January 24, 2012

Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 126503- Block 214, lot 15- 12 Middagh Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A 19th century carriage house. Application is to alter the ground floor. HDC is opposed to this application to alter the ground floor as it would greatly affect the building and turn a 19th-century […]

February 7, 2012

Item 6 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 126822- Block 194, lot 28- 52-54 Lispenard Street – TriBeCa East Historic District An Italianate style store and loft building, built in 1866-68 and an Italianate style store and loft building with Second Empire elements, built in 1867-68 and altered in 1937 by the removal of the […]

August 2, 2011

BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN Proposed designation of the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District HDC is thrilled to have the opportunity to speak in support of the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. The architectural splendor of this remarkable Brooklyn neighborhood speaks for itself. It is one of New York City’s richest and most remarkable collections of 19th-century […]

December 7, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 114104 Brooklyn, Block: 310, Lot: 3 439-445 Hicks Street aka 126-140 Baltic Street – Cobble Hill Historic District Model tenement buildings designed by William Field & Son and built in 1876-77. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows. LPC Docket Number: 100174 Brooklyn, Block: 305, Lot: […]

December 7, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 114104 Brooklyn, Block: 310, Lot: 3 439-445 Hicks Street aka 126-140 Baltic Street – Cobble Hill Historic District Model tenement buildings designed by William Field & Son and built in 1876-77. Application is to establish a master plan governing the future installation of windows. LPC Docket Number: 100174 Brooklyn, Block: 305, Lot: […]

August 10, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 110451 Brooklyn, Block: 249, Lot: 36 150 Montague Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District An Anglo-Italianate style rowhouse with commercial ground floor, built c. 1861-1879. Application is to install storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony While the proposed may be an improvement over the existing, HDC feels the tax photo should be […]

August 10, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 110451 Brooklyn, Block: 249, Lot: 36 150 Montague Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District An Anglo-Italianate style rowhouse with commercial ground floor, built c. 1861-1879. Application is to install storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony While the proposed may be an improvement over the existing, HDC feels the tax photo should be […]

May 4, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 091749 Queens, Block: 8017, Lot: 46 343 Knollwood Avenue – Douglaston Historic District A cottage style house designed by G.A. Mezger and built in 1929. Application is to replace the windows. HDC Testimony The removal of four façades worth of original steel casement windows (including ones readily visible from the street) would […]

May 4, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 091749 Queens, Block: 8017, Lot: 46 343 Knollwood Avenue – Douglaston Historic District A cottage style house designed by G.A. Mezger and built in 1929. Application is to replace the windows. HDC Testimony The removal of four façades worth of original steel casement windows (including ones readily visible from the street) would […]

March 9, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 087843 Brooklyn, Block: 211, Lot: 39 55 Middagh Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A Federal style frame house built c.1820. Application is to alter the front façade, rebuild a stoop, raise and alter the roofline, install dormers, and construct a rear yard addition. HDC Testimony Built circa 1820, this Federal style […]