HDC@LPC – May 15, 2012

DESIGNATION TESTIMONY Item 1 LP – 2087 BOROUGH OF QUEENS BRINCKERHOFF CEMETERY, 60-65 182nd Street The LPC does not just designate sites for what they are, but sees landmarks for what they could be.  Just as a building can be restored to its former glory, so too could the Brinckerhoff Cemetery, the last link this […]

May 8, 2012

Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 128403- Block 2090, lot 37- 206 Adelphi Street – Fort Greene Historic District An Italianate style frame rowhouse built circa 1866. Application is to demolish an existing rear yard addition, construct a new rear yard addition, and alter the rear façade. Although the materials an design of […]

April 24, 2012

Item 25 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 125776- Block 1750, lot 34- 81 East 125th Street – Mount Morris Bank, Individual Landmark A Queen Anne/Romanesque Revival style bank building designed by Lamb and Rich and built in 1883-84 and enlarged 1889-90. Application is to reconstruct the partially demolished building. Sitting on a prominent corner […]

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 […]

November 15, 2011

Item 7 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 123607- Block 527, lot 89- 23 Downing Street – Greenwich Village Extension II Historic District An altered Renaissance Revival style rowhouse built in 1826. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, reconstruct portions of the building, and excavate the rear yard. HDC finds the rooftop […]

June 1, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 105027 Manhattan, Block: 181, Lot: 16 179 Franklin Street – TriBeCa West Historic District A late 19th-Century Commercial style store and loft building designed by Havilah H. Smith & Son and Hugo Kafka and built in 1888. Application is to legalize the installation of storefront infill without LPC permits. HDC Testimony HDC […]

June 1, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 105027 Manhattan, Block: 181, Lot: 16 179 Franklin Street – TriBeCa West Historic District A late 19th-Century Commercial style store and loft building designed by Havilah H. Smith & Son and Hugo Kafka and built in 1888. Application is to legalize the installation of storefront infill without LPC permits. HDC Testimony HDC […]

May 18, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 103866 Brooklyn, Block: 301, Lot: 29 274 Clinton Street – Cobble Hill Historic District An Italianate style row house constructed in 1864-67. Application is to construct a rear deck, modify window openings and alter the areaway. HDC Testimony While we approve of alterations to the areaway, HDC finds the proposed deck to […]

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 […]