LPC Docket Number: 104962 Brooklyn, Block: 6600, Lot: 119 820 East 16th Street – Avenue H Station House, Individual Landmark A cottage style office building with Colonial Revival and Queen Anne style elements built in the 20th Century. Application is to install a sculpture. HDC Testimony HDC is incredibly pleased that this project is before […]
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: 103725 Manhattan, Block: 530, Lot: 19 25 Great Jones – NoHo Historic District A partially constructed building. Application is to approve revisions to the design of the facades. HDC Testimony HDC finds 25 Great Jones Street to not only be inappropriate for the NoHo Historic District, but also an example of what […]
Statement of the Historic Districts Council Designation Hearing July 14, 2009 Item 1 BOROUGH OF Manhattan LP 2338 WEST PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Historic Districts Council is the advocate for New York City’s designated historic districts and neighborhoods meriting preservation. HDC has long been concerned about the preservation of our city’s precious and irreplaceable historic […]
Statement of the Historic Districts Council Designation Hearing July 14, 2009 Item 1 BOROUGH OF Manhattan LP 2338 WEST PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Historic Districts Council is the advocate for New York City’s designated historic districts and neighborhoods meriting preservation. HDC has long been concerned about the preservation of our city’s precious and irreplaceable historic […]
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 […]
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 […]
