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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-23-09523 39 Sidney Place – Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESSAn altered Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1846. Application is to alter the front façade and reconstruct a stoop. Architect: Tom Kowalski Architect Studio HDC finds this building’s existing facade, a 1920s alteration, to be historically significant in its own […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-08573 373 Pacific Street – Boerum Hill Historic District Extension CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Utilitarian style factory building built in 1885. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows. HDC feels this window master plan does not provide enough information for us to judge its appropriateness. […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-10667 375 Vanderbilt Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A combined pair of Romanesque Revival style carriage houses. Application is to modify window openings and install a garage door. HDC finds this proposal largely appropriate. That said, HDC agrees with the community’s suggestion that an elliptical arch to […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-00544 565 9th Street – Park Slope Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A neo-Renaissance style rowhouse designed by Benjamin Driesler and built in 1902-1903. Application is to alter a rear yard extension. Architect: Atelier Armbruster HDC believes that this building’s existing rear oriel window is a significant feature of the rear facade, […]
