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 […]

April 10, 2012

Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 126491- Block 215, lot 1- 10 Hubert Street – TriBeCa North Historic District A Romanesque Revival style store and loft building designed by Julius Kastner and built in 1892. Application is to construct a rooftop addition, remove the fire-escape, alter the ground floor window and door openings, […]

March 20, 2012

Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 128751- Block 1145, lot 8- 611 Vanderbilt Avenue – Prospect Heights Historic District A Renaissance Revival style store and flats building designed by Peter M. Cassidy and built in c. 1893. Application is to legalize the replacement of storefront infill and an exterior security gate without LPC […]

September 21, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 111226 Manhattan, Block: 627, Lot: 7 34 Gansevoort Street – Gansevoort Market Historic District An Italianate style French flats with store building designed by Charles Mettam and built in 1870. Application is to install signage. HDC Testimony HDC approves of the blade sign as it is a traditional type of  signage in […]

September 21, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 111226 Manhattan, Block: 627, Lot: 7 34 Gansevoort Street – Gansevoort Market Historic District An Italianate style French flats with store building designed by Charles Mettam and built in 1870. Application is to install signage. HDC Testimony HDC approves of the blade sign as it is a traditional type of  signage in […]

June 15, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 104900 Brooklyn, Block: 8502, Lot: 20 1940 East 36th Street – Hendrick I. Lott House, Individual Landmark A Dutch Colonial style wood-frame house built in 1800, incorporating a structure built in 1720. Application is to install fencing, alter circulation paths, construct outbuildings and a barrier-free access ramp. HDC Testimony HDC is thrilled […]

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 […]