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HDC@LPC May 14, 2013
Item 21 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 140637- Block 571, lot 7502- 22 East 14th Street – Baumann Brothers Furniture Store, Individual Landmark A store and loft building, designed by David and John Jardine and built in 1880-81, combining elements of the neo-Classical, neo-Grec and Queen Anne style. Application is to establish a Master [...]
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 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 December 11, 2012
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 136131- Block 8034, lot 7- 216 Beverly Road – Douglaston Historic District A Tudor Revival style house built in 1923. Application is to replace windows modify openings, and paint the façade. HDC approves of much of the work proposed, but we question the choice of white paint [...]
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 [...]
HDC@LPC – July 24, 2012
Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 127189- Block 5917, lot 1- Buildings 207 and 207A – Fort Totten Historic District A Colonial Revival style semi-attached residence designed by the Office of the Quartermaster General and built in 1891. Application is to install a barrier-free access lift and ramps, and remove windows In general, [...]
HDC@LPC Testimony: June 12, 2012
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 128594- Block 8049, lot 44- 357 Arleigh Road – Douglaston Historic District A vernacular New England Colonial Revival style house built circa 1930. Application is to replace the roof. HDC asks that if real slate is not a practical replacement material here at 357 Arleigh Road, a [...]
HDC@LPC Testimony: May 22, 2012
Item 11 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 125412- Block 220, lot 35- 46 Laight Street – TriBeCa North Historic District An Italianate style tenement building designed by William H. Waring and built in 1874. Application is to replace ground floor infill installed in non-compliance with LPC permits, perform alterations at the roof level, and [...]
May 15, 2012
DESIGNATION TESTIMONY Item 1 LP – 2087 BOROUGH OF QUEENS BRINCKERHOFF CEMETERY, 60-65 182nd Street The LPC does not just designate sites for what they are, but sees landmarks for what they could be. Just as a building can be restored to its former glory, so too could the Brinckerhoff Cemetery, the last link this [...]
