Hearing Date: 10/6/2009 LPC Docket Number: 102402 Queens, Block: 8027, Lot: 49 21 Beverly Road aka 235-31 Beverly Road – Douglaston Historic District A free standing Arts and Crafts style home designed by A. Maney and built in 1907. Application is to replace windows at the porch. HDC Testimony While the design of these windows […]
Hearing Date: 9/22/2009 LPC Docket Number: 100946 Bronx, Block: 2309, Lot: 1 112 Lincoln Avenue – Estey Piano Factory, Individual Landmark A factory designed by A.B.Ogden and Sons architects and built in 1885-86, with later additions. Application is to construct a rear yard addition, install a ramp, and alter windows. HDC Testimony HDC […]
LPC Docket Number: 101991 Brooklyn, Block: 1159, Lot: 52 136 Underhill Avenue – Prospect Heights Historic District A Romanesque/Renaissance Revival style rowhouse designed by William H. Reynolds and built circa 1896. Application is to remove a rear bay window. HDC Testimony It is worth noting that this is the first CofA application for the Prospect […]
Hearing Date: 7/28/2009 LPC Docket Number: 099190 Brooklyn, Block: 2563, Lot: 45 881-885 Manhattan Ave – Greenpoint Historic District A pair of one-story commercial buildings originally built in 1886, and altered in 1950. Application is to install a storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony While this one-story commercial building altered in 1950 is not typical […]
Hearing Date: 7/14/2009 LPC Docket Number: 099455 Manhattan, Block 1503, lot 24- 51 East 91st St – Carnegie Hill Historic District A neo-Grec style rowhouse designed by A.B. Ogden and Son, built in 1884 and altered in 1950. Application is to construct a rooftop addition, modify the areaway and installed a barrier-free access lift. HDC […]
LPC Docket Number: 097625 Queens, Block: 8066, Lot: 7 220 Forest Road – Douglaston Historic District A Contemporary Colonial Revival style house built in 1961. Application is to construct a rear addition and alter the facades. HDC Testimony While HDC appreciates an attempt to make a house built after Douglaston’s period of significance more in […]
LPC Docket Number: 091475 Brooklyn, Block: 2111, Lot: 111 321 Ashland Place – Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District A Classically inspired institutional building designed by Vorrhees, Gmelin & Walker, and built in 1927. Application is to demolish a portion of the existing building and construct an addition. HDC Testimony HDC would like to thank […]
