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 […]
LPC Docket Number: 105885 Manhattan, Block: 847, Lot: 16 873 Broadway – Ladies’ Mile Historic District LPC Docket Number: 105886 Manhattan, Block: 847, Lot: 7501 888 Broadway – Ladies’ Mile Historic District A second Empire Commercial style store and loft building designed by Griffith Thomas and built in 1868 and 1888. A Commercial Palace style […]
LPC Docket Number: 105885 Manhattan, Block: 847, Lot: 16 873 Broadway – Ladies’ Mile Historic District LPC Docket Number: 105886 Manhattan, Block: 847, Lot: 7501 888 Broadway – Ladies’ Mile Historic District A second Empire Commercial style store and loft building designed by Griffith Thomas and built in 1868 and 1888. A Commercial Palace style […]
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: 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 […]
From our friends at Landmatk West! Today, the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) gave a green light to Congregation Shearith Israel (CSI)-and to all nonprofit and religious institutions seeking to turn the air above their sites into luxury condo revenue streams, even where laws designed to protect neighborhood character and property values explicitly […]
