LPC-25-08170 20 West Drive, Prospect Park – Scenic Landmark ADVISORY REPORT A primarily naturalistic style park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1866-73. Application is to install wayfinding signage. Architect: NYC Parks and Prospect Park Alliance HDC finds the proposed volume and variety of signage inappropriate for an Olmsted and Vaux landscape, […]
LPC-25-07196 52 East 64th Street – Upper East Side Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Classical style rowhouse built pre-1879 and altered by Frederick Sterner in 1916-17. Application is to modify the front façade, construct a rooftop addition, demolish a rear addition, and reconstruct and raise the rear facade. Architect: New York Design HDC supports all […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-23-05982 5294 Sycamore Avenue – Riverdale Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A neo-Georgian style freestanding house. Application is to construct additions Architect: Building Studio Architects HDC finds this project appropriate, well proportioned, and well detailed. We believe this proposal sets a good precedent for this district, because of its modest scale, contextual […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-08243 185 Bainbridge Street – Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by John Pattent and built in 1884. Application is to legalize the construction of a rear yard addition without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s). Applicant: DMAD This was a large project to undertake without permits. […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-01412 229 Kane Street – Cobble Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse built in 1856. Application is to replace windows. Applicant: Windows We Are HDC finds that the Option 2 proposal for 4 over 4 windows is the more appropriate solution for this Italianate row house. Action: Unanimously approved. […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-25-06592 27 Strong Place – Cobble Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A late-nineteeth century rowhouse. Application is to replace entrance doors, construct roof and rear yard additions, and reconstruct the rear façade. Applicant: SACHS LINDORES ARCHITECTURE HDC believes that the depth of the proposed rear extension should align with its neighbors. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
