HDC@LPC Testimony for May 3rd 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-08392 Governors Island – Building 110 – Governors Island Historic District BINDING REPORT A Utilitarian Romanesque Revival style storehouse built in 1870-79. Application is to install signage. HDC finds this proposal to be generally appropriate and also reversible. We are not convinced by the supergraphics in the tinted stucco. To us […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for April 26th 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-04976 113 St. James Place – Clinton Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse designed by Peter Donlon and built in 1865. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. Architect: SHAPELESS STUDIO HDC finds this addition to the rear yard to be generally appropriate. That said, we believe […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for April 12th 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-07517 417 West 20th Street – Chelsea Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A freestanding faculty house built in 1892, within an ensemble of English Collegiate Gothic style buildings built largely between 1883-1902, designed primarily by Charles Coolidge Haight. Application is to install ironwork at the stoop. Architect: Guardia Architects HDC appreciates the […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for April 5th 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-05216 184A Bergen Street – Boerum Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A modified late Italianate style rowhouse built in 1873-1874. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, and alter the rear facade. Architect: Archimuse HDC finds this proposal to be generally appropriate and in scale with other additions to […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for March 22, 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-05580 106 Stagg Walk – Williamsburg Houses – Individual Landmark CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An International Style housing complex designed by William Lescaze and Richmond H. Shreve and built in 1935-1938. Application is to install barrier-free access ramps and alter the facades. Architect: Newman Design The Historic Districts Council (HDC) appreciates the […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for March 15, 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-02927 316 Clinton Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A house originally built in 1884 and altered in 1947 by Joseph Lau. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. Architect: Urban Pioneering Architecture The Historic Districts Council (HDC) finds this project to be a difficult one to comment […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for March 1st, 2022

  Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-04393 205 Clinton Street – Cobble Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A rowhouse built c. 1850s. Application is to construct a rear yard addition, excavate at the cellar and rear yard, alter the roof, construct a bulkhead, extend chimney flues, remove stained glass and replace windows. Architect: Baxt Ingui Architects The Historic […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for February 22th, 2022

Item 1 LPC-22-05330 1 Sidney Place (aka 130 Joralemon Street) – Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Anglo-Italianate style rowhouse built c. 1861-79. Application is to construct a garage and rooftop bulkhead, modify a masonry opening, replace infill, and install rooftop HVAC equipment. The Historic Districts Council (HDC) would like to commend this […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for February 8th, 2022

Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony Item 1 160 Marlborough Road CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, LPC-22-05801 A Mediterranean style house designed by Robert Bryson and Carroll Pratt and built in 1905 with the porch enclosed c. 1951. Application is to modify window openings, replace windows and alter the roof. Architect: ILYA KOROLEV ARCHITECT The Historic Districts Council (HDC) finds this […]

HDC@LPC Testimony for January 25th, 2022

Item 1 45-47 2nd Avenue – East Village/Lower East Side Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, LPC-22-03566 A pair of Italianate style tenement buildings designed by John O’Neil and built in 1867. Application is to construct a rooftop addition. Architect: Tom Winter Architect The Historic Districts Council believes that changing the party wall material of the rooftop addition […]