HDC@LPC – October 18, 2011

Item 9 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 122116- Block 1063, lot 37- 52 8th Avenue aka 242-253 Berkeley Place – Park Slope Historic District A mansion designed by F. Carlos Merry and built in 1886. Application is to alter openings on the Berkeley Place façade. HDC finds the proposed opening alteration appropriate, but asks […]

HDC@LPC – September 27, 2011

Item 3 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 117865 – Block 20, lot 6- 25 Jay Street – DUMBO Historic District A Renaissance Revival style factory building designed by Flemer & Koehler and built in 1892. Application is to construct a rooftop additions and replace windows.   In general, appropriate rooftop additions to landmarked structures […]

HDC@LPC – September 20, 2011

Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 121799- Block 195, lot 7- 396 Broadway – TriBeCa East Historic District A Renaissance Revival-style office building designed by William H. Birkmire and built in 1899. Application is to construct rooftop additions, install storefront infill, and alter the facade. Although rooftop mechanicals and other accretions are not […]

HDC@LPC – September 13, 2011

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND 108898- Block 891, lot 205- 91 Flagg Court – Ernest Flagg Estate, Individual Landmark A garage constructed prior to 1909 and altered c. 1989. Application is to alter the façade of the garage and construct an addition. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND 118774- Block 891, lot […]

HDC@LPC – September 6, 2011

Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 111328- Block 8023, lot 16- 330 Knollwood Avenue – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival style house built in 1941. Application is to construct a rear addition.     HDC finds the proposed addition to be far too large for this Douglaston home.  Instead of an addition, […]

HDC@LPC – August 9, 2011

ITEM 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 12-0228 – Block 2102, lot 54- 314 Carlton Avenue – Fort Greene Historic District An Italianate style house built c. 1857. Application is to demolish an existing rear extension and construct a rear addition. While the existing extension is modest in scale, the new extension would project […]

HDC@LPC – July 26, 2011

Item 11 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 121781- Block 1, lot 10- Buildings 96, 146, 147, 148, 309, 400,  a garage, and a pool – Governor’s Island Historic District A wood frame garage constructed mid-20th century; a shop building built in 1986; two one-story brick transformer buildings built in 1934; a ferry waiting room […]

HDC@LPC – July 19, 2011

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 115555- Block 744, lot 10- 353 West 20th Street – Chelsea Historic District A Greek Revival/Italianate style rowhouse built in 1852-53. Application is to construct a rear yard addition and rooftop addition.   HDC is opposed to this application as it removes far too much historic fabric and character […]

HDC@LPC – July 19, 2011

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 115555- Block 744, lot 10- 353 West 20th Street – Chelsea Historic District A Greek Revival/Italianate style rowhouse built in 1852-53. Application is to construct a rear yard addition and rooftop addition.   HDC is opposed to this application as it removes far too much historic fabric and character […]

HDC@LPC – July 12, 2011

Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 120763- Block 2099, lot 6- 65 South Elliott Place – Fort Greene Historic District An altered early Italianate style frame rowhouse built c. 1854. Application is to construct a rear yard addition.   While HDC is not opposed to the design of the rear yard addition, we […]