January 4, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 110828 Brooklyn, Block: 5237, Lot: 142 69 Dekoven Court aka 700 East 17th Street – Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District A Queen Anne style house built in 1903. Application is to legalize the construction of a garage addition commenced without LPC permits. HDC Testimony As with other applications for legalization, this proposal […]

January 4, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 110828 Brooklyn, Block: 5237, Lot: 142 69 Dekoven Court aka 700 East 17th Street – Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District A Queen Anne style house built in 1903. Application is to legalize the construction of a garage addition commenced without LPC permits. HDC Testimony As with other applications for legalization, this proposal […]

December 14, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 109622 Manhattan, Block: 210, Lot: 9 326 Canal Street – TriBeCa East Historic District An Italianate style store and loft building designed by John M. Hoffman and built in 1866-67, and altered by Samuel Edson Gage in 1920-21. Application is to install storefront infill. HDC Testimony This proposal is a generally good […]

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: […]

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: […]

November 23, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 113445 Brooklyn, Block: 41, Lot: 1 192 Water Street – DUMBO Historic District An American Round Arch style stable building designed by Edward N. Stone and built in 1898. Application is to construct a roof-top addition and alter ground floor openings. HDC Testimony HDC approves of the rooftop addition as it is […]

November 23, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 113445 Brooklyn, Block: 41, Lot: 1 192 Water Street – DUMBO Historic District An American Round Arch style stable building designed by Edward N. Stone and built in 1898. Application is to construct a roof-top addition and alter ground floor openings. HDC Testimony HDC approves of the rooftop addition as it is […]

November 16, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 113230 Manhattan, Block: 994, Lot: 54 1462-1470 Broadway – Knickerbocker Hotel, Individual Landmark A Beaux-Arts style hotel, designated by Marvin and Davis, with Bruce Price, built in 1906, and altered by Charles A. Platt in 1920-1921, with a Romanesque Revival style annex, designed by Phillip C. Brown and built in 1894. Application […]

November 9, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 108132 Queens, Block: 1475, Lot: 59 37-37 87th Street – Jackson Heights Historic District An Anglo-American Garden Home style attached house, designed by C.F. McAvoy and built in 1924. Application is to legalize alterations to the areaway fence and wall without LPC permits. HDC Testimony The commission has seen applications for legalizing […]

October 19, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 107610 Brooklyn, Block: 1961, Lot: 53 414 Waverly Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District A vacant lot. Application is to construct a new building. HDC Testimony In general, HDC finds that this application for a new building is a successful one that obviously takes into account the materials, style, details, and building […]