LPC Docket Number: 098343 Queens, Block: 8023, Lot: 1 300 Knollwood Ave – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival Style ranch house designed by Carl Salminen and built in 1950. Application is to demolish the house and construct a new house. HDC Testimony HDC is sorry to see yet another mid-century Colonial Revival Style ranch […]
LPC Docket Number: 104968 Brooklyn, Block: 45, Lot: 7509 72 Front Street – DUMBO Historic District An Industrial neo-Classical style factory building designed by William Higginson and built in 1911. Application is to install a bracket sign. HDC Testimony While bracket signs may be fitting for traditional shopping districts such as the Ladies’ Mile, they […]
LPC Docket Number: 103819 Bronx, Block: 2281, Lot: 10 431-445 East 136th Street – Bertine Block Historic District Two rows of Renaissance Revival style tenements, designed by Harry T. Howell, built in 1897-98 and 1898-99. Application is to install a barrier free access at the areaway and install windows. HDC Testimony Wonderful work has gone […]
