Item 1CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Bronx 160850- Block 2285, lot 69- 445 East 140th Street – Mott Haven East Historic District A neo-Renaissance style tenement building designed by George F. Pelham and built in 1902-03. Application is to replace windows. Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Bronx 160851- Block 2285, lot 67- […]
Item 1 PUBLIC HEARING ITEM Hawthorne Court Apartments, 215-37 to 215-43 43rd Avenue and 42-22 to 42-38 216th Street LP-2461 Landmark Site: Queens Block 6306, Lot 15 Community District 11 A Tudor Revival Style low-rise garden apartment complex designed in 1930-31 by Benjamin Braunstein. In the far edges of Queens where Bayside merges into Little […]
Item 1 PUBLIC HEARING ITEM Hawthorne Court Apartments, 215-37 to 215-43 43rd Avenue and 42-22 to 42-38 216th Street LP-2461 Landmark Site: Queens Block 6306, Lot 15 Community District 11 A Tudor Revival Style low-rise garden apartment complex designed in 1930-31 by Benjamin Braunstein. In the far edges of Queens where Bayside merges into Little […]
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND 155819- Block 76, lot 200- 1000A Richmond Terrace Building A, – Individual Landmark Historic District A Greek Revival style building designed by Richard Smyth and built in 1879-81. Application is to install banners and signage. The proposed aluminum signage is over-scaled and an excessive application to […]
Historic Districts Council Statement on the Proposed Frick Expansion October 2014 In a city of superlatives, The Frick is unique. One of the last remaining Millionaire’s Row mansions of the Gilded Age, The Frick residence was designed from the beginning to become a museum. Henry Clay Frick stipulated in his will that his home become […]
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Brooklyn 161708- Block 210, lot 25- 15 Willow Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1834. Application is to alter the facades and roof, construct a new bulkhead, and install new decks and mechanical units. HDC does not object to the reintroduction […]
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Brooklyn 161708- Block 210, lot 25- 15 Willow Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1834. Application is to alter the facades and roof, construct a new bulkhead, and install new decks and mechanical units. HDC does not object to the reintroduction […]
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Queens 158355- Block 149, lot 150- 39-38 47th Street – Sunnyside Gardens Historic District A brick rowhouse with Colonial Revival style details, designed by Clarence Stein, Henry Wright, and Frederick Ackerman and built in 1925. Application is to alter the front porch, stoop, and sidewalk, install a new […]
Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF Queens 155446- Block 1289, lot 15- 37-18 79th Street – Jackson Heights Historic District An Anglo-American Garden Home style attached house designed by Benjamin Dreisler and built in 1926-27. Application is to modify a window opening. While this window modification may seem relatively minor, these blocks within […]
Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 159764- Block 8037, lot 11- 320 Beverly Road – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival style freestanding house designed by John C.W. Cadoo and Henry M. Meloney and a garage both built in 1922. Application is to demolish a garage. At first glance, HDC finds it appropriate […]
