CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-00926, LPC-24-04539, LPC-24-04537, LPC-24-04553, LPC-24-00269 and LPC-24-07619 214, 216, 218, 222, 228 and 230 Court Street – Cobble Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Rowhouses built in the early 1850s. Application is to reconstruct portions of the front façades. Architect: Sotir Associates HDC understands that this work is necessary, because these buildings […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-05386 239 Dean Street – Boerum Hill Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A modified Italianate style rowhouse built in 1852. Application is to construct a rear yard addition. Architect: STUDIO DB ARCHITECTURE HDC finds the scale and bulk of this addition appropriate, but we find the proposed glazing inappropriate. We ask that […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-06643 119 Pierrepont Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A church building designed by Minard Lafever and built in 1844, with an attached chapel built in 1866. Application is to replace the brownstone spires with a substitute material. Architect: Ayon Studio Angel Ayon, whose firm is the applicant for […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-05395 272-276 Macon Street, aka 161-165 MacDonough Street – Stuyvesant Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Gothic Eclectic style school building designed by Helmle & Corbett and built in 1924-1927, and altered and enlarged in 1927 by George H. Streeton. Application is to install doors, signage, and rooftop fencing. Architect: LOCI […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-04572 428 Vanderbilt Avenue – Fort Greene Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse designed by Thomas B. Jackson and built c. 1872. Application construct rooftop and rear yard additions. Architect: DUMBO Designs and Consulting HDC finds the bulk of this rear-yard addition to be appropriate, but its materials to […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-23-05203 96 Macon Street – Bedford Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An empty lot. Application is to construct a new building. Architect: Highrise Group HDC would like to note that board member Brendan Coburn is part of the design team for this project but did not participate in the Committee’s discussion. We […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-02285 39 Grace Court – Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A vacant lot with an historic fence. Application is to remove the fence and construct a new building. Architect: Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects HDC finds the massing and bulk of this new building to be largely appropriate, but we are […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-01900 67 Cranberry Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1840. Application is to enlarge a rear yard addition. Architect: Rise HDC finds this application inappropriate. The project renders the existing rear addition one story too high. The top two floors of […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-24-04565 Central Park – West 85th Street Playground – Scenic Landmark CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS A playground originally constructed in the 1930s, and pathways, within an English Romantic style public park designed in 1857-1858 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Application is to modify the playground footprint and pathways, and replace […]
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TESTIMONY LPC-23-11110 212 Columbia Heights- Brooklyn Heights Historic District CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS An Italianate style rowhouse built in 1860. Application is to construct a roof deck and install a door. Architect: BAXT INGUI HDC supports the door as proposed, but we feel the proposed roof deck inappropriately overhangs the rear cornice line, and […]
