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 […]
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 […]
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: 102970 Queens, Block: 8036, Lot: 26 344 Grosvenor Street – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival style house designed by Philip Resnyk and built in 1935. Application is to replace the roof. HDC Testimony HDC is opposed to the use of asphalt shingles on this prominent hipped roof in the Douglaston Historic […]
LPC Docket Number: 098016 Queens, Block: 1009, Lot: 1 303 Manor Road – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival style freestanding house designed by Hobart A. Walker and built in 1912. Application is to construct an addition, modify a driveway, replace retaining walls and a deck, and install HVAC equipment. HDC Testimony HDC finds that […]
Douglaston House In District by Liz Rhoades , Managing EditorThe Queens Chronicle It’s official. The City Council voted 47-1 on July 25 to keep a disputed Douglaston house in its landmarked district. Earlier last week, the council’s Land Use Committee voted in favor of the proposal. In the full council vote, only Staten Island Councilman […]
From the Queens Times-Ledger 07/26/2007240th St. home historic: Cityby Joseph Gargiulo and Elizabeth Stein The City Council’s Subcommittee for Landmarks, Public Citing and Maritime Usage decided Monday that a home belonged in the Douglaston Hill Historic District after the owners attempted to have their house exempted from the designation.The 5-2 decision came after a re-evaluation […]
From the New York SunCouncil Weighs Historic District DisputeBY ELIOT BROWN – Special to the SunJuly 13, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/58408 A protracted dispute between a Queens couple and the city is nearing a terminus, as the City Council is mulling over the historic status of a Douglaston home. The micro-battle, which could come to an end […]
Posted on Queens Crap (to which we’re incredbily thankful for their eagle eye and patience in monitoring the flood that is Thursday’s local media coverage) Landmarking: Pro & Con From Queens Courier:Many questions — no answers (about the Broadway-Flushing landmark bid) A response from Councilman Avella: Clarifying the Constitution Letter to the Times Ledger: Why […]
From the Queens Tribune After Major Renovations: Home Still Deemed Historic EnoughBy THERESA JUVA Mountains of dirt, stacks of lumber and piles of pipes surround the Mosley home on 240th Street in Douglaston Hill. The lawn is barren and marked by deep tire tracks; an invisible bird whistles nearby. The construction site is quiet. A […]
