PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-25-11643 246 Henry Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District Brooklyn CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1846. Application is to replace the gate with a door under the stoop. HDC questions the necessity of replacing the existing door. The applicant has already installed an unobtrusive metal gate, […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-26-02247 112-113 South St. New York, NY 10038 – South Street Seaport Historic District A pair of Federal style store buildings built in 1818-19. Application is to construct rooftop dormers. HDC finds the conceptual proposal of dormers to be appropriate, but the lack of detail about the dormers’ material makes it difficult […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-26-04038 362 Clinton Street – Cobble Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse built in 1843. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. Architect: RACHEL FRANKEL ARCHITECTURE HDC recognizes that the addition is working in tandem with the neighboring extensions on both the right and the left. However, […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-26-01803 144 Greenpoint Avenue – Greenpoint Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An altered commercial building originally built in 1898. Application is to demolish the building and construct a new building. Architect: Building Studio Architects HDC questions this new design direction. This project needs work, but we are confident that the architects are […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-26-01578 440 West 21st Street (Aka 402-444 West 21st Street), and 180 10th Avenue (Aka 444-450 West 21st Street) – Chelsea Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An ensemble of English Collegiate Gothic style buildings around a close designed primarily by Charles Coolidge Haight and built largely between 1881-1902. Application is to create […]
Public Hearing Testimony LPC-26-03280 138-154 St. Felix Street, aka 11-21 Hanson Place – Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A neo-Gothic style church building designed by Halsey, McCormack & Helmer and built in 1929-1930. Application is to alter and demolish portions of the building, remove, replace and relocate doors and stained glass […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-26-03839 800 Fifth Avenue – Upper East Side Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A postmodern style apartment building designed by Ulrich Franzen & Associates and built in 1978. Application is to demolish the existing building and landscape features and construct a new building, install new landscape features, and relocate a curb cut. […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-26-00010 233 Park Lane – Douglaston Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Arts and Crafts bungalow style free-standing house designed by David W. Terwilliger and built in 1911. Application is to enclose a porch and modify a stoop. Architect: Kevin Wolfe Architect, PC HDC finds this proposal to be appropriate and well […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-25-07751 134 West 130th Street – Central Harlem – West 130-132nd Street Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by Cleverdon & Putzel and built in 1885. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. Architect: Andre Architecture, D.P.C. HDC finds this application to be inappropriate for the proposed […]
PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY LPC-25-11315 44-72 23rd Street – Hunters Point Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A modified Romanesque Revival style rowhouse with a Classical style cornice built in 1887. Application is to modify openings at the rear façade. Architect: James Schaefer Architect HDC finds this proposal inappropriate. This appears to be an intact row with regular […]
