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 16, 2010

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 […]

November 24, 2009

LPC Docket Number: 101256 Staten Island, Block: 955, Lot: 1 460 Brielle Avenue – NYC Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District Historic District A tuberculosis hospital complex constructed between 1908-1937. Application is to construct a new building and parking lot. HDC Testimony While construction of a new building that continues the spirit and  use of the […]

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 […]

August 11, 2009

Hearing Date:  8/11/2009 LPC Docket Number: 098532 Brooklyn, Block: 301, Lot: 44 155 Warren Street – Cobble Hill Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1838. Application is to construct dormers at the roof. HDC Testimony While the commission has approved dormers on the front facades of similar buildings, HDC finds these proposed […]

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 […]