HDC@LPC Testimony for March 11, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-07290 207 West 151st Street – Harlem River Houses – Individual Landmark CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A housing project consisting of three groups of buildings and surrounding sites designed by Archibald Manning Brown and built in 1936-1937. Application is to install artwork and interpretive signage. Applicant: Higgins, Quasebarth and Partners HDC is very […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for March 4, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-04653 74 Hudson Street – Tribeca West Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A parking lot. Application is to construct a new building. Applicant: DXA Sudio HDC finds this proposal inappropriate in both scale and appearance. The new building is too small for its site and streetwall context, while its proposed window openings […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for February 25, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-04543 186 Underhill Avenue – Prospect Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Renaissance Revival style store and flats building built c. 1915. Application is to install signage. Applicant: Noble Signs HDC supports and appreciates this appropriate sign based on historic precedents. We think the application could be even better if the […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for February 11, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-04503 893 Broadway – Ladies’ Mile Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A neo-Grec style commercial building built in 1844 and altered in 1873-74 by James J.F. Gavigon. Application is to install a flagpole. HDC finds the proposed flagpole inappropriate for this location because we feel the flag will detract from this […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for January 28, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-04975 28 7th Avenue – Park Slope Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An empty lot, formerly a transitional French Second Empire/Neo-Grec style rowhouse built in 1873 and demolished in 2023. Application is to construct a new building. Architect: Building Studio Architects 28 7th Avenue had been on HDC’s buildings at risk list. […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for January 14, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-04953 14 Sterling Place – Park Slope Historic District Extension II CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Neo-Grec style flats building designed by Louis Bonnert and built in 1889. Application is to construct a rooftop bulkhead and a rear yard addition. Architect: Matthew Baird Architects HDC supports the proposed rooftop bulkhead, but finds the […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for January 7, 2025

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-00512 43 Sterling Place – Park Slope Historic District Extension II CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse with alterations built c. 1880. Application is to legalize the replacement of bluestone sidewalk paving without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s) HDC finds this proposed legalization inappropriate. Bluestone is the correct material. It is […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for December 17, 2024

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-03002 281 Adelphi Street – Fort Greene Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse built c. 1871. Application is to construct a rear yard addition Architect: Osso Architecture HDC finds this addition’s modest scale to be appropriate but we feel the proposed materials draw undue attention to themselves. We believe […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for December 10, 2024

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-03329 265 Henry Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1844. Application is to construct a rooftop addition. Architect: Opera Studio HDC finds this rooftop addition too tall and bulky. We ask the applicant to shrink and slope the bulkhead so that it […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for November 26, 2024

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-01433 25 Maple Street – Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A neo-Georgian style semi-detached house designed by George Lobenstein and built in 1922. Application is to construct a rear yard addition and fence. Architect: 40 Six Four Architecture Design Studio HDC finds the modest massing of this rear addition […]