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 […]

July 27, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 110051 Manhattan, Block: 512, Lot: 7502 599 Broadway – SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District A commercial building designed by J. Odell Whitenach and built in 1917. Application is to install storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony The proposed storefront infill is an improvement over the existing conditions at 599 Broadway, but there are […]

July 27, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 110051 Manhattan, Block: 512, Lot: 7502 599 Broadway – SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District A commercial building designed by J. Odell Whitenach and built in 1917. Application is to install storefront infill and signage. HDC Testimony The proposed storefront infill is an improvement over the existing conditions at 599 Broadway, but there are […]

July 13, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 107784 Manhattan, Block: 822, Lot: 31 156 Fifth Avenue – Ladies’ Mile Historic District A neo-Romanesque style office building designed by Rowe and Baker and built in 1894-1895. Application is to install new storefront infill and create new masonry openings within the entrance portico. HDC Testimony The storefront proposed on the Fifth […]

April 20, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 106973 Brooklyn, Block: 1961, Lot: 1 465 Clinton Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District A neo-Renaissance style house designed by Mercein Thomas and built in 1902. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, create and alter masonry openings, alter the areaway; excavate the rear yard and replace the gate. HDC […]

March 2, 2010

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 […]

February 2, 2010

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 […]

January 19, 2010

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 […]

December 8, 2009

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 […]

July 21, 2009

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 […]