival style rowhouse with Romanesque Revival style elements designed by William H. Reynolds and built c. 1897. Application is to install rooftop skylights and solar panels, alter the areaway and modify rear façade. HDC Testimony HDC […]

February 16, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 098343 Queens, Block: 8023, Lot: 1 300 Knollwood Ave – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival Style ranch house designed by Carl Salminen and built in 1950. Application is to demolish the house and construct a new house. HDC Testimony HDC is sorry to see yet another mid-century Colonial Revival Style ranch […]

November 24, 2009

LPC Docket Number: 101256 Staten Island, Block: 955, Lot: 1 460 Brielle Avenue – NYC Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District Historic District A tuberculosis hospital complex constructed between 1908-1937. Application is to construct a new building and parking lot. HDC Testimony While construction of a new building that continues the spirit and  use of the […]

August 11, 2009

Hearing Date:  8/11/2009 LPC Docket Number: 098532 Brooklyn, Block: 301, Lot: 44 155 Warren Street – Cobble Hill Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1838. Application is to construct dormers at the roof. HDC Testimony While the commission has approved dormers on the front facades of similar buildings, HDC finds these proposed […]